The standard of medical care is quite good. The Docs are well trained and while the equipment may not be cutting edge the prices for care are astonishingly low.
If you use Medicare for health insurance it doesn't work here and some private insurance will not cover you either. So better make a phone call to check on it.
Chase doesn't have any branches here but Bank of the Philippine Islands ATMs work well with Chase check cards. 10,000 pesos max per withdrawal and 2 withdrawals per day. $3.00 fee per transaction and a decent exchange rate. That's a little over $400 and you would have to party awful hard to need more. You can open an account in another bank in the States and use their ATM to double your fun.
Some of us drink tap water without ill effect others have had problems. If you want to be safe bottled water is available everywhere.
The temperature has been averaging in the 80s with quite a bit of rain but it will be warming up soon with less rain. Sure beats a midwest winter and in the hot season it isn't any worse than a lot of midsummer days where you are now. It's hard to beat.  |