Going by the website, this shared work space sounds good:
Does anyone here have actual experience with it?
⭐️ Overall Score | 3.6/5 (Rank #94) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $963 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 81% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 12 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 147 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🎓 Education level | Medium |
💰 Income level | Very low |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍7 likes vs. 👎3 dislikes |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Asia |
🚩 Country | Philippines |
⏱ Average trip duration | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 147 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Smart |
💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 2.08 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 208 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Location63 |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | the TIDE cebu |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Maru |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Namoo |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coffee Zone Cebu |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 920,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $2,951 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
🏥 Best hospital | Chong Hua Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $963 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $728 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,438 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $411 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $359 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $50 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $591 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $28 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (968 listings) | $1,196 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $39 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Going by the website, this shared work space sounds good:
Does anyone here have actual experience with it?
I’ve used it, but the building doesn’t allow shorts and flip flops so I stopped. I just use the Starbucks down the street
They’re a bit more relaxed now.
They allow shorts, but still no flipflops. Dress standards I guess.
Spent two months there working out of the tide. It’s cheap and Internet is ok.
Varies from day to day.
Drop in and try it out for a day. See if you like it there.
People are nice and lots of good food options in the area. Just have to walk a bit.
Also a doctor clinic in the area too if you need it.
Say hi to Zeke for me if you head in.
Peter
Unfortunately I haven’t used it, but can vouch for the area- IT Park is very nice and safe…
The main reason I don’t use TheTide myself is I actually rent a condo right there within the IT Park and have “high speed” cable internet in my unit (SkyBroadband 16Mb down 1Mb up, for P1999).
Many of the Cebu call-centers are located in the IT Park, so the internet is decent throughout. My only complaint about TheTide when I looked them up before is their business hours. So much of the IT Park is open very late or 24 hours, would’ve been nice to use them during USA business hours.
Speaking of which, I’m in the USA at the moment but if nobody else has any feedback on it maybe I’ll buy a one-day hotseat pass when I get back there
General info on the city:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Metro_Cebu
The Tide is in Cebu City, near the border with Mandaue.
Hello all,
I have a mail management service in the UK which all my mail gets sent to. This works fine 90% of the time and most can be dealt with digitally.
The other 10%, I need the mail sent on to me, which they do offer as a service. However, where I struggle is giving them an address to send it to in the Philippines, namely Manila.
I’ve used DHL for really important stuff, like bank cards, but it would be nice to have an address where I can forward certain mail. Anyone been able to set something up like this in the Philippines? Would a virtual office allow me to receive mail?
Thanks in advance
Curious which service are you using in the UK?
For what I need its been very decently priced and always worked well. Just wish I could find something to complete the loop for the physical stuff I need to receive on the other end.
Hello,
I’m in the Philippines currently on a the standard 30 day tourist visa. I’m planning on spending an extended period of time here with the odd joint here and there around S.E.Asia.
I am aware that you can now extend your visa in 60 day blocks without leaving the country. However, if i were to extend it by 60 days and then decide I want to leave for a few days to another country.
Would exiting the country then null and void that visa and when I return I would start again on the 30-day tourist visa. Or does it allow multi-entry?
Just trying to work out whether it is worth paying for the extension or it’s better to try and fit any trips out within the 30 day periods that I get.
One side point is that I am interested in getting the photo ID card which I believe you get after a couple of extensions which may allow me to open a local bank account.
It would be great to hear from anyone in a similar position as this or who has experience with this.
Thanks in advance
Jon
I think you would need to get a new visa on arrival is you come back. It also takes a few days to process your extension if I remember right (I was there just 2 month ago for 2 month). It just recently changed and it now takes them a few days in which you would not have your passport.
So if you plan to leave and it fits, just leave before you have to extent or overstay a few days and pay the fine (not too long, but a day or two usually causes no harm, just a small fine, but that’s on you to decide)
Hi Jon,
Once you leave the country the visa you had is finished and when you return you’ll be getting a new one. It is not multiple entry.
