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Manila Philippines Expat Family Budget
After living in Manila for about a month, we have real world numbers showing the cost to live there full time. This Manila Philippines expat family budget is based on our family of four, and I will cover both renting and buying scenarios. In some past posts in this series I have avoided the buy
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December International Travel FIRE Budget
The month of December saw us staying largely in Manila Philippines. This location was shaping up to be a massive cost savings in our international travel FIRE budget. It really had everything going for it; extremely cheap lodging, transportation, and food. When we tallied the final numbers however, the savings were meager and the discomfort
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Moving On To Vietnam
This week we wrapped up our time in Manila Philippines and we are moving on to Vietnam. This week was full of stress for me, but was also a major relief to get our of Urban Deca Homes Ortigas. Travel Log: Day 178 (12/22), Philippines JC and I went for separate walks again to rack
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Manila Philippines Sucks In A Useful Way
Why did we make a stop to travel to Manila Philippines on our international gap year, given that it sucks? It’s a good question and I probably need to remind myself of why, because I keep asking the question, why are we here? Currently we are in the thick of our stay at Urban Deca
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November International Travel FIRE Budget
For the month of November international travel FIRE budget, we were almost entirely in Guam. Only the final three days of the month were not in Guam. Those final three days were in Manila Philippines which is a sharp drop in spending compared to Guam. This budget shares similarities with the October budget in that
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International Travel Log – Whites In Manila Philippines
This series of days includes our international travel log days where we move from Guam to Manila, and the hilarious reaction of Filipino kids seeing whites in the non-tourist area of Manila Philippines (more on that in day 155 below). Travel Log: Day 150 (11/24), Guam We ran out of coffee this morning, so JC
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
