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- Talking with Gio about Life in the Philippines. His Future Plans. @GiointhePhilippines Working and Traveling in South East Asia. Does the Roosters and Do Barking Still bother Him after all His Years here living in Dumaguete as an Expat @mikesphilippineretirement @DumagueteRentals @Philippinelifewithjanet Money matters and Retire on Social Security and live in the Philippines
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00:00 Going to meet Gio
00:30 Younger men moving to the Philippines
04:03 60 plus and coming to the Philippines
08:00 Roosters and Barking Dogs in Dumaguete
08:48 Gio's future plans - Zábava
I feed them a roll with Tabasco inside. The barking stops quite quickly Mike.
hahaha.
Thanks for giving me that information. Huge thumbs up!
@@mikesphilippineretirement 😊🤭It works! Lol
😂😂😂
That’s quite cruel
Mike, my home in Japan is so peaceful no dogs barking and no roosters or chickens creating any noises. Japanese people respects others neighbors being quiet. Every night I sleep in peace.
It's kind of sad when vloggers interview vloggers 😢😢
I like to see foreigners giving back to the community... Handing out bags of rice.. just helping poor families 🎉🎉
@tomdailey4819 Thought it was interesting seeing their different points of view and the similar views as well.
we do that often but I do not show that on Camera. That is kind of e-begging looking for donations for help to give. Better just do it and let God judge you not a viewer on you tube
Vlogger interviewing vlogger, talking about all the same things that every PH vlogger talks about. I'm So impressed. 😂
@@Ironic_Jihad Its called entertainment. You don't have to watch if you don't want to...just sayin
Nice mate i like it! @mikesphilippineretirement
I am a Canadian living in the Philippines. I love roosters and dogs. I raise roosters and have an Askal Dog, which is the Philippine breed. I talk to Filipinos every day, not foreigners. Blend in and you will enjoy the Philippines even though lots of things are what I call Mickey Mouse. The best thing about having a Good Filipina is that she will inspire you to be a better version of yourself. I am 77 and have a 47 year old beauty who looks 27. Not hard to find if you truly know what you want which most foreigners do not.
Hi Mike and Janet ❤️ I enjoy Geo and his wifes videos. Mike and Old dog Paul and Geo are my favorite vloggers. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks so much
2 mentioned are good! Old dog full of it!!
I follow both of you and I am 62 and I am planning to retire in the Philippines, I’m already retired and I have a pension and SSi plus I’m a regular gym member and will make sure my health is good before I leave to go to the Philippines 😊
Something for you to think about before you move permanently to the Philippines.
One thing I am very happy about was keeping my duplex in Florida.
I rent one side out and keep the other side to vacation back home to see family and friends.
That said what you need to consider...
I live the same lifestyle here in the Philippines on Samal Island in Garden City as I do in the United States in Clearwater, Florida.
It's all about how you want to live your life.
A single person can live comfortably on $1,500 to $2,000 dollars a month anywhere in the Philippines while a Family of five can live an upper middle class lifestyle on $2,000 to $3,000 dollars a month here.
What it takes to live a comfortable life in the Philippines for this American. (Me)
1) I refuse to rent, I'm not stressing about a house or rental payment every month. We own our own house that's paid for because of this specific reason.
2) I refuse to live without air-conditioning.
Not only do we have a split air-conditioning unit ( central air ) But three window air-conditioning units as well for back up.
I'm never going without air-conditioning.
3) I refuse to live without water to clean our house, take showers, do dishes, do laundry, water the plants, wash our scooters. We have Public water as well as a water tank and electric water pump.
I'm never going to run out of water.
4) We keep 50 gallons of drinking water on hand at all times. I'm never going to run out of drinking water.
5) I refuse to be sitting in our house in a brown out without lights, air-conditioning, and water.
We have Public commercial power as well as a generator.
The generator will run everything in our house when the power goes out.
We have brown outs several times a week.
In most cases they last about 10 minutes but sometimes more so in the event the power is out for more than 30 minutes I will then turn the generator on.
Sometime in the next two years we will be putting up solar panels.
6) We cook with propane gas.
We keep two tanks so we don't have to wait around for a delivery to finish cooking a meal.
I'm never running out of propane gas.
7) Transportation, when it rains we take tricycles to go anywhere we want.
For now public transportation is always easy to get too.
When we go to Davao city we get a taxi cab.
We have two scooters mine and my wife's she prefers to ride with me but saying one breaks down we have a back up.
We will be purchasing a van sometime in the near future.