The ACR card is compulsory for anyone staying in the country longer than a few months (I can’t remember the exact amount but it’s > 2 and <= 6) all banks require one to let you open an account. Some require the permanent resident version of the ACR card but you will only have the tourist version. There are additional requirements that vary from bank to bank and branch to branch within banks. BDO requires you to have been in the country for 6+ months, PNB requires an average balance of 50,000 PHP (this is insane. The average balance in BPI is only required to be 200 peso and most banks are about 2000), BPI requires incredible patience because all their branches are rammed with customers, they all want to see proof of your address (lease agreement, utility bill in your name), etc etc etc.
I spent several hours walking around several banks before giving up as the only proof of my address I had was the receipts my landlord gives me.
Hi there,
I’ve been wanting to visit the Philippines for a while. I need a stable connection to make skype calls and get my work done. I have some questions:
I know some of these questions are relative, but please give me your own honest opinion and advice.
Thanks!
Rosanna
Does anybody know anything about the Dojo8, or Bacolod in general? I read some excellent reviews on www.coworker.com, but I’m also taking the advice here seriously.
Some info is here:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bacolod
I spend a lot of time on the other side of the island in Dumaguete, which is a 6-hour bus ride away. Consider it as a fallback if Bacolod does not work for you.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dumaguete
Any updated information on this topic? @lopesrosanna , did you end up visiting Philippines?
I will go there next week, is it possible to get decent internet via local SIM cards?
I arrived last week and picked up a SMART sim card for 995 pesos for 30 days, which gives me around 800MB per day.
Thank you guys! A lot of nice suggestions. I can’t afford to “check it out and see” as my clients will most definitely fire me if I suddenly can’t deliver my service properly. Scary news about the Philippines yesterday but perhaps there are crazy people everywhere. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/phillippine-troops-hunt-hostage-takers-1.3553049). I’ll do some more research about the places you suggested.
Places to avoid? I’d be very cautious about Mindanao, the southernmost region of the country.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mindanao
The area has a history of piracy, a large Muslim population and some recent incidents of kidnapping and gun battles between government troops & Muslim militias. I’ve been to a couple of its larger cities – Davao and Cagayan de Oro – where I had no problems and felt reasonably safe. On the other hand, last I looked (at least a year) several Western governments had travel advisories telling their citizens to stay away.
Any woman who is or might become pregnant should consider the risk of Zika virus infection since that can severely damage a baby in the womb.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zika_virus
There is some risk of this in the Philippines. I do not think it is particularly high, but I do not actually know.
I really liked Dumaguete & consider it safe:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dumaguete
I’m not a single female so wouldn’t really know about any problems they might have. My guess would be that some foreign women might be rather frustrated because so many of the foreign men pair off with local women, generally younger and better-looking than the lasses we would attract at home.
I found Internet there (in hotel or coffee shops) quite adequate for keeping up with email, Facebook, etc. keeping my software (Ubuntu, Firefox, etc,) up-to-date, or uploading things to e,g. Github. Not always good for video streaming, but sometimes OK.
I paid 10,000 pesos a month plus about 1200 for electricity (well under $300 US total) for quite a large hotel room with a very central location, fridge but no cooking facilities, a/c, TV, free Internet, shower but no bathtub or hot water.
About 45 pesos to the dollar. Some meals under 50, most expensive I ate (steak with soup as a starter) about 350, most 150-200 + beverage. Beer in bars 40-60, 20-pack of Marlborough 55=80. All-you-can eat buffets 200-350.
