I'm from West Tennessee the Memphis area. I have been living in Davao City since I came to the Philippines 4/2022. It's a nice city with almost everything an American would want as far as food and other items. The malls are very nice and plentiful. Traffic can be a hassle sometimes in our truck but, I'm retired and not in a hurry. Nice video. Thanks

How Quick people forget. Davao had the toughest rules under Covid! After that I crossed them off the bucket list

I’m from Davao but living in the US for over 30 years now. Looking forward to your videos about Davao City.

Good evening. Many thanks to you for all the information. Looking forward to the next one.

Enjoy your stay and living here in the Philippines Dr. Laway. Have the most what the Philippines can offer.

Sad to hear you will be leaving Digos as I was hoping to see you around town once I have the chance to return there. But glad you're still staying in Davao which is still not too far. Like you said, maybe a good 1.5 hours by car with good weather, etc. We have a small condo at the Avida Towers where my kids stay while in school in Davao, but our main place is in Digos City. We're currently building something in Kapatagan which I hope I can come back to see by March 2023 if all goes well. Hopefully you'll come back to Digos from time to time. We own one of the oldest hotels there, Hotel de Crisbelle and also one of the oldest restaurants, Oceanic Food Center there. :)

Hey! Happy to have stumbled on this video and your channel. My wife is from Davao, and we got married there in 2022 (coming up on 10 years, time goes so fast! lol)... I'd love to know more of your future plans for Davao, and maybe meet you one day. We plan to take a trip in 2023 after bringing Momma here to Canada first. Take care, and thanks for the video!

Welcome to Davao . We built a house here 6 yrs ago. I am less than 10 min. from the airport. Using pldt fiber over 100mps . The traffic here can be horrific at times .One has to try and to avoid those hrs. Been married to my wife over 16 yrs she was in the US for 10 yrs got her citizenship. Before we moved back here to be closer to her family . Love it here ! Good luck with ur journey !

Wow gogogo bro I'm watching your videos always stress free

Thanks for the video!

I think your content is verry helpful to a lot of people and giving us something to think about

Hi Sir, thank you for doing blog about our Philippines 🇵🇭

Wish you luck on your move mate that it all goes smoothly for you

Good luck in your new home.

I am 63, retired US Coast Guard. After retirement, I traveled the world ( Italy, Croatia, Montenegro) then came to Phillipines 3 years ago, settled near Bacolod City. I have a WONDERFUL Filipina wife and baby daughter. Bacolod area works for us, low cost of living ( compared to USA) we have great PLDT Fiber service, airport near, her family here. I enjoy your vlogs, we have a lot in common. I LOVE living in Phillipines!!!

Its very comfortable here in Dava0 city.Everything is very good.

Good morning.. Enjoy the rest of the day.

Great choice. Hope to meet you there one day.

Great video! We would love to see a video on Davis City rentals. We're considering it for a longer term place to live. Arrive in the Philippines next month

I really love your vlogs. The information and insights are gold. Cheers mate. This will help when I make a move to Davao from Australia.

Good move!!!!

Davao is going to be first stop, I'm expected to stay 6 or 12 months, and if I like it, I will stay. Davao is supposed to be the 3rd safest large city in Asia. Wasn't my first choice (it was 3rd, behind Makati and Cebu), but it just made sense for several reasons, including traffic, quality of life and the like. Still winding down here, 6 months out. And you are in my feed, btw. And...yes, do a video on renting, that would help me.

thx for the vids bud, im from England and after this worst year of my life finding myself single im seriously thinking about testing out The Philippines as a potential home as i have nothing to keep me here any more... working my way thru your channel

I hope you're getting a check from the sneaker company you're plugging. Nice video.

Great you love Davao now I'm from Davao

Yes..please do a video on how to find a place to rent in Davao😃

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Hey Dr Laway, I miss my home town Davao City. I left Davao City over 20 years ago. I'm living abroad now. I'll be home someday to see my brothers, sisters and relatives there. Take care and God bless you & your family. Thanks !!!

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AGREE... Digos is much better

I would like to hear more Please

Maayong buntag I would be interested in a video on Davao....my fiance lives in New Battaan....but we both want to leave in or near Davao. I need medical facilities...I know the health care is good there...911...safest city in all the Philippines. Renting or owning...fully furnished is some of rentals. 35 or 40 k pesos seems to get decent housing.

I'm going to move to that area in 2023. My wife's family is from Koronadal City. Please do another video on your experiences locating a home. Good luck!

I have been hoping to move to Mindanao from Cebu as well, so any tips you can provide would be great.

Yes, do rentals. How about places to live in the nearby mountains where it's a bit cooler?