8) I refuse to eat just Filipino food, We go to Davao city to shop for American food once a month, I eat 50% Filipino food and 50% American food during the month.
I've said all this for one reason, If you're a person who is struggling to live in the United States trying to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head then you may want to explore the idea of relocating to the Philippines.
90% of The Philippine people speak English a big plus when moving to a new country.
Another thing to think about.
I live the same lifestyle here in the Philippines on Samal Island in Garden City as I do in the United States in Clearwater, Florida.
It's all about how you want to live your life.
A single person can live comfortably on $1,500 to $2,000 dollars a month anywhere in the Philippines while a Family of five can live an upper middle class lifestyle on $2,000 to $3,000 dollars a month here.
What it takes to live a comfortable life in the Philippines for this American. (Me)
1) I refuse to rent, I'm not stressing about a house or rental payment every month. We own our own house that's paid for because of this specific reason.
2) I refuse to live without air-conditioning.
Not only do we have a split air-conditioning unit ( central air ) But three window air-conditioning units as well for back up.
I'm never going without air-conditioning.
3) I refuse to live without water to clean our house, take showers, do dishes, do laundry, water the plants, wash our scooters. We have Public water as well as a water tank and electric water pump.
I'm never going to run out of water.
4) We keep 50 gallons of drinking water on hand at all times. I'm never going to run out of drinking water.
5) I refuse to be sitting in our house in a brown out without lights, air-conditioning, and water.
We have Public commercial power as well as a generator.
The generator will run everything in our house when the power goes out.
We have brown outs several times a week.
In most cases they last about 10 minutes but sometimes more so in the event the power is out for more than 30 minutes I will then turn the generator on.
Sometime in the next two years we will be putting up solar panels.
6) We cook with propane gas.
We keep two tanks so we don't have to wait around for a delivery to finish cooking a meal.
I'm never running out of propane gas.
7) Transportation, when it rains we take tricycles to go anywhere we want.
For now public transportation is always easy to get too.
When we go to Davao city we get a taxi cab.
We have two scooters mine and my wife's she prefers to ride with me but saying one breaks down we have a back up.
We will be purchasing a van sometime in the near future.
8) I refuse to eat just Filipino food, We go to Davao city to shop for American food once a month, I eat 50% Filipino food and 50% American food during the month.
I've said all this for one reason, If you're a person who is struggling to live in the United States trying to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head then you may want to explore the idea of relocating to the Philippines.
90% of The Philippine people speak English a big plus when moving to a new country.
thank you for the comment and enjoy your retirement
Nice to see Gio.
I wear foam earplugs at night. Roosters are Okay dog barking is so very annoying Filipinos cage their dogs and neglect them.
some not all
Gday Mike, im 72 and lived in Duma for 5 months. Then to Siquijor for 6 months. I never found the travel a problem, even given the fact i ride a 250cc Kawasaki. Im now based in Cebu after meeting the woman of my dreams. Love the chanel, keep up the good work mate
Thanks for sharing
Dead Beat Dad !
You don't watch his channel or you would know he's traveled back to the states and reunited with his kids.
Life's too short if a person is unhappy in a relationship it's time to find happiness.
Why put the kids through the pain of two people hating each other living together who they love. Not a good situation.
@xyza-zw5km dead Beat Viewer.. get a life
@LeonardMarlin Yes he did and planning on visiting them again soon
Hello, all good advice. Thanks. Gio, where in Japan are you planning on visiting? I’m in southern Shikoku. Come by for a visit.
Thank for sharing
That place is like a colony of foreigners, I respect any expat here, The are massive contributions to society here, bringing up the standard of living to the local people from money to educating, God Bless All,
Well said
lol...don't fire her!....Usually the aircon going and is enough ambient noise for me to get to sleep. Nice to see Gio and you together in an interview. Thanks, Janet and Mike...Jim
Thanks for the tips! hahaha
I have never, ever since 2008 visited the Philippines because of a Filipina. Simply put, I don't take sand to the beach, nor do I allow someone to bring me sand at the airport to take to the beach. All Filipinas are pretty much the same. And so, whether you meet her in a bar, at the mall, in church, online, or wherever you will certainly not be her first as some Pinoy or two or three have had more than their fun share of breaking her in and then moving on to the next. I suppose my point is that foreigners should travel to the Philippines to enjoy what the country has to offer, and date when the need arises as I Promise you there are no shortages of girls.
sand...you want sand????