We stayed in Manila for a little over 3 weeks last year and it was amazing! We rented a nice apartment via Airbnb right in Makati close to Greenbelt mall. There is a really cool co-working hub called A-Space Manila. I can highly recommend it. Oh and when it comes to the Internet, not sure when the others here went, but we had solid 100mb down at the office and usually 10mb or more via the mobile LTE hotspot we used as a back up just in case. So I don’t think we had any issues at all when it comes to speed while we were in Makati. For the weekends we did trips out to Busuanga Bay in Coron and to a few other cool islands, dive spots and hikes. It was a amazing time. Can’t wait to go back to the Philippines, maybe this time Cebu or some other place. Hope this helps. Yes you should go!
The problem is monopoly, the internet backbone relies solely on one company, PLDT. It’s been an issue discussed several times in congress, but I wouldn’t hold my breath if any improvement will come soon. The BPO industry here have their own private lines, and they pay a premium for these business lines. Go for a visit maybe for 2 weeks and see for yourself and decide from there.
Hi Rosanna,
I’m a local who lived south of Manila, somewhere in Calabarzon, but I’m here in the US now. If you prefer living on the countryside, I highly recommend you staying at my hometown, Los Banos, Laguna, because the reception is good.
Hot springs and pools are very much common plus you can go to its nearest university, UPLB. I tried staying at one of the resorts for several nights there (Monte Vista) only with my Smart BRO pocket wifi and I was able to take VOIP/Skype calls. There’s an onsen and a Korean resort along the highway you can also try.
The reception in Calamba before you reach Los Banos is also nice but I think it’s better to have both Globe and Smart pocket wifis in most areas because there are times that Smart towers are very far from another. If you have an unlocked pocket wifi, prepaid sims are a must. There’s no difference with the speed whether you’re on postpaid or not. The prepaid sims there are mad cheap! So yeah, don’t rely too much on free Wifis here because this is not like other countries where you can even stream videos or music.
Places to avoid are obviously the shady areas. Do not be tempted to go to places near Bagong Kalsada, Timugan, Bambang, even UPLB during at night. Better stick to places along the national highway. Do not rely too much on Google Maps. Most stores there close before 8pm so it’s really dark. You cannot go around beyond 9pm alone unlike Manila.
I don’t think a lot of nomads go there because Philippines has the slowest internet by far lol or maybe people just can’t stand the slowness where I’m very much happy having 3-5mbps. It’s very easy to mingle with locals they would be very much happy to guide you and give you directions.
An overnight stay at Monte Vista costs around $32-34 dollars and you can eat good food for less than a dollar per meal. You get to ride the jeepneys for less than a quarter dollar but the travel from Calamba to Los Banos costs ~P20 or ~$0.50. Buses from Manila to Los Banos costs more than $2 and that’s 2-3 hours including traffic. That’s the standard price even in Manila. You mustn’t go lower than that. I also don’t think a lot of people stay more than one night especially during summer but they can be fully booked since a lot of people from Manila and other places go to Los Banos.
Best time to visit? Well, if you are not used to the 86 degrees heat then you should go there from October to January. That’s the rainy season and it could be really chilly in December. Summer starts from March to May sometimes it extends till June but that’s pretty rare. In Los Banos, we have Banamos Festival where you get to watch the streetdancing and then there’s the UP Feb Fair held every second or third week of February where local bands play and people from different places stay till past 1am. I must also highlight the most famous buko pie (made from coconut) sold along the national highway. Look for “The Original Buko Pie” and you’ll see the lines are long outside most of the day. Calamba, Laguna has a museum and you can get to visit Jose Rizal’s house. I can say the food is nice but if you want to experience real good food then you must go to the Elbi Square along the Lopez Ave.
I can’t think of any other tips but if you want to live there like a local then you shouldn’t look like a tourist. You know, plain clothes, no sarongs. You can go outside with a shirt, shorts and slippers lol no big deal. It’s ok to speak in English even if you’re just asking for directions. Most locals there know how You have to learn to say “Bayad po” to pay for your jeepney or bus fare or “Para” to ask the driver to stop. There are no taxi cabs in Los Banos or any provinces outside Manila. Davao and Cebu have those if you will be going there. We have pedicabs (bicycle+cab), tricycles among the jeepneys so you can explore those places at the inner part of the town. I don’t think that’s necessary unless you know someone there.