I love Digos. Not much traffic. Beaches are great. Mountain is near. But no taxis and limited selection of Western items. Electricity has gone up a lot. But during the pandemic Davao city was much stricter than Digos. Now I stay in Thailand for some period, and I like it here due to all the Western guys and foods available in Pattaya. Also beaches and all kinds of stuff to do and vehicles to rent. It's cheaper to live here now compared to a similar area in the Philippines. Language is the big issue here of course. Hope to meet again some time. God bless you and your family.

Welcome to my hometown Davao City.

Welcome to Davao City. Been here 8 months, I love it, the plusses outweigh the minuses. I hope I can figure out a way to make it my permanent home, having assumed the mortgage on a condo and with the inlaws being here it just makes sense. I need to buy an inverter though, that's for sure! LoL Witamy do Davao i gratuluję

Starlink provides high speed internet connectivity almost anywhere

I'm from the US and have been in Davao for almost two months. I'm giving serious consideration to moving here. I like the slower and more relaxed pace of life compared to the hustle lifestyle and rat race in the US.

Would love to see a video on renting in Davao

Just think about internet connection, "Starlink" is coming for many rural areas. I liked staying in Malita, always stayed at the Mayors house there.

We are living in a fourplex which is unique for this area but it is only costing me 7,000 pesos for two 1 bedroom studio size units cost of living is less here having lived in cavite for the first six months which is great see you later dennis

Please do the davao rental vid.

Davao sounds wonderful. Would be very interested in knowing the rent prices and purchasing prices there. I'm also wondering what is your internet setup there? Which provider do you use in your house and when your video streaming? I used Globe in Batangas.

Your new place is P26k plus more expensive than your current rental in Digos. Traffic in Davao City is also heavy, especially during the rush hours in the morning and evening. There's also heavy flooding in many main roads.

BEAUTIFUL DAVAO INDEED!!

I hope someday we can meet,im living near by Digos city.Im italian and my wife is Filipina. Im in sta.cruz with my wife and son.

I'm going blind and hoping for the best

DAVAO CITY IS A GOOD CHOICE💚😍

I'm in love with Davao. I live in Puan and am close to a lot of amenities. My nextdoor neighbor runs 3 floor, 4 inverter aircon units and has an average electric bill of 6000 php/month. I'm sure you will be happy here too.

New friend here....

It would be great to see more “boots on the ground” videos about rentals and the real cost of living there….

35k pesos = $617 USD. I'm moving to Cebu next month and trying to say under 20k pesos for my place. Sounds possible. We'll see. Take care there and thank you for your content.:)

What is an inverter AC?

How much is your new place per month? Also I get notified of your videos pretty quick usually within hours

I recommend to all foreigners,who likes to move in Philippines please try the most economic improving province in Philippines the Iloilo City..Good for businesses and have more beautiful beaches...

How long will u keep your USA business going?

I really like Davao but I am moving to Cagayan de Oro in June 2023 because it is near some of my wife’s family. The rest of family is in Valencia and Maramog but my wife thinks I will be more comfortable in Cagayan de Oro. Maybe we could coffee some day in Davao.

Retired ford guy here living in calumpang general santos area don't think there will is any other place i would rather be as the saranggani bay is very beautiful and i feel this is the safest place to be to avoid tropical storms and other possible natural disasters upon arriving here my filipino family seemed to want to hold me captive like a prisoner i told them i would rather die than to be held captive my wife has a large family and most of them live on the west side the bay Malapatan and Glan in the mountains coconut harvesters the ones here work for the tuna fish factory everything runs at a much slower pace than i have experienced all of my life which makes this a great place for retirement i would like to visit davao someday as i came here also for exploration and adventure and to carry the message of faith and hope of course in my great god and savior jesus christ i am enjoying your videos so far i have watched a few. Thank you, Dennis Dayton

We live in Davao, welcome....

“Ticked off all the boxes” is that a TN phrase? Here in MN we say “checked all the boxes “

Where in America can you find a 4-BR, 3-bath with hot water for $617 per month? We paid $1725 for a 1-BR 560 sq ft apartment in Northern California (45 min drive from San Francisco). That price is a bargain! Best part is, you have more rooms and closer to amenities you are accustomed to. Of course, Digos is not too far to visit family when need be. Congrats on your new crib! Enjoy Davao City and surrounding places.

I live in Carmen, Davao Del Norte. 5,000 pesos rent for 2br house. We are buying a building lot in Panabo City.

