🇵🇭 I’ve Never Seen a City like Dumaguete in the Philippines

🇵🇭 I’ve Never Seen a City like Dumaguete in the Philippines
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[@amaliahightower]

I was smiling the whole time when you were hanging out with the kids 💙 😊

[@rosebrown2267]

Wait till you see the port in Siquijor specially during rainy season, there is a white sandbar in the port. Most of the foreigners there are in Valencia, the most calm and beautiful part od Dumaguete.

[@mildredlopez143]

even the dogs there are relaxed

[@MergimVlogsYT]

You’re so right!

[@oilairnalo]

Dumaguete. Very nice place... really amazing atmosphere. I studied at Silliman U in the 1970s, but I haven't been back in 26 yrs. I miss the Boulevard, there in your intro scenes. So that's how it looks now. Yes, the sea is fabulous, the inspiration of "Silliman beside the sea"... SU's literary annual "Sands and Corals". Then the beautiful SU coeds. Oh,my. The green sprawling campus, the acacia trees along the Silliman Avenue , the dorms. Many newer buildings must have sprouted. The last construction I witnessed was the SU Medical Center.

[@get2riz]

Mergim -- Glad to see you on a motorbike. I think the trick is to lower expectations. Then everything would be a pleasant surprise.

[@mildredlopez143]

Wow! Puffer fish catch! Kids are so makulit😂

[@CharlesFrank-ky8nq]

That looks so fun with the kids on the sea.

[@worldsendumbrella]

thanks for stopping by my home province! Duma is a university town but I hope when you visit again and try dipping in our cold spring to freshen up or our hot spring if you still prefer that.

[@bhello99]

nice bonding with the local kids mergim.. more of ths.. visit APO island and Danjugan island(by sched)

[@wildorchidxxx2644]

Too expensie to go there

[@Koya_Sipanlog_Express]

Wait til you see the waters in the port of Siquijor. Crystal clear waters and white sand beneath.

[@komentarista5759]

Wow!!!

[@renpinero3171]

I suggest explore the area surrounding Dumaguete like Dauin and Valencia!! Explore Alta Tierra, Forest Camp, Pulang Bato Waterfalls or Casaroro or Valencia Sunday Market. Dauin has a lot of diving resorts. Stay there for a few days. Btw..I used to swim there too when I was a kid at the pier 😂😂😂

[@mariomovillon1613]

Stunning clear waters, very friendly and warm locals, cheaper cost of living, serene and peaceful environment. Just few of the many reasons why Dumaguete is preferred by so many expats who chose to retire and settle in this quaint and lovely city.

[@Spy-hp8ki]

Mergim finally got to Dumaguete, where I live. Best place in da world.

[@luzmalamion6428]

Mergim you can't resist the temptation of the water esp. On a very hot day!

[@pearlyshell5775]

Boom, just like that and you’re now in Dumaguete!!😊

[@jansenalmonidovar9248]

Nice to see you enjoying urself mergim

[@noivalencia]

That puffer fish really got your attention...love how the kids interact to you..

[@bernadetteoneill7014]

Just keep safe , Mergim & don't get scamned by public transports. Enjoy!

[@anxiousdog]

This is the second time I thought you'd made a bad decision jumping it the water, but then I realised you've managed to uploade the video so you should still be fine. It reminds me of your boiling volcanic water jump last year.

[@komentarista5759]

Hahaha! So true.

[@expatlifestyle2000]

I lived there for a while. Just a heads up. 20 pesos is more that it usually costs and overpaying for the trike rides is why it's becoming so expensive. Pensioners are having trouble affording living there, btw.

[@loveorangeToledotribe]

Even though they are kids, its good to see how Mergin interact with them and have a conversation with them easily 😊

[@emilbautista8007]

I don't remember seeing the water in the port going to Boracay that clear.

[@revilo1961]

haha...you look like a kid swimming with them Mergim...Enjoy Dumaguete Mergim..

[@dcitz1826]

Isn't it funny how no one seemed to bat an eye when you pointed out that the ticketing booth for the ferries was miles away from the actual boarding area? Must be that island vibe-'What's the rush? Take it easy, enjoy life, sip a coconut, and gaze at the crystal-clear waters.' They probably figured, 'Why move the booth closer? We’re just giving you more time to soak in the scenery, maybe even make friends with the local kids and a blowfish or two.' After all, life is more beautiful-and a lot more entertaining-when you're stranded in place on an island!

[@bilditmuzzi]

you had a free swimming pool. good to see you mingling with the local kids.

[@PinayGio]

Nice. We will come to Philippines and be there half year and will see Cebu and Domanguete and Siquior. It will be nice vaccantion coming back after 9 years.

[@bluesnitoper]

this is a nice vlog ♥ thanks M.