Good video you two 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you
Hi Mike, off topic but what is the US service you use as your address that collects your US based mail? Thanks
He wont reply with useful info.
@MMPlaneSpotting-su3ns Check out his other videos. he mentions it in quite a few videos.
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How about interviewing local Filipino people too
about what?
Why
Health: Stage 3 pancreatic cancer, whipple surgery, 7 months of chemo and I just did my 3rd year of testing. Nothing is certain, but both surgeon and oncologist say pretty good chance I am 1 of the 12% that makes it past 5 years. Leave US for PI on July 16. One way trip. Already contacted Silliman U Medical to ask for a specialist and they have one to monitor me and do the tests each year. If I make it another 2 years, no more testing and like I never had the cancer.
Good luck. Not sure I would relocate to the Phils with your condition. Look at the problems Juells have getting critical medicare before he passed. He had to go to Manilla for qualified oncologists that he couldn't get in Duma.
@@rustynail3630 Already decided no more surgery, radiation or chemo. Die in US or die in PI, but maybe live in both, since both oncologist and surgeon see positive prognosis. I can always return. I threw $55K into sister's house to help her in recent months and, in return, she maintains bedroom and office for me in case of return. Stay well.
Better to walk around and show options to live and shopping and food
I am not sure if it's just that my hearing is getting bad or there's not many barking dogs or crowing roosters here in Bacong where I live. According to my girlfriend my snorkeling is much worse than the barking dogs.
It's great seeing two of my favorite vloggers!
Wow, thanks!
🙏🏼
YOU'RE WELCOME!
Health is a key issue. I hear guys comment they are in their 60"s and have good health yet they are overweight and have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. That is not good health to me. i see few Western guys that are fit and have the right BMI. It's not easy eating healthy in the Philippines with their heavy diet of pork and white rice. White rice is so unhealthy.
The reason for the white rice here is its cheap. 50 pesos for a kilogram 2.2 pounds. Less than $1. The markets have a lot of good vegetables and fruits so let's decent part i replace the rice with the quinoa from myself! King why is extremely healthy. I can't remember the name right now but there's an imitation fake thing for the noodles which are bad for you. The problem within you that though is only the americans can afford that the locals cannot eat the healthy stuff. When you make 600 pesos a day $10 you don't get the buy too much food with the rent everything else
I see a Jag on Mike, nice brand i see first time this year in Cebu. Barking dogs are super anoying i agree
Yes they are nice shirts good price at Metro 1st level
What kind of noises do you get new york city chicago los angeles? That's the annoying things honking horns! When your house is 2 feet away from the next house you get to hear the neighbors arguing all the time
Geezers are the way to go. A real savvy Filipina say in her 20's will get an old expat say 70's. As they die off, she can flip expats and potentially 2 to 3x her inheritances and live more than comfortably for her entire life.
I have lived in Cebu city for 5 years and I have had 2 excellent, 20s, long-term girlfriends with college educations thus far. I am in my mid 50s. Don't listen to youtubers who tell you that it is so much harder to get a good, young girlfriend in 2024. The young guys can't close the deal like those of us with solid pensions, so the girls that play with young guys are not even in the same dating market we are interested in. Mike is passing on bad data here. A girl who wants a serious relationship will choose someone who lives here full-time, not the so-called young digtal nomads who go broke in 4 months.
I guess my question would be what does a man in his mid to late 50's have in common with a young 20 year old woman ?
Not much, probably nothing more than Sex.
Speaking from experience of course.
Filipina girlfriends to my wife.
1.) me 45 her 18 Sex
2.) me 50 her 23 Sex, buying a house and remodeling.
3.) me 54 her 27 Sex, buying land building a house.
4.) me 57 her 33 Sex, Nursing and traveling, buying land building a house.
5.) me 60 her 37 my wife now Sex, church, movies, singing, cooking, traveling, reading, buying land building three houses... and on...and on...and on....
One thing you will find out you will have in common with them is kids.
1.) one child.
2.) one child.
3.) two children.
4.) one child.
5.) no children together but she does have four children I love very much that call me daddy😊
@@LeonardMarlin- Mine is 29 and has a child and completed her degree in software (me as well), so we mostly talk about geopolitical issues and laugh at simps.
@@Any5364B Big difference between a 55 year old and a 29 year with a kid vs a 20/21 year old no kid. We're taking almost 10 years of life experience. Big difference in maturity.
You're only 15 1/2 years difference, hell I have 22 years on my wife and can say I've helped her become more mature over the last 6 years.
