first trip to PH next month advice please

Hi David, well yeah holiday was awesome, rained all 4 days in Manila and to tell you the truth i wanted to come home, to make matters worse girl i went to see, well its was obvious we were never going to get on. Money wise well i got raped, feel i might of got set up a few times along the way too, however not all bad, flew out to Boracay and well i was blown away, weather improved drastically and holiday did indeed become the dream holiday i had hoped for. Sat on plane home and just cried and to tell you the truth although i now have been back nearly 6 months a big part of me remains back there. Dumped GF last October but have since found another girl and off to do it all again this August. Hope this time around i come back and miss the girl as much as i miss the country

Good on you for being honest and brave enough to relate the bad as well as the good.

Better luck next trip.

Always good to get some feedback, good to see you haven't let one bad experience put you off the Philippines.

Remember that traffic in Manila is awful also, however long you assume it will take, double it. I picked up a SIM at the airport this last trip. They installed it and everything. I bought too much but left it with my GF's family.

Sorry about your negative experience first time around but glad it looks like it will turn out OK. Yes Boracay is an awesome place, but for us it's not somewhere to live, just party lol.