Third among San Miguel Brewery’s big three flagship brews is San Mig Light. This beer is hugely popular among younger Filipino and expats who prefer a lighter easy to drink brew. It is marketed as a fun, youthful and playful drink as compared to the extra strong Red Horse which has a more macho style […]
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Red Horse Beer Review – The Pinoy Pint

Pale Pilsen may be the most internationally well known Filipino beer brand. Domestically however the throne belongs to everybody’s favorite steed Red Horse Beer. Red Horse is San Miguels extra strong beer and is extremely popular in the country. This might be explained in large part because of it’s higher alcohol content while still having […]
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San Miguel Pale Pilsen review – The Pinoy Pint

An overview of the Philippine beer market has to start with where it all began. San Miguel Pale Pilsen has been brewed since 1890 making it one of the oldest beer brands in southeast Asia. It is one of the top 3 best selling beers in the Philippines and is also exported internationally to a […]
The Trike Mafia of Angeles City

Living in Angeles City has it’s advantages and disadvantages compared to most other cities in the Philippines. No matter where you choose to live one of the constant challenges of everyday life here is simply getting around. Traffic can be heavy even in smaller cities and driving your own car is simply not […]
The Vagrant has settled down in Angeles City

Zigzagging across this vast archipelago of randomly scattered island know as the republic of the Philippines can be exhausting. Exciting and full of surprises certainly but exhausting. Thus for the time being I have taken a break from my vagrant ways and settled in perhaps one of the least adventurous places in the country for […]
Isaw: The sign 2- The store that has it all

Let´s continue our quest to interpret the hidden meaning behind signs of the Philippines. In the Philippines private enterprise is alive and well. Pretty much every other household in certain parts run some sort of business. This can be a vulcanizing store, a bakery, a small eatery or the ubiquitous Sari Sari store. While certainly […]
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Pinatubo Brewing point – An oasis for beer lovers in Angeles

Arriving in Angeles the Cities reputation as a former airforce base and current nightlife hub might be the only thing that you have heard of. But Angeles and the Pampanga region has a lot more to offer for a travelling and thirsty vagrant. By Philippine standards Angeles is actually a very well organized and easily […]
Gone to Sorsogon –

After a couple of months Living under the shadow of the curse of Mayon in Legazpi I took to the road again. A short hop, skip and non air-con bus ride south east of Legazpi lies Sorsogon; the southernmost province of Luzon. The capital of Sorsogon city provides all the comforts of a big Philippine […]
Isaw: the sign

English in the Philippines is complicated. Unlike the “Engrish” of countries like Japan or China, where English is given the Jackson Pollock treatment resulting in truly random yet often hilarious gibberish, Filipino English is often spoken at quite a high level. However, just because the average level of English comprehension is higher than in most […]
Mayon – The curse of Legazpi

There is something affecting the city of Legazpi making it’s citizens lose their minds. My first visit to to the city was over a year ago now it was one of the first destinations i visited. After arriving in Manila in March 2016 I headed south on a non-air con, all stops bus to […]