nicely put jadie guy

having spent time in both

pros: less tourists, most speak english but don't undestand it as jadie says.san miguel beer

cons : terrible food, way more poverty and diabolical infrastructure 100 km can take 4 hours

much more dangeorous and all in all more like South america than Asia

not an alternative if you co mpare apples for apples really, just an entirely different choice

the other major con is that given it was an American colony it has way more americans there than thailand and crap junk food ie macdonalds and a poor mans local variety called jollibee

Another ill informed opinion about "South America"? It's a pretty big continent with a number of countries .. some dicey, some much more stable than either PI or TH.

There are a lot of good things about the PI's but I'll only mention why I did NOT decide to retire there. The infrastructure is much weaker than Thailand and the electricity supply is not reliable at all. The roads also leave a lot to be desired. Guards armed with shotguns in McDonalds do not inspire a feeling of safety. Terrorism is real and fairly widespread. The typhoons I could put up with but the Ring of Fire was the main reason I wouldn't want to live there. I have some kind of phobia with earthquakes. Bedrock is NOT supposed to move.

Another ill informed opinion about "South America"? It's a pretty big continent with a number of countries .. some dicey, some much more stable than either PI or TH.

not really all that relevant, but true. i travelled solo for 2 months last year around south america- in peru, bolivia, argentina, and brazil. overall i felt it was safer than thailand (except perhaps cuzco).