There have been more problems lately with dysentery and cholera through out the Philippines or I’ve just read about it more recently. They have also found Ebola in pigs and this has people alarmed but so far little is known about that and no confirmed danger to humans. First time it has been found in pigs. They don’t know if this is going to be dangerous or not but it is not a good sign.

Safety is basically a numbers game, putting yourself in a place where there are more problems will increase that it will more likely happen to you. Mindanao, is not like walking around in Baghdad but it is more dangerous than Bantayan Island.

Stun gun is only choice since I can’t carry a gun. The element of surprise is always effective. My stun gun looks like a flashlight, they’ll have no idea until they are zapped. It isn’t the best but its better than nothing. It also has a siren on it, most bad guys don’t like attention. I hope I never have a need for it but I’ll never willingly leave one scene to be taken to another. If bad guy wants to move you, its not for your benefit. So if at all possible, I’d fight someone trying to take me to another location.

Most of us are lulled into think we are safe at home or places we frequently go. Makes since, go there every day and nothing happens. That also makes it one of the best places for an attacker.

I’ve read several stories about expats that are robbed as they return home, two reasons for that. The expat will eventually return there. Second, we often let our guard down there. For that very reason I’m most alert when i return home from a night out. Well, I try to be, sometimes I’m thinking about other things. My stun gun, looks like a flash light, is my reminder to be vigilante.

When taking a course to obtain my gun permit in the states, it was brought out over and over again staying alert is the number one thing to do to protect yourself.

Makes sense that would go for both other people and nast critters in our environment.

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CDOC? Cebu Doctors Hospita? LOL I’ms ure it’s not but what?

You are right though, most people in Mindanao downplay the seriousness of their situation but this is a very common psyhological mechanism that allows people a semblance of normality.Zam though? That is one placer you really do not want to go. The peninsula is not quite as bad as Cotabato but it is up there for sure.

I will say this though, I have travelled far and wide but the most beautiful place on the planet, to me, is the pass south of Montevista on National Hiway, right about the plain in Targum, right on that last peek looking east and south you can see peak after peak after peak all bright green with jungle and a winding blue river through the valley floor below you. Such a beautiful place and so much violence and sickness (let us not forget the frequent earthquakes). Still, I have come to love it.