My Trip From America to the Philippines Ordeal/Old Dog New Tricks

[@moderatorenforcement3001]

You are a great story teller. Do you know when Paul is lying? When his lips are moving. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@edv1261]

He must have been a politician at a previous life 😁🤣😂. Oh I almost forgot, he used to sell cars before🤣😂🤣

[@moderatorenforcement3001]

@@edv1261 🤣🤣👍👍very true

[@KC-in9px]

Fun fact: Do you know when crap falls out of moderator's mouth? When he opens it.

[@BisayangKano]

@@KC-in9px KC:1 Moderattor: 0

[@joescheller6680]

Used to be 48 hrs.?

[@keithandes2804]

Old Dog you tell the best stories!! I could listen to you all day!! You always make me laugh!! Great video as always!! You're my favorite!!

[@johnwatson1442]

Paul - Glad you got to see friends and family and make it back home safe - always enjoy your videos - keep up the good work

[@paulinthephilippinesolddog9234]

Thanks 👍

[@novicetech1]

OMG, Paul. You are the best storyteller I've ever heard. You really should consider doing some standup as a side hustle.

[@happydays3231]

I am so sorry about all the ordeal you encounter on your flight back to the Philippines. Try and get lots and lots of rest. Your Dad and the rest of your family must have been so happy to see and spend time with you. You are so great at telling stories with lots of humor . I admire your personality 😊. Stay well.

[@KelvinWilson53]

After a torrid ordeal a few years ago when I missed my connecting flight by getting lost in Hong Kong airport, I decided for all future flights and connections to consider myself disabled and now receive wonderful wheelchair assistance, whereby the friendly staff whisk me through all the security checks and I now get VIP treatment with the wealthy folk as they wheel me out to my taxi! Lol

[@philwaller4379]

"Improvise, Adapt, and overcome..."

[@rickylee6129]

AWESOME 👌

[@waterheaterservices]

Hilarious 😆

[@alexholland8908]

I'll try that on my next flight in June 2022 - I do recieve high disibility, but it is not for mobility

[@RetiredSignDude]

You say this proudly? Your lack of integrity should be embarrassing.

[@roustabout4fun]

Enjoyed your story and my blood pressure was able to remain healthy! Your Home again..Take Care!

[@nederlandhiker2]

Very entertaining. Good story and good for a couple laughs. Thanks for sharing.

[@realmercy]

Great video Paul. I will benefit from your experience when I fly to the Philippines in 3 months. Stay Safe buddy.

[@farmerboy8659]

First time view and will be back ! Enjoyed the adventure story.. Waiting to travel and hope I miss the nuking party here in U.S. before I leave.

[@stephenmoore5534]

Funnily enough I got my one health pass march 14 without uploading the negative PCR test ,it was 3 days prior to boarding from Sydney to Cebu? I had no issues whatsoever entering Philippines. Just had to show all doc's at immigration on entry. It was a super smooth process for me ☺️

[@hbryant1971]

It really is good to be a Lawful Permanent Resident here since 2009. No onward tickets, no insurance, though I do have Phil-health, no expensive visa extensions. I so much prefer it here and have only visited the USA 3 times since 2009 for a month or two to visit relatives, friends and former coworkers. However, as a Philippine Permanent Resident, they do hit you with an "Exit Fee" and "Travel Tax of 2,850 and 1,476 pesos on the way out. Returning is free. So still, way more affordable.

[@woodshome11]

I feel like I just watched a James Bond movie, wow. I bet you're glad you're back Paul.

[@lathamallika1482]

well done paul you are an inspiration to millions god you bless and mae alwaysxx

[@offthecuffadventureswithjamie]

I had some good chuckles Paul during my 40 min drive to work. Thanks for sharing. 😊👍🏻

[@paulinthephilippinesolddog9234]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@chinadave2854]

Congrats you made it, what a ride through the covid marathon! It was my pleasure to have helped you on your journey! And most of all that you accomplished all you set out to do. God bless you an Mae peace out brother.

[@AidaJof]

Well said and thank you for helping Paul. You are a good soul @CHINA Dave

[@wavusmaximus3792]

Hey China Dave, I’m Tyler, I met you at Cactus Jacks. It was nice meeting you. I’m glad you were able to help out Paul during his trip.

[@chinadave2854]

Thanks Tyler I remember you! and helping Paul was my pleasure. Thank you for the kind words.

[@chinadave2854]

Thank you aida.jof for the kind words you are awesome!

[@lamarg5628]

I can relate to your ordeal. I got my antigen test within 24 hours , but the one health wanted my pcr test info because they hadn't updated to the new requirements. I just sent it in anyway, and it worked. Upon arrival, I had to show the one health pass like 5 different times and was never asked for my insurance papers. Lots of stress for no reason but made it through. I'm renting a car out of Manila for a couple of weeks and have a different stress test every day, but it's all good because I'm here. Thanks for sharing your information with those still planning on coming.

[@hersheyamora8576]

How about not vaccinated?

[@ag4allgood]

@@hersheyamora8576 Have fun walking there !

[@johnsmith-ct9fw]

How much you pay for a car for 2 weeks?