DAVAO CITY 😃

Welcome to Davao Dr. check out Kuya Ed's buffet if you haven't already. And have you made it up to visit my retirement town of Compostela yet? I will be looking forward to seeing you in person some time. By the way I am a retired Court Officer at Hadley Juvenile Court in Massachusetts USA so we are kinda like cousins in a way. LOL

S&R Monday

Davao rent is expensive so your 35,000 php is not a bad price at all there.

I'm going to Davao City next month. Dec 22nd I'd like to get together and have u help me a little. If possible. I'm coming to meet my gf and become my fiance. I'm excited. Watching your videos had made me feel so comfortable with visiting the 🇵🇭 Philippines.

I would like to have you do a video of your search for your new apt. Phillipines seems so positive in your videos but our government in Canada has posted many warning about Phillipines in their website.i believe the truth is somewhere in between, I have traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe and I believe you can find trouble anywhere . I like your you tube videos.

that's one of the safest place in the philippines

I'm going to retire soon in somewhere the countryside in the Philippines, its much bitter than in the rural ! I really like to Thailand or Vietnam or even Indonesia cause USD have more power there but soon i realize it after traveling in many years , I can't communicate with the people in this countries I feel I'm alone. But in Philippines I'm shock for the first time in my travel last year you can communicate with them so easily and so easy to approach , they will smack you with their over talkative that I wanted to say excuse me going now? I'm busy.

Don't worry about the internet anymore because Starlink is coming to Philippines sooner.

I think some foreigners are so enamored with virgin tropical nature when they first arrive that they would rate some forsaken, backwater places with a dearth of infrastructure as more desirable than Pattaya (e.g. YT vlogger Dr. Laway in Digos, province of Davao del Sur, Mindanao). They are coming from the West so they take infrastructure for granted. As the months and years of experience accumulate, they realize they really appreciate infrastructure and so they gravitate back to the cities. And most of the cities of SE Asia are hell. Thus in comparison Pattaya is paradise (at least right now as not overrun by 10 million Chinese who were in Thailand annually before the pLandemic hoax) being a mix of green spaces and concrete jungle.

Oh that's were PRRD lives. Hahaha liqours are prohited to be sold at around 10pm.

PH pesos 35,000 = $617.28?

any place has its pros and cons 😊 i think it boils down indeed to your lifestyle and values ❤️ welcome to Davao city l, though doc and family 😊 a little bit of everything 💕

Do you see or understand weather modification its world wide . I'm in Nwest. Tennessee weather modification is evil .

Lived in davao city in 2015 to 2019. Was not so bad at first. However the condo we lived in . Camilla North point started building more condos and the pool was dirty. The management didn't care. So we moved to tagum. It was a cleaners city with speaks and no traffic problems. However not so great for American foods and was very lonely for us as a family of 4 and the school system was not that great. We moved to samal Island. The island is cheap and easy. I really do not believe from the bridge they are talking about. Has been tqlk since 1987. The resource I have on the internet says that the bridge is propaganda the bridge is not coming to samal. As it was signed in Congress and the senate as a natural invirorment city. I see only large condo unit that are empty in davao now since I first came. To me it a nasty city and the traffic is the worst in the Philippines. If I had to do it all over again. I would have moved to Dumaguete city. They are very good to Americans and foreigners. Have been scammed twice in davao city at a Cammilla north point and on a land deal. My advice to any single Man would be stay off the internet and travel around the Philippines and see what place you like to live. Date alot witch I did l. After first coming to the Philippines. I came for 1 girl and it was a nightmare. The second time. I dated and found a great beautiful woman that have me 2 beautiful children a girl and boy 13 months apart. Just wish I would before investing into bikes trucks Baja furniture tools and much other things would have traveled before having children and found a place I really be happy with. We want to send our very young children to Silliman University in dumaguete. So are saving to make that move in 14 year. On top of that Davao city sit ls rite on the ring of fir in 2917 experience ld a 7.2 earthquake. It was not fun. Also If you look on the internet it says Davao city will be taken over by the ocean in the year 2050

Try Iloilo City

So... what's the true scoop on Mindanao? Avoid like State Dept. still says to, or, "that's BS... no problem" like all the UK folks saying...?

INTERNET CONNECTION IS BETTER IN DAVAO 7 THAN DIGOS 🤣🤣

why are they suppressing it? sounds like a bunch of bullsh!t

Whats the big deal about being close to the airport. Expats always say that. I rather have good access to a resort and a big mall. LOL

I haven’t seen all your videos, but never heard you address the elephant in the room re Mindanao… Islamic extremism and NPA. You’re a braver man than me living in Southern Mindanao (outside Davao).

Have you ever been to Calinan? I got married to my wife in Calinan this past September. I’m going back next month for Christmas too! Love Davao and provinces