
The only thing to keep in mind when visiting is that there really are places to avoid, such as provinces in the south where peacetime occurs only a few days each year, and a few dingy places in Manila. Even Divisoria, the penny-pincher's shopping haven, can be safe if you know where to hide your wallet and if you can hire Batista to watch your back for a day.
I really feel so sorry for one-time tourists who speak ill of the country just because their bags were stolen at the airport or they were sweet-talked by a purty young thing at Ermita into spending all their money. Well, hello...? There aren't bad countries, I suppose, just dorky tourists.
The countryside should be your best bet if you want to really go on a Philippine adventure. Great beaches, inexpensive and scrumptious food, and hospitable people who would go out of their way just to make you feel at home. (But how on earth would you be able to relax if your host sleeps on a straw mat while he asks you to sleep in the master's bedroom?)
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