Hi! I'm a 19 year old college student from the Philippines. Now, I've saw reviews from the tourists about our country. There are bad and goods, yes. I don't disagree if you didn't liked something. i'm here to give you guidelines and to also advice the future tourists and those comebagpackers of the best things you can do in the Philippines. Where to go to, how to connect with the people and etc. :) Have a safe trip!

A heads up!
There are many islands in the Philippines you see. more than 7,000. And there's not even enough coastguards to deploy - that's why I wish to enter the coastguards too..Note: Please don't just stay in Manila.. coming from a Filipino me, I honestly don't like staying there.
Many islands means Yes we have lots of paradise and most are still left undiscovered. Beaches, sanctuaries, rivers, forest.. I think another reason why is bcoz Filipinos are generally superstitious and we believe the paranormal side. Ok, maybe you think we are weird but still today there many cases :) If you want to know you can ask.
So there are two climates in the Philippines, rainy and sunny. Eastern Coastal areas'Dry season is from December to May/Monsoon and typhoon season is from June to November...While the Western Coastal areas'Dry season is from March to May/Monsoon and typhoon season is from June to February..
You decide which regions you should venture :)

Ma'am its not only the Philippines. It is very sad yes but Filipinos are not the only one at fault, so are the foreigners who uses this children. The government and civilian forces are acting upon this matter as well to put a stop into it. I had volunteered in the past in helping my fellow filipinos in the organizations too. Before I answered you, I did looked at few articles. most don't believe we are improving. in a nutshell, battling this is not over. the government is now focusing on terminating illegal drugs as it is the roots. I'm still young I know and even I am not happy of some issues that's why we are encouraging the youths to participate in helping those in need.
We also entered the Tier 1 of anti-trafficking which is said the highest in Asia. I want to point out that trafficking is transnational. I know someone who has a child to a foreigner and she and her family strongly disagree that the child would be taken away by the father. Lol I think I'm getting absorbed again hehe.you can ask more :)

Alright, maybe there are some of you are wondering where to go today??? or the next days???
Other than the places in the Phillippines, I suggest you should definitely go to Festivals or Fiestas! Have fun! And eat a lot hehe
I checked the famous festivals from today until the end of February.. there are more or less 17 you can go to and the Town Festivities are still not even included. Some of the festivals are Sampaguita Festival @ Laguna, Buybuy Fest @ La Union, Mahaguyog Festival @ Batangas Province, Sibug-Sibug @ Zamboanga and, Itik-Itik Festival @ Pasig. :D
You can also search the Town Fiesta nearby you. You can knock on houses with lots of people and say "Happy Fiesta po! Makiki-tsibug!" Hehe ;) para busog ka (so you will be full later)

hi

well they can always seen philippines but let me tell one thing since i travel a lot too..thailand sex trade is twice higher than philippines.drug problems in united states is more than philippines.

i will be having my vacation in palawan .with some foreigns friends of course..im excited to see the beauty of our own country infact i have lot of photos in my instagram showing unexplored places..u can checked it out at adventure_85 my IG