Feel free to ask me on Slack if you still have any questions.
Msscorpio, thanks so much for your detailed advice! Loved reading about your point of view. The place really does look amazing. So far I haven’t needed a Globe/ pocket wifi anywhere, but in every country I do have a sim with Data. I’m a freelancer, so I need to provide a high and consistent service level as that’s what allows me to keep going. I’m hoping there is a hub or place where startups/ freelancers and other remote workers have spent some time and can say with certainty the internet is not a problem for them. If I go, I’ll definitely pay a visit to your home town msscorpio!
No problem! Most people I’ve seen here in the forums and on Slack is that they prefer staying in Davao, Cebu or Palawan but everything’s real pricey there to be honest. You can meet some freelancers there for sure. These places are where tourists usually go so you have to expect that they can be 2-3x the actual price.
There are lots of places in the Philippines you can get nice views like in Puerto Galera or Bohol. Indeed there are lots of freelancers here but most of them are living in Manila and the Calabarzon area. I’ve met someone in Davao but really, these people are paying monthly that may cost ~$100/month. If most of your work can be done by browsing and doesn’t take a lot of Skype calls then you can survive with only mobile internet. If you have good reception, Smart’s LTE can give you more than 10mbps. It has a cap of 800mb but I confirmed you can get by with a VPN. I’ve tried it before and it worked.
Philippines’ internet makes any work impossible, unless you don’t need internet.
Great weather, people and relatively safe outside Manila, but the internet is so slow and unstable that makes it useless if you’d like to get any work done:
You have to imagine speeds of 1mbps or lower that kee cutting out all dagy every day.
Unfortunately, corruption within the government and lots of bureaucracy means it’s not getting better soon.
I don’t know where you stayed but everytime I go to a place I look around and find for a decent hotspot then stay there for a couple of months. Like what I’ve said, this is not like other countries where Wifi and mobile internet has vast coverage everywhere you go. The LTE coverage is something mobile providers are still working on so it could suck in remote locations especially the rural areas.
Oh man, that’s what I’ve heard but is it really like there EVERYWHERE? The Philippines seems to be a place where more and more freelancers offer their services online (VA’s etc). You’d assume they have/ need good internet for that?
Going by the website, this shared work space sounds good:
Does anyone here have actual experience with it?
I’ve used it, but the building doesn’t allow shorts and flip flops so I stopped. I just use the Starbucks down the street
They’re a bit more relaxed now.
They allow shorts, but still no flipflops. Dress standards I guess.
Spent two months there working out of the tide. It’s cheap and Internet is ok.
Varies from day to day.
Drop in and try it out for a day. See if you like it there.
People are nice and lots of good food options in the area. Just have to walk a bit.
Also a doctor clinic in the area too if you need it.
Say hi to Zeke for me if you head in.
Peter
Unfortunately I haven’t used it, but can vouch for the area- IT Park is very nice and safe…
The main reason I don’t use TheTide myself is I actually rent a condo right there within the IT Park and have “high speed” cable internet in my unit (SkyBroadband 16Mb down 1Mb up, for P1999).
Many of the Cebu call-centers are located in the IT Park, so the internet is decent throughout. My only complaint about TheTide when I looked them up before is their business hours. So much of the IT Park is open very late or 24 hours, would’ve been nice to use them during USA business hours.
Speaking of which, I’m in the USA at the moment but if nobody else has any feedback on it maybe I’ll buy a one-day hotseat pass when I get back there
General info on the city:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Metro_Cebu
The Tide is in Cebu City, near the border with Mandaue.
My wife and I are planning on spending a month or two in the Philippines from mid December through mid January. We have many teammates there and plan to travel to meet each of them, but want a ‘home base’ for the duration of the stay.
