Tropical Living

Blackouts vs. Brownouts: What Every Expat Should Know About Losing Power in the Philippines

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In the U.S., when the power goes out, we call it a blackout—which makes sense. If it happens at night, everything goes dark, and that’s usually the moment people start imagining monsters coming out of the shadows. Americans even have famous blackouts that live in the national memory. The 1977 Great New York Blackout turned … Read more

Come to the Philippines, Where DEET Is a Treat

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Paradise is humid, jungly, and very bitey. I’m not trying to be that cool—even at it’s hottest it’s really no worse here than an August day in St. Louis, or D.C. or NY even, I’m just trying to be dry. Bugless in Phoenix I loved living in Arizona for one simple reason: the air is … Read more