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American in Davao
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A journal about an American Expat living in Davao City in the Philippines. Articles and posts of Life, family, marraige, observations, experiences and stories of an american in a 3rd world nation.
Recent Posts
Wedding Day Arrives –More Crazy Stressors
To continue with my last article “Wedding Stressors in the Philippines” the day of the wedding arrived. I was woken early because there were about 10 members of the wedding party in my house and they had to get to the hotel to get makeup, hair do...
Wedding Stressors in the Philippines
As I have mentioned in other articles about my Filipino family, we have two nephews and three nieces, who are siblings that are more like our children. The three nieces live with us as does the second from oldest when he is home from work on ships. T...
Hamburgers in Davao
Since I have lived in Davao, I have tried hamburgers at some of the restaurants here, some had good points, and some had not so good points. The most consistent in a flavor comparable to America was McDonald’s. I am not saying it was a great bu...
A Home for Those with Ambition - Panacan, Davao City
There are many charities here in Davao as there are all over the Philippines. Most of the charities are for the small children or the people of an older age. In the past, I have writing about the Field of Dreams boy’s home that is doing wonderful w...
New Problems with American Television in the Philippines
Here in the Philippines, if you have cable TV there are many American television shows available, but many are old reruns. I think CNN, BBC, and Sports are the only current shows you get. You will also see the same programs playing on different chann...
Fish Avaliable in the Philippines
With over 7,000 Islands making up the Republic of the Philippines, fish is a major food staple for most Filipino households. Because of over fishing, pollution many areas around the Philippines have been fished out. In addition, many of the fish ha...


I married a beautiful girl from Davao and now waiting for her to arrive here in the states. We want to buy property in Davao and someday reitre there maybe. Any ideas on the best way to do that since we will both be U.S. citizens when she gets here citizenship here. Would it be best to put it in a relatives name (brother) in Davao if we purchase now. Any thoughts or feedback on this would be appreciated. I know there are restriction to foreigners owning property.
Posted: August 4th, 2009 | Report This Comment