We love being near the beach, stand up paddle boarding, we are novice surfers and we enjoy being able to walk around and access local restaurants, stores, shops, beaches, etc.
Internet speeds don’t worry us much as we lived in Mexico last year and dealt with slow internet without issue.
Access to healthy/organic foods is a big plus for us…
Just trying to figure out if anyone has any insight on these two option in the Philippines that may help us make a decision.
Thanks!
Cebu for accessibility but Davao has cheaper, better food, the city is famous for eat all you can buffets. If you go during the fruit season, you’ll have access to the best fruits in the country. Sometimes I get full even from the free sampling alone in the fruit stalls. If you smoke, ditch Davao as it has a very strict ordinance against smoking. Internet is quite slow in Davao. I’m not familiar with surfing in Cebu, the surfers in Davao flock to Dahican beach. As for safety, Davao is the safest city in the country.
Cebu seems easier to get to with many direct flights, where Davao seems like I’d have to fly to Manilla or Cebu then change planes… And travel time from Singapore or Bangkok is much longer.
Bohol I’m guessing would be a ferry ride and I can’t imagine the internet there is any better thank Cebu or Davao… This is a work trip, not a vacation, so I don’t know if that is the right spot for us, this trip.
I get the food situation and that is not a problem or deal breaker… Doesn’t seem like either Davao or Cebu offer any benefit there.
I do see many apartment buildings in Davao much closer to the ocean than in Cebu… South of Cebu, there seems to be more accommodations closer to the beach in Talisay City… But not sure if there would be many markets or restaurants around there, or if that would be a pedestrian friendly location.
Both seem to have a few co-working spaces…
Kind of seems like personal preference, I guess… Not seeing anything specific that puts one out ahead of the other. I think I prefer the quieter and slower pace options, which seems like Davao may be.
I grew up in Cebu and I visit Davao for work and family. I’m biased towards Cebu because it’s a bit more urban, there are small shops and restaurants worth exploring as there is an entrepreneurial and creative culture compared to Davao. Diving is better too. But if you want the slow life you have to head out of town and into the neighboring provinces in the island. Cebu has the best of both worlds. There are neighboring beaches nearby, and you can easily hop on a boat to a smaller island with more interesting snorkel spots. Cebu is also the hub that allows you to explore the rest of the Visayas region easily – more islands, more beaches, more diving.
Caveat is as the city becomes more developed traffic is getting increasingly worse. Davao traffic is only slightly better, there’s one major thoroughfare that doesn’t really leave you with a lot of commuting options.
Bohol is definitely a good choice if you just want to stay on the beach for a while, it’s the most rural option among the three.
hi, living here almost a year already. healthy/organic food is a problem. the ordinary food here is deep fried everything. too spicy etc. so better to cook by yourself buying everything from the local markets (better avoid malls). or find one of the rare restaurants which server good food. i am living in Manila and i have found few. Regarding the Ceby or Davao, i would recommend you Bohol. This is incredible place for living. Beach, hills, nice city. Cebu is boring.
Apart of Bohol, there is also Palawan, nice island. Internal sucks. not only because its slow, but also because its pricy and slow.
On main island (where Manila is) there are also nice places, like 100islands, white beach, Lauag. Being close to Manils gives you some advantages like to fly anywhere ))).
If you have any specific questions i can help you with - more than welcome. I am in Manila and gonna be here for long.
You should try the soup dishes like sinigang, tinola, caldereta, kare-kare and many more which are mostly fit for paleo diet. Those are what the locals normally eat everyday. Deep fried, I don’t recall a lot of restaurants selling those.
Even in Manila, they prefer cooking instead of dining out. Restaurants, like overseas, are overrated especially when you eat near the tourist spots. I wouldn’t recommend eating near those because they are too pricey. If you search for restaurants a bit far from the malls you can find good food for less than 2 bucks plus it’s a complete meal.