[@Jwwwest]

That pufferfish got violated😂😭😭

[@rambotan5867]

Pls report it to PETA

[@bhello99]

visit the colder mountain parts of dumaguete while youre there mergim

[@may_janrizal5654]

I haven't seen this place for such a long time.. probably 26 years now. I left this place at the age of 20 ( after college ) then migrated to Malaysia with my whole family. Now I'm already 47 years old, Malaysian citizen 🤭 But I haven't had the time yet to go back and visit this island. I missed this place 😢 and Thank you for sharing this video ❤️👍 By the way.. Are you single? I have a 25 years old Filipina/ Chinese daughter here, and she's single too 😁 she's currently working independently. It would be nice if you can visit here in Malaysia too. 😊👍 I had swam in that same place you swam when I was a little girl 😂 probably around 9 to 12 years old too at that time 😂 But I think that area is much cleaner before though 🤭 yet the water was still the same, crystal clear 👍

[@mdeelyn2002]

my birthplace ❤ thanks for visiting.

[@komentarista5759]

BOY OH BOY! Am i glad i clicked on your vlog today! I was supposed to skip it, since Duma seems like a sleepy town.... But im so so glad I'm wrong! Thank you for featuring the baywalk Mergim! Now we are SERIOUSLY contemplating visiting Duma just to do the same thing you did!!! Such clear waters! Sigh.😊

[@mikelloyd5780]

I enjoyed that 😊

[@starb3714]

The ticket area is still under construction, it will eventually have a covered walkway connected to the port.

[@pilotusa]

I love your video! Finally, someone who experiences the absolute frustration of trying to navigate the incredibly user UNfriendly infratructure here in Dumaguete. The easiest way to find the place to buy your ticket is to find the longest line at the port....well actually not the port but blocks away from the port. Then stand on line for hours in the heat (as you began to do.) The port is about as bad as it gets with government planned inconvenience (try bringing a car out of the port to Mindanao!) Dumaguete is definitely the city of gentle people, to be sure. But it is not the city of "bright urban planners and progresive politicians."

[@ericavendanio4540]

Its called '' butiti '' pupper fish: sea urchin is '' tuyom ''

[@knrubz675]

You should see the port in Cebu if you're traveling from there, from Sibulan to Cebu.

[@boredbernard]

Welcome to Dumaguete City, Mergim! Let me know if you need a guide around town, I can show you around! 🙂

[@darthvader-rr27888]

Why the f they make it hard to travel just getting a ferry ticket is a lot of time wasted Philippines need to change this mentality if they want more tourist to come.

[@RMSkilig]

Mergim goat 🐐 #love

[@gematosgracias590]

Wawa naman si puffer. Stress na

[@thehcorps]

Good swimming experience in that pier, nice and Clear ocean! Better than Bora 🙏🤙🇵🇭

[@Dina-fm8zz]

I have to agree with you Mergim about the ridiculous system of ticketing. I have experienced something similar in Manila a couple of years ago. Most annoying!!!!!

[@anxiousdog]

It's mind boggling how a lot of organizations (or lack of) be it private or public entities don't seem to see the obvious inefficeiency of their system. It seems that nothing mch has really change with the phils in the past couple decades.

[@graceantonio3573]

❤😊❤ GLAD YOU APRECIATE DUMAGUETE ITS A GREAT PLACE IN NEGROS ISLAND

[@akolangitwu]

Hi mergim I'm from dumaguete city and I'm a long time fan, are you still in dumaguete? Edit: funny thing i was actually at that montenegro fast craft that you were filming lol I didn't see you at the port🥲

[@catoftruth1044]

love it

[@nightwing4065]

13:56 Puff is dead, no Diddy. 😅

[@ignaciobalais5394]

Im planning to go there endvof this year

[@JoeyZee-vs4kr]

Sea urchin is edible 😊

[@DivinaEspina-qg9ft]

my province of my fathere siqiuior lazi

[@allenquijano29]

I agree in 2:02

[@Bunta71]

so naive and fearful....

[@coradalida2375]

Philippines needs to improved and organize their services for the foreigns it helps to the economy.🙂

[@yrnajaniram5695]

dats a very gud constructive criticism of the ticketing booth

[@TORCHTVsa]

😍

[@ignaciobalais5394]

Sweating is good

[@jansenalmonidovar9248]

❤❤❤

[@rojoroj123]

I like the way your finger touch the sea urchin mate. Like creatures playing😁🤣🤣

[@jetd9716]

Duma is a haven for retirees looking for young Filipinas. There are a glut of elderly expat/foreign bloggers there that are misbehaving and ruining the local vibe.

