Travel to Philippines, Living in Philippines, Relocating to Philippines, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com Travel & Expat Lifestyle Magazine Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:07:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://www.expatify.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-expatify-site-logo-32x32.png Travel to Philippines, Living in Philippines, Relocating to Philippines, Expat Life and News https://www.expatify.com 32 32 Navigating the Volcanoes of the Philippines https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-volcanoes-of-the-philippines.html https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-volcanoes-of-the-philippines.html#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:36:38 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=6787 Mount Mayon Mount Mayon is noted to be the most active volcano of the Philippines. It is situated on the island of Luzon, where it borders Legazpi City. Its elevation is 8,081 feet (2,453 meters), and it classified as a stratovolcano that is known to have erupted 49 times over the course of 400 years. […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-volcanoes-of-the-philippines.html/feed 0 Navigating the Major Rivers of the Philippines https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-major-rivers-of-the-philippines.html https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-major-rivers-of-the-philippines.html#respond Mon, 17 May 2010 18:56:01 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=5280 The Philippines has 421 rivers. Of those, 50 are biologically dead. The Cagayan River, Rio Grande de Mindanao and the Agusan River are three very important rivers in this country. Cagayan River The Cagayan River is the longest and largest river in the Philippines, being 314 miles (505 kilometers) in length. It is located in […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/philippines/navigating-the-major-rivers-of-the-philippines.html/feed 0 Monday Escape: Cagayan de Oro, Philippines https://www.expatify.com/philippines/monday-escape-cagayan-de-oro-philippines.html https://www.expatify.com/philippines/monday-escape-cagayan-de-oro-philippines.html#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:08:03 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=4728 Cagayan de Oro City, also known as the “City of Golden Friendship”, is considered as one of the tourist hot spots in the Philippines. It’s also an ideal place to be for white-water rafting and nature-trekking. Located along the northern coastline on the Mindanao island, in the southern part of the Philippines, it serves as […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/philippines/monday-escape-cagayan-de-oro-philippines.html/feed 3 Learning the Social Customs of the Philippines https://www.expatify.com/philippines/learning-the-social-customs-of-the-philippines.html https://www.expatify.com/philippines/learning-the-social-customs-of-the-philippines.html#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:18:29 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=4149 Family is a very important factory of Filipino society. People are often close with their nuclear and extended family, in which they seek support. In addition to blood relatives, children often have a few godparents. Nepotism is fairly common in the Philippines, and it is often expected of people to hire other members of their […]

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]]> https://www.expatify.com/philippines/learning-the-social-customs-of-the-philippines.html/feed 1 U.S. Expat’s ‘Hobbit Bar’ Does Good for Filipino Dwarves https://www.expatify.com/philippines/us-expats-hobbit-bar-does-good-for-filipino-dwarves.html https://www.expatify.com/philippines/us-expats-hobbit-bar-does-good-for-filipino-dwarves.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:52:50 +0000 https://www.expatify.com/?p=1546 A bar owned by a U.S. expat in downtown Manila, called the “Hobbit House”, offers employment, entertainment and hope to downtrodden dwarves from throughout the Philippines. The Houston Chronicle has the story here: He considers them family, but they’re not his children. They’re the dwarfs and other little people the 70-year-old Iowa native, [Jim Turner], […]

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