ANO BAYAN!!

The Purpose of Philippine Travelers Page

First and foremost, you need to understand that even though I am a true-blue (baby blue eyed) American Born professional... "I LOVE THE PHILIPPINES!!". Outside of the United States, despite the heat, humidity, and hardships, the Philippines is my favorite place in to be in this world! Throughout the years, I have gained many personal friends and professional and political contacts there. I have even learned much of the beautiful Tagalog language (also known as "Pilipino").

In general, the Filipino people are very friendly and industrious, although often times clannish. Plus the ladies they are among the most humble, loving, loyal, beautiful and industrious ladies in the world! (Note: There are very few countries in this world wherein in some places, you can still find 30 year old virgin females! This is due to the respect that most have for themselves, their future husbands and their family and reputation. It also comes from a deeply rooted sense of family values and strict religious upbringings.

Philippine Traveler is not a pen-pal or e-pal club. There are many reputable clubs on the internet, and Philippine Traveler is not in competition with them. The services you will find here will be needed by you AFTER you believe you may have found your life-mate! (But hopefully BEFORE you have sent over a lot of money or have spent the funds for round-trip airfare tickets, gifts, etc..)

This page (and the original Philippine Traveler page) is primarily made for the American, Canadian or western man who has a pen-pal, pen-friend, fiancé, wife, bride (asawa) in the Philippines! For just as in all facets of life, there are always those people who will try to "take advantage", abuse and/or steal from the unsuspecting and vulnerable. Unfortunately, the Philippines is no different. Especially wherein many of the people suffer a degree of poverty that most Americans can't even begin to imagine. Compounding the problem is the fact that all of the United States Military bases (especially Subic Bay) have been closed. This resulted in many ladies and girls, both from the legal and illegal lifestyles, were suddenly left without any source of support or income. Many with illegitimate Amerasian children which resulted from relationships with American servicemen. (Legal being those who worked at the bases, or in the surrounding towns, restaurants, clubs, and who had common-law American husbands or boyfriends; Illegal being of course the prostitutes, bar girls, etc.).

One has to also be aware that not only crime is "organized" in the Philippines. Even the beggars on the streets, especially at Christmas time, are often working for a "syndicate" or other organizational forms. In addition, some of the "clubs" assist, encourage and/or allow the bar girls to maintain pen-pal pen-friend or e-pal relationships with foreign men, and some may even entertain so-called "tours" wherein the American or western man is brought over and meets many girls at the same time, usually at the club or a house owned by the pen-pal club or bar owner. Sometimes the owners of lower grade hotels may also be involved.

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