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You can, but the travel is a bit on the unconventional side. Most shipping companies will accept passengers at a relatively cheap rate and you can just tag along. I live in Manila, my father in law runs one such company, my brother in law is a cook for another.
There are some caveats:
You're surrounded by 'salty sailors', which may or may not be ...
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Personally I'd try and do what the locals do, and use their transport - it'll be more fun and you'll meet people that you wouldn't get to if you were driving your own car. Plus you won't get lost, and you'll be able to look around and enjoy what you're seeing.
According to perennial favourite Wikitravel, vans (or L3s as they are called there) cost about 80 ...
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All you have to do is contact a travel agency to file the paperwork on your behalf several months before you plan to enter the country. If coming for business, the company you are visiting (or their attorney) can also file the paperwork for you. The program is designed to make it extremely easy to enter the country, and it has been working rather well.
If ...
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For that amount of money the best solution is almost always going to be to do a wire transfer from your UK bank (or possibly your Spanish bank) to your Philippines bank. There will frequently be a charge on each end of the transfer, but it's normally negated by the fact that you'll get a good exchange rate for the transfer - normally far better than you'll ...
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Clark itself is not worth visiting. Until 1991 the area used to be an American air force base: 'Clark Air Base', now its an airport which some budget airlines use. The area is also a free trading zone: Clark Freeport Zone, but not really interesting for tourists, unless you are into old US military installations.
The main reason to fly to Clark, is that is ...
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I believe you'll be able to take 2 bottles with you.
According to World of Duty Free (who are one of the big UK airport based duty free companies, so ought to know...)
The following items may be imported into the Philippines without incurring customs duty:
(snip tobacco bits, not relevent)
2L of alcoholic beverage, in bottles of not more than ...
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Boracay is nice, but yes - it's highly commercialized. You won't be able to walk 20 meters on a beach without someone approaching you and trying to sell you something. Chinese new year is a very popular holiday, so yes - it's going to be quite crowded and extremely loud. Remember, you can buy fireworks here legally, and quite cheaply. During the celebration, ...
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EDIT: Just called up the Keelung port in Taiwan. The operator is closed. I heard they were supposed to resume operation but did not. Please ignore my previous post about the ferry being back up.
I used to know a guy who would bring people from the Philippines up to Taiwan through Koahsuing. It is possible, but you need to be careful. A lot of the people ...
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What you're looking for is, in fact, a fully furnished condo with all utilities included available for extremely short term lease. They are rather abundant in Makati city, but they will be advertised in random places.
These are investment properties maintained to fill the exact need that you have, and you will often be doing business with an agent of the ...
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You can fly from Mindanao to Cebu and then to Tacloban instead. Tickets from Cebu are about 150$. From there you can take a public bus or jeepneys to Catbalogan. You can also rent a car there with driver for 100$/day. While this is not a direct transport either, its surely better than the 12 hours boat from Cebu.
Tacloban might also be the better place to ...
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Quoting the Bureau of Immigration, Philippines about the procedure for extension of VISA. Please note that this information is valid for extension of all kind of Visa, and not specific to a certain category.
How would I extend my visa?
You may get an application form from the Visa Extension Section located at the ground floor Annex building,
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Yes, it can come from either a business or an individual.
Several nationalities require an invitation for the Philippines. It's common, and other countries (Uzbekistan, Russia) often ask for it too.
If you don't know someone there, there are often companies that will send you an invitation for a fee (crazy, but common).
However, if you do know someone ...
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there are some money exchange areas in the malls (in the Philippines) which also give a good rate. this would eliminate processing fees/inter-bank fees should there be any.
however, i'd suggest to go for the safer option: not to carry a huge amount of cash in your pocket. less risk. :)
SM Malls have their own Foreign Exchange inside the department store.
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Well I don't like to answer my own question but I found a blog with some information about tourist guide on the Philippines.. with the plus of two of them fluent in Spanish..
http://celdrantours.blogspot.co.uk/2005/07/pause-pause-pause.html
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