It depends what you call healthy, too. Deep fry chicken liver in palm/coconut oil (which seems to be the most widely available cooking oil) and that’s a healthy food to me.
There’s also a wide selection of tropical fruits if you move around. The only thing I found lacking in the Philippines was good dairy.
And… healthy or not… sisig and halo-halo… OMG I miss that stuff
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Not many members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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Based on Cebu's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
Good surfing on this island. More experienced surfers head to Cloud 9.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 12✈️20min$1,622 / mo6Mbps×If this place is Hostile towards LGBT, then non of the rich movie stars in Hollywood would even think of visiting this place. When I say rich, I mean Billionaires and Millionaires, that even a fraction of their money can probably buy the whole island itself. Now, they say that this beach is world famous? World famous for what! for bashing LGBTs? This narrow mindedness that's going on around this island is nothing but hypocrisy. Women are allowed to wear pasties and dental floss on the beac
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 8✈️22min$1,977 / mo6Mbps×Terrible internet even taxi drivers can't use maps and don't know where they are going. Super boring. Congested with traffic and horns. No infrastructure. Bums everywhere. Sketchy people. Davao city is a scary and weird place. There are zero foreigners here. Check the expat group on Facebook it's a handful of creepy old men. I guess Filipinos that live here that are pumping up the reviews for this place because they are proud of where they are from and love their president and his beloved city.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 40✈️31min$1,508 / mo6Mbps×Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan, is a province of the Philippines that is located in the MIMAROPA region. Its capital is the city of Puerto Princesa, but it is governed independently from the province as an urbanized city. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the southwest and it lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island, measuring 450 kilometres long, the province is composed
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 83°🥵AQI 43✈️45min$1,467 / mo6Mbps×Manila is an incredibly welcoming city and cheap to live. Accommodation in ultra luxurious condos is reasonable, foot massage whilst tapping out emails (£7 per hour) makes working from here a no brainer. Agree living in the Greenbelt area is a no brainer. Vegetarian choices can be limited in some places but excellent (and so cheap!) Delivery services are available, including diet chef stuff which is unaffordable anywhere else. The streets feel safe inside Makati and the areas around greenbelt
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 47✈️46min$1,467 / mo6Mbps×The air quality in Baguio is awful. I left with a cough and sore throat. Streets are crowded. Lots of traffic. Internet is not very stable. Head north to Sagada for a much more beautiful place in the mountains—equally unstable internet but at least the food and air quality are better in Sagada!
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 16✈️1h$1,508 / mo6Mbps×Best suited for surfers..
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 16✈️1h$1,881 / mo5Mbps×Nice and laid back city with good infrastructure. 4G coverage was good
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 28✈️1h$834 / mo14Mbps×Kaohsiung is a more relaxed city as compared to other major cities in Asia. You can enjoying working and taking vacation in this warm city. However, it is not quiet a English speak city. So, it is better if you know some simple Chinese here. It also close to Kenting, a beautiful beach area in Taiwan. Good place for remote working and vacation.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 117😷✈️2h$794 / mo25Mbps×Manila is an incredibly welcoming city and cheap to live. Accommodation in ultra luxurious condos is reasonable, foot massage whilst tapping out emails (£7 per hour) makes working from here a no brainer. Agree living in the Greenbelt area is a no brainer. Vegetarian choices can be limited in some places but excellent (and so cheap!) Delivery services are available, including diet chef stuff which is unaffordable anywhere else. The streets feel safe inside Makati and the areas around greenbelt
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 47✈️46min$1,467 / mo6Mbps×They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 55✈️3h$2,868 / mo95Mbps×If this place is Hostile towards LGBT, then non of the rich movie stars in Hollywood would even think of visiting this place. When I say rich, I mean Billionaires and Millionaires, that even a fraction of their money can probably buy the whole island itself. Now, they say that this beach is world famous? World famous for what! for bashing LGBTs? This narrow mindedness that's going on around this island is nothing but hypocrisy. Women are allowed to wear pasties and dental floss on the beac
