My move to the Philippines

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How expensive are groceries there?
Most stuff is fairly cheap, save western stuff and beff is a bit spendy. They don't slaughter cows in mass like the US. When they die of old age, that's when they become food. So steaks are a bit more tough in texture than American steaks.

Examples
A kilo of chicken breast is 190 peso or $2 and some change
A 12oz bottle of beer is roughly $1 usd
Lunch size bag of potato chips less than $1 usd
A kilo of ground beef 450 peso or $4 and some change USD

McDonald's quarter pounder meal is 250 peso or $5 usd
McDonald's big breakfast is 170 peso or $3 and some change
 
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This is the one I think we may move into.
7000 peso, just 122 USD

That looks quite nice, like someplace I'd love to rent on a vacation. Is it a duplex or would you have both sides?
 
That looks quite nice, like someplace I'd love to rent on a vacation. Is it a duplex or would you have both sides?
Just one side. But for $122 rent, I can deal with a duplex.
We are still looking around. May find a single dwelling house by time we move. But so far this is top of the list.
 
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So how are things coming along, any updates?
Nothing new to report really, we may have found a place like 30 minutes north of Davao. Two bedrooms, carpark etc etc for just 6000 pesos a month or 105 USD a month.
Got Cristine a washing machine so she don't have to do it by hand anymore. 20240512_165506.jpg
 
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Nothing new to report really, we may have found a place like 30 minutes north of Davao. Two bedrooms, carpark etc etc for just 6000 pesos a month or 105 USD a month.
Got Cristine a washing machine so she don't have to do it by hand anymore. View attachment 1542181
She must be over the moon, at least my sister was when my father bought her a washing machine.
 
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