[@juliuspalamos7863]

How was your stay in central visayas

[@topscris]

Pufferfish is only poisonous when you eat one that wasn't prepared by a knowledgeable or skilled chef. Anyway, ride to the mountains, you will surely love it.

[@SuperBatong]

👍

[@henrya.2215]

You played w/ the kiddos there bro😂😂

[@KB3TLE]

Too damn hot for the expats 'in' Dumaguete - most go up the mountain for cooler temps. yet are close enough to do mornings when cooler for obtaining essentials. -?- 🤔

[@fatimaechavez]

Visit the hot Spring also there..

[@TeacherEric173]

Visit Siquijor..

[@martinhare6085]

Makes me think if Manila bay looked like Dumaguete around 1920's?

[@krischris1160]

Where are the favelas neighborhoods in Dumaguete? what are they called and how can I find them?

[@winstonmichaels407]

Why are you obsessed with favelas and slums, you go touring around the world looking for and living in them? Yeah right

[@amaliahightower]

Mergim if you’re craving for an authentic Italian pizza go2 Dolce Amore. It’s so good. I went to Siquijor just to eat pizza 😂

[@mimiblitberg]

Puffer fish probably swam from Japan!

[@loudmacleodsadventure3782]

😂 puffer fish are all over asia not just japan

[@sojusakitofu]

1000x better and cleaner than Bacolod’s Baywalk. And best of all, it’s free. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rowchannel75]

Poor fish used as a ball 😢

[@raymondjohansen2484]

Nice jump 😂😂❤️❤️

[@romeosinson5083]

Makes you wonder why everyone only knows boracay

[@sprikitik9719]

Exactly

[@Ukboss1]

Because its full if white Europeans and American women just like phuket thialand

[@johnpamplona5082]

Marketing

[@nadiajurasek186]

White beaches in Porto Galera are lot nicer and cleaner than Borakay

[@bhello99]

🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@williamkershaw4186]

I dont know why they dont just sell tickets online to make it easier

[@bhello99]

🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@LeahandBlair]

A ticket booth at the Port?? No Sir! "Its more fun in the Philiipines" 🎉

[@laisonalbarado]

Run, go back to BGC

[@raptorgonzo4666]

Bro stop complaining you're in a 3rd world country😅

[@selbstsein967]

380 per day is not cheap - it’s expensive - was 300 two years ago. Swimming in ugly harbor area - wonderful 😂

[@naar7192]

Goooo home!!!!

[@jenniferalvarez2447]

Put it back to the sea

[@envillain]

I hope they didn’t eat that puffer fish or they could die.

[@Whosurdaddy71]

You ask why in the Philippines 😂

[@1ADP]

You do take some rubbish that’s not clean water

[@loudmacleodsadventure3782]

Pay double for what do you pay double for everything ya do just cause its cheap good way to ruin for some other

[@GlimpseInParadise]

😂 the ticket situation is one annoying thing about the Philippines. Makes no sense.

[@ronaldtaylor4530]

Haha. Beach? Where? Joke

[@QuicknStraight]

Your treatment of that puffer fish is pretty disgraceful and you should know better.

[@kenmcleod8618]

Home of the expat club of the Philippines 😂 No thanks

[@ericavendanio4540]

theres a beach resort in siquijor forgot the name of it the water is crystal clear...

[@doodz97]

❤❤❤

[@anti-ponzichannel1566]

I agree that it's really inconvenient going too far just to buy a ticket, but I think they do it because a heavy traffic, long queue might be created inside the port which cause inconvenience to other people and passengers

[@pilotusa]

When they redesigned the port buildings they could have made allowances for ticketing counters in the building. Can you imagine if if airports were run like the Dumaguete Port. You would have to drive to Makati to buy your tocket out of NAIA.

[@mikmur6373]

That’s not poisonous we eat that since I was young and the kids should discipline to let it go the popper fish it’s gonna die quick they playing on it and too small to eat it .

[@junlab2612]

I go to dumaguete twice a month for a visit of my kids stuying in Silliman Univ... Sunday market breakfast in Valencia is my favorite routine, afterwards going to nearby Dauin for a short snorkling..

[@oxoelfoxo]

cute dogs sleeping on the seaweed

[@doubleespress0]

please visit Sipalay City too, 4 hrs away from Dumaguete

[@andrephilipp]

what is there special? But thank you for the tipp

[@doubleespress0]

@@andrephilipp beautiful beaches and scenery, nice diving spots and wonderful foods

[@megmaylad9859]

How I wish you teach those children to respect and have care for nature.

[@jakexake2940]

He did try to save the fish by advising the kids to throw it back into the sea, which they did. So kudos for that. And I would say he did teach the kids a lesson in nature.

[@Ubiquitous_1]

Was gonna say, never dive head first if you don't know how shallow the water is... But that looked like a really refreshing dip.