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Go to the Philippines, we look at the Raiders on the Internet, then found it useful, so I decided to come back later to put our experience to supplement it, hope to be able to play in the future to provide some help.

Currency exchange tips

We are in the middle of January 2009, the Philippines, we check before you go to the Bank's exchange rate is 1 Yuan = 6 block 8 hair more pesos, but in China, the Bank is not easy to wrap to the peso, so we've brought RMB, US dollar, bank cards (debit and credit card) to the Philippines again and see how to change more economically viable.

The Manila airport, we see a lot of place, exchange rate 1 US dollar = 46.45 pesos, so we changed the $ 100. See local tour guide, told him to change the ratio is 1: 6, if you change a lot in the future to return the same ratio, but everyone how much he has changed there are documented, memorise the peso from elsewhere change from him into RMB. We thought about it and think it's too-loss, and no change. Accommodation in the hotel that evening, we decided to go out for a walk through the "Cup" logo on the ATM machine, we took out a debit card, and want to see if you can take out money. Since not too will use, we try out after 1000PISO, suddenly see the ATM machine has a tip on the edge, probably mean that if you take more than it charges can be expensive 10000PISO, so we put the card into the ATM machine, took 10000PISO. At that time did not know how to calculate the exchange rate, fees and how, just thought I should change than in the guide where you want to buy. Later confirmed our decision is correct, after returning to the Bank of the self-service machine a detail article and found that when we take when spike 1000PISO 145.83 Yuan, equivalent to 1: 6.85 more exchange rates, but have to pay a handling fee of $ 13.46, equivalent to 9.2% of the fee, and when we take when spike 10000PISO 1458.28 Yuan + handling fee of $ 26.58, only paid 1.8% of the fee, really cheap lot! however keep in mind, not to easily query the balance, we did not know what it is you want to charge, then know that we paid for this 4 dollars for a query. It is also important to remind everyone that if removed from the ATM machine money must use debit cards, but also is the savings card, inside the kind of money, don't use credit card, credit card, overdraft, because as with credit card at home, only suitable for consumption, not suitable for cash withdrawal, if used for cash withdrawal, and to pay a bank loan interest. The long beach I., if you want to change money, there are a lot of the sea, the US dollar is 1: 44, if the local regular Bank to Exchange, one dollar you can wrap to nearly 47PISO, but remember to bring passport.

Shopping tips

Long Beach I. There are two relatively large supermarkets, are in a mall, D would be Budget, another is Crafts, we watched online others write strategy on the recommendation of the latter, so we visited the Crafts, where we bought some papaya SOAP, mosquito perfumed body lotion, milk or something and came back fine forget found are not cheap, but don't think that you bought the unit price per item adds up to is to pay the total price, 12% of tax, for example, our actual total 648.66PISO goods purchased, but we have a total of payments, where 77.84 726.5PISO is taxes.

There is the island's many restaurants not only to pay the 12% tax to pay 10% service charge. If the only drink SHAKE shop, shop, service charge, some shops don't seem, specific criteria I didn't ever understand.

The Manila, if you have time, be sure to shop around at SM, Raiders says LEVIE would S and LEE are very cheap, it really was such, however LEVIE would fewer S clothes, did not find for me.

This would like to buy, LEE Jeans, what, but more than half a day without me so long to buy the bar seven jeans, 899.75P, also bought two short-sleeved shirt, each flower 799.75P, a coat, 1399.75P, spent 3899P and include 12% tax, amounting to less than 600 bucks, which is inconceivable in the country, is not very cheap? there is where the triumph seemed a lot cheaper than domestic, but due to time constraints, we stroll around quite a hurry, so do not buy, if you are fond of Dai's underwear MM got there you can look at.

Other tips

1. we go to is in January, the weather did not think of hot, and windy, daytime wear short shorts are no problem, but if you want to go, then it is best to choose a warmer.

2. tour of the MSC, we though, but in the long beach I. on three days are your own play and have lunch and dinner daily, so go play with people inside it would be good to have some basic English, otherwise exchange with the local people is difficult.

3. There is a massage by the sea but aunt, they are usually priced 350P/hour, Kham to 250P should have no problems, but they are cutting corners, more than half an hour just to tell you OK, so prior best with them highlight the time issue.

4. distance from the beach is not far away there is a company called "Kaiser" massage shop, the environment is warm, massage therapist is also very pleasing, same massage if you select a different room, the price is not the same, but are very real, very comfortable.

It is strongly recommended.

5. the sea there is a set meal, take examinations, Korean meal in one of the restaurant, in it is not recommended to eat Chinese food, expensive and not good.

The above is what we in the Philippines some long beach I. tourism experience, overall I love this country, where people are very warm, is also very simple, if you hold the camera on them,

They are very excited to put the camera on a POSE, compared to those of Cambodia will tell you that ONE DOLLA's children, to the lovely.