USA Walmart single moms vs Filipina Instagram bargirls...I pass on both.
bargirls are great?
Me thinketh appreciate an senior guy who has worked all his life coming to the Philippines to enjoy his golden years however to see these., younger daggy looking guys moving to retire young appears to me a little........strange!@!?🤪😉
Awesome interview you two. Thanks.
Our pleasure!
Lol….social media is destroying the dating scene for foreigners in Asia 😂. We’ve all seen girls who are considered average looking in the Philippines go online and have literally thousands of foreigners sending them money, gifts, marriage proposals, etc… These girls go from average looking in their home countries to exotic beauties in the eyes of foreigners. While it’s still very possible to find a girlfriend in the Philippines (and other parts of Asia) it’s going to be getting more and more difficult as time goes on because of increased competition.
At least feeding chicken you are plumping up for future use... int he USA you might just sit on a park bench and feed pigeons. EEuu pigeons.
Next time ask Gio why he's against large age gap marriage.
sure
I'm not against it at all, it just wasn't for me.
If dogs and roosters are the only problems you got it made here!
I came here at 51, having already bought property. My wife, of 10 years, and I own around USD$1M in commercial and residential property, and we have a regular income. I didn't meet my wife online. I met her in person in HK and we were together for 4 years, having a child together, before we relocated. It was my decision, not hers, to relocate, as I had had enough of the 10-hour day, 6-days a week working life running my own business. After mulling it over, I gave her the 'financial statement', as it were, and she was hard-put to disguise her elation. She didn't marry me for my money; because she was unaware I had any. For her, that was simply a bonus so now she doesn't simply have a decent life, but she lives like a queen, as she deserves. Nowadays, it is she who goes 'to the office' even though she does not need to, while I live a simple, relaxed life. Filipina pride, I suspect.
bragging ????
@@mikesphilippineretirement Since when has telling the truth been bragging? What do expect me to do? Lie? If I were not to be candid then that would be false modesty, which I perceive to be far worse than 'bragging'. Your video is entitled 'Money Matters'. I was commenting on the subject of your post from personal experience, maybe as a means of pointing out to people wishing to retire here the realities of financial life. I won't bother commenting in future. My response to your petty post is simple...Jealous?
@@mikesphilippineretirementunfair Mike. You should act your age at least by age 70. I have heard you many times discussing your financial advantages, Like owning two properties, having a young wife etc.. Others sometimes want to toot their own horns as well. Shame on you dude. Unsubbed.
WOW! A vlogger interviews another vlogger, HOW NEW AND EXCITING! 👎DO BETTER
i do not own property and what advantage do I have Financially maybe it is for the better you unsubbed.
The great Gio
My first interview with Gio.
@@FrankTate-z3qyou don't have to spend a lot of money to live a comfortable life in the Philippines.
I live the same lifestyle here in the Philippines on Samal Island in Garden City as I do in the United States in Clearwater, Florida.
It's all about how you want to live your life.
A single person can live comfortably on $1,500 to $2,000 dollars a month anywhere in the Philippines while a Family of five can live an upper middle class lifestyle on $2,000 to $3,000 dollars a month here.
What it takes to live a comfortable life in the Philippines for this American. (Me)
1) I refuse to rent, I'm not stressing about a house or rental payment every month. We own our own house that's paid for because of this specific reason.
2) I refuse to live without air-conditioning.
Not only do we have a split air-conditioning unit ( central air ) But three window air-conditioning units as well for back up.
I'm never going without air-conditioning.
3) I refuse to live without water to clean our house, take showers, do dishes, do laundry, water the plants, wash our scooters. We have Public water as well as a water tank and electric water pump.
I'm never going to run out of water.
4) We keep 50 gallons of drinking water on hand at all times. I'm never going to run out of drinking water.
5) I refuse to be sitting in our house in a brown out without lights, air-conditioning, and water.
We have Public commercial power as well as a generator.
The generator will run everything in our house when the power goes out.
We have brown outs several times a week.
In most cases they last about 10 minutes but sometimes more so in the event the power is out for more than 30 minutes I will then turn the generator on.
Sometime in the next two years we will be putting up solar panels.
6) We cook with propane gas.
We keep two tanks so we don't have to wait around for a delivery to finish cooking a meal.
I'm never running out of propane gas.
7) Transportation, when it rains we take tricycles to go anywhere we want.
For now public transportation is always easy to get too.
When we go to Davao city we get a taxi cab.
We have two scooters mine and my wife's she prefers to ride with me but saying one breaks down we have a back up.