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 8✈️22min$1,977 / mo6Mbps×Hong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 76😷✈️2h$2,563 / mo70Mbps×Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 34✈️3h$1,371 / mo23Mbps×First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 48✈️3h$1,306 / mo18Mbps×I lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district called 'Tay Ho'. If what you are looking for is somewhat foreigner(English) friendly, the spot is yours. However I preferred to stay in the Japanese area that was full of good sushi. The charm of the city comes from the people. Vietnamese are aggressively kind and way too friendly. I even rented a piano from a local shop, placed it at home and played it. Took private Muythai lesson from a local gym
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌤 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 177😷✈️3h$1,052 / mo13Mbps×Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 125😷✈️3h$1,455 / mo21Mbps×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 36✈️4h$3,392 / mo28Mbps×Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 94😷✈️2h$2,025 / mo18Mbps×Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan, is a province of the Philippines that is located in the MIMAROPA region. Its capital is the city of Puerto Princesa, but it is governed independently from the province as an urbanized city. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the southwest and it lies between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after its largest island, Palawan Island, measuring 450 kilometres long, the province is composed
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 83°🥵AQI 43✈️45min$1,467 / mo6Mbps×Manila is an incredibly welcoming city and cheap to live. Accommodation in ultra luxurious condos is reasonable, foot massage whilst tapping out emails (£7 per hour) makes working from here a no brainer. Agree living in the Greenbelt area is a no brainer. Vegetarian choices can be limited in some places but excellent (and so cheap!) Delivery services are available, including diet chef stuff which is unaffordable anywhere else. The streets feel safe inside Makati and the areas around greenbelt
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°AQI 47✈️46min$1,467 / mo🌇 Also went here84 people×Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 94😷✈️2h$2,025 / mo🌇 Also went here63 people×Hong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 76😷✈️2h$2,563 / mo🌇 Also went here64 people×It used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 121😷✈️3h$982 / mo🌇 Also went here84 people×Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 34✈️3h$1,371 / mo🌇 Also went here59 people×They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 55✈️3h$2,868 / mo🌇 Also went here100 people×Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 125😷✈️3h$1,455 / mo🌇 Also went here98 people×First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 48✈️3h$1,306 / mo🌇 Also went here86 people×Living in Bangkok since 2015, I refused to go to Phuket longer than I could. I strongly believed in rumors that Phuket was all about prostitution and dirty beaches... oh, how I was wrong! Phuket is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I’d say you can find the same conveniences you’re used in Bangkok, but with a beach - actually many of them, ofter pristine and desert if you rent a motorbike and explore by yourself. Forget about Patong and go to Karon, Surin, Kattatani, Paradise and Freedom Beach instead... you’
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 67✈️4h$1,625 / mo🌇 Also went here50 people×Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 80°AQI 66✈️4h$1,107 / mo🌇 Also went here82 people×Really enjoying Seoul so far. It is very hard to make friends at first as not many people will speak English or are too afraid to. Maybe easier in Itaewon. For phone service, I was able to get month to month service on KT with unlimited data for only 35,000 won a month. Check out the desk with a sign in Thai on the electronics floor at IPark Mall connected to Yonsan station for this deal. They speak great English as well.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels -8° 18° -5° 24°AQI 101😷✈️4h$2,370 / mo🌇 Also went here51 people×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 36✈️4h$3,392 / mo🌇 Also went here75 people×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 29°AQI 13✈️14h$3,042 / mo🌇 Also went here52 people×One giant tourist trap. Giant hordes of rich Europeans vacationing with their parents credit cards.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌤 Feels -2° 28° 1° 33°AQI 38✈️15h$4,461 / mo🌇 Also went here63 people×London is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44°AQI 55✈️15h$4,100 / mo🌇 Also went here57 people×
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