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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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None. Boracay is an island, with no land connection to the island where Manila is on.
But I assume now you knew that. So let's find the next possible way. Renting vehicles might be a challenge since you will not return them at the place where you got them. So you will have to take buses, trains and ferries.
If you want to shorten the water travel as much ...
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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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