We will be purchasing a van sometime in the near future.
8) I refuse to eat just Filipino food, We go to Davao city to shop for American food once a month, I eat 50% Filipino food and 50% American food during the month.
I've said all this for one reason, If you're a person who is struggling to live in the United States trying to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head then you may want to explore the idea of relocating to the Philippines.
90% of The Philippine people speak English a big plus when moving to a new country.
Love ya RG
@@mikesphilippineretirement enjoyed it.... me next when I get there
@@rustynail3630 < love ya more
It's not just that we able to work online now. It's just that the West has gotten worse education, relationships, cost of living, quality of life, and the foods/ healthcare. I was 15 years old when I started thinking about moving overseas. My goal was to move overseas at 30 years old. So no it's not over for 60+ year Olds because they will always have that retirement stable income and filipinas will still pick them first because they seem as a safe option. My girlfriend is the exception that wanted a younger guy, most Filipinas don't.
Most older guys here are broke thats why their here. Also the young poontang. Some do CZcams channels because they dont have alot of money. If you have a phone you have a ready made CZcams channel.
@bkbroiler8347 oh ok I see then why filipinas pick them then
@@bkbroiler8347Broke by American standards, But very well off by Philippine standards.
I live the same lifestyle here in the Philippines on Samal Island in Garden City as I do in the United States in Clearwater, Florida.
It's all about how you want to live your life.
A single person can live comfortably on $1,500 to $2,000 dollars a month anywhere in the Philippines while a Family of five can live an upper middle class lifestyle on $2,000 to $3,000 dollars a month here.
What it takes to live a comfortable life in the Philippines for this American. (Me)
1) I refuse to rent, I'm not stressing about a house or rental payment every month. We own our own house that's paid for because of this specific reason.
2) I refuse to live without air-conditioning.
Not only do we have a split air-conditioning unit ( central air ) But three window air-conditioning units as well for back up.
I'm never going without air-conditioning.
3) I refuse to live without water to clean our house, take showers, do dishes, do laundry, water the plants, wash our scooters. We have Public water as well as a water tank and electric water pump.
I'm never going to run out of water.
4) We keep 50 gallons of drinking water on hand at all times. I'm never going to run out of drinking water.
5) I refuse to be sitting in our house in a brown out without lights, air-conditioning, and water.
We have Public commercial power as well as a generator.
The generator will run everything in our house when the power goes out.
We have brown outs several times a week.
In most cases they last about 10 minutes but sometimes more so in the event the power is out for more than 30 minutes I will then turn the generator on.
Sometime in the next two years we will be putting up solar panels.
6) We cook with propane gas.
We keep two tanks so we don't have to wait around for a delivery to finish cooking a meal.
I'm never running out of propane gas.
7) Transportation, when it rains we take tricycles to go anywhere we want.
For now public transportation is always easy to get too.
When we go to Davao city we get a taxi cab.
We have two scooters mine and my wife's she prefers to ride with me but saying one breaks down we have a back up.
We will be purchasing a van sometime in the near future.
8) I refuse to eat just Filipino food, We go to Davao city to shop for American food once a month, I eat 50% Filipino food and 50% American food during the month.
I've said all this for one reason, If you're a person who is struggling to live in the United States trying to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head then you may want to explore the idea of relocating to the Philippines.
90% of The Philippine people speak English a big plus when moving to a new country.
I really don't understand why any man is 60 above really needs advice from anybody that how to get a woman that's sad
I can give you much needed advice. First need to make better comments
@@mikesphilippineretirement you got a great sense of humor
Mike is chill
A respectful guy : Copy that
Another GFless troll in the house!
Hello Mike and Gio. Great to see you collaborating. I’m in Dumaguete now brother.
I have been here for 6 days and I primarily see older gentleman.
Hopefully I can meet up with you at some point 🙌😁
My place of choice would be in nature in beautiful Valencia up near Red Rocks and Pulangbato Falls.
I drove into Tierra Alta Residential community yesterday which would be my first choice.
Also around Casaroro Falls and Forest Camp. Have you been to these waterfalls yet? Quite spectacular 😁🙌
You guys are just chasing young skirts
we are both married with our wife's just off camera
My two favourite Tubers at the same place at the same time 😀
thank you
BOOORRRING
Booring comment!!!! thanks for watching
Barnum and Bailey’s three ring circus is in town tonight. Perfect for you!
I like that comment. Funny Jimmy
You guys are just chasing young skirts
we are both married with our wife's just off camera