[Teacher]

dharmabum I lived in Thailand before I moved to Philippines. Thailand does have it's charms but I find it always unstable as far as the government goes. So I settled in the Philippines and for me it was the best choice. I married and happily. The average cost of living for a westerner is about a one thousand USD a month to maintain your standard of life that you know or more if have a high sytle of living. Manila is not a good place to live. Cebu is okay you can get anything you need. Living in Dumaguete may not be the place for you right now. Visit it check it out it is nice. But to live in a smaller town you need experience with the Philippines and the way of life there. It is nothing that can be explained by anyone you can only live it to know. But once you lived it. You will never want to live anyplace else.