[@lamarg5628]

I ended up renting for 4 weeks and had a Camry for under a thousand dollars. Avis renting through USAA was the best deal I could find.

[@markrenne6136]

Hello Paul big fan first time I have commented. I also am not giving advice, but here is what I have done at checkin. Before covid I did extensive international business travel. Lufthansa was very strick on carryons and they cannot be over 7 Kg. so, I learned this trick. I walk up to the counter with my backpack on on my back and wheel two bags, to check but the trick is i push my carryon up under the counter so the agents cannot see the carryon. That normally takes care of it and away I go. Sometimes the agent asks do you have a carryon I say yes one carryon. I have gotten the cousin to your kid and he/she wants to weigh the carryon. I have next to nothing in the carry on because my backpack has over 15 Kg of 2 laptops and electronics. They never ask me to weigh the backpack. Walk away from the counter out of view and reload half my backpack into the carryon. In the old dogs words not giving advice just telling how I have handled it for years.

[@stephenjemilo5223]

Hi Paul. New to your channel, caught part of your live stream yesterday. Thinking about moving to the Philippines and your and Mae's perspective is helpful and informative in a no frills, no BS way. Appreciate the honesty. So many other channels are just fluff or how to play the game with women there. Keep up the good content. Mae's channel is great too. She and her friends are a riot.

[@edscherer3965]

Paul, I'm so glad that you perservered and made it home!

[@douglaswilliams4274]

Omg ! Paul you made me exhausted. Great vlog. Stay Safe, and Stay Blessed ! Cheers,

[@davidwegner9690]

Thanks for sharing Paul. I was planning on coming to the Philippines next month for a 30 day vacation. I changed my mind and going to Vietnam instead. Looks like less hassle.

[@Decadent36]

Paul, you are a natural story teller and I was glad the video was almost half an hour. ;) You also have much more patience than I do. As you said though, in the end you won. End of story!

[@davidmadison1087]

Great story sir. Sorry for the headache it turned out to be. Welcome back.

[@rodmasters9093]

Welcome home Paul. We (wife and son) hope to get back this summer after school is out. I am hoping that a few more of the rules are relaxed by then. Great video. Informative and entertaining as always.

[@paulinthephilippinesolddog9234]

I hope so too!

[@BAdventures]

Great story and quite the debacle. Hopefully all that illogical red tape and paperwork will be gone soon. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@modestoagbuya2159]

Paul, you are truly blessed by God. You have a great enthusiasm. Good luck and God bless you and your loved ones always.

[@SarasotaTim]

Two years ago I stumbled upon this guys channel and thought hey? I use to sell cars and found him to be very much like me and so I started watching all his videos. After COVID and his trip back and forth to the states NEVER! would I leave the best place on earth the place were everyone wants to come. Nah.. I was seriously thinking of taking my social security and moving to where I could live large for a small amount of money. But after the reopening and all the hoops they want to jump through now rather than buy a ticket and get on the plane…I pass. 😎

[@carolinafilipina4933]

I absolutely agree! I’ve been seriously thinking of retiring to the Philippines. But, watching everything that has happened in the Philippines in the last 2 years, it is very likely I will never go the Philippines again.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Me too. I won't fly anywhere. I do not have a vaccine passport and since I've had and recovered from Covid there is no need for me to get vaccinated.

[@seeingeye5534]

I came back to Manila March 4. I had many of the same experience as you although stressful not as stressful as yours. Any time you have to deal with Filipinos especially male this can occur. I try to stay lighthearted and tell myself “that’s the Philipines. “ I left from LAX as I assume you did. When I got off the plane I was exhausted. Then it took almost 3 hours of procedure before I finally got a taxi. Final thought: IT WAS WORTH IT!! I am living an old man’s fantasy in the Philippines. In USA I am invisible. Like I say see it as a comedy and tell yourself “only in the Philippines. “ I try to live every day. It’s a small price to pay for feeling alive.

[@damoneymaker]

Good story old chap! I enjoy listening to your story about the 🇵🇭.

[@lizpan6157]

Another good story session! Glad you made it back to the islands safe well physically at least!

[@glenofthenorth8292]

Hilarious and informative story! Thanks Paul ... I'll be there in mid May!

[@AidaJof]

Awesome video Paul. So glad you also got to visit with your son in Arizona but wow, that was a long way to go!!! Your paperwork ordeal is pretty much what I went through when I travelled from Calgary to Iceland via London & Copenhagen ... all paperwork is subject to interpretation of the clerck behind the counter. But having gone through all that I am glad you are home. Great video and thanks for sharing it with us.

[@islandlifeinthephilippines1193]

Paul it seems to be the luck of the draw when going through these processes. I filled out the Onehealth pass Tuesday night in the airport. It took 8 tries. After I finally finished I turned on KZbin and there she was, Jennifer Terri explaing that they were working on the Onehealth pass....

[@AidaJof]

That lady, Jennifer Terri, seems to have the pulse of everything that goes on the Phils😊

[@KennyInSubic]

She has good and updated information.

[@countryroads5234]

Salamat Paul…enjoyed your story…if and when i encounter similar experiences i will try to recall your good attitude and final arrival…hope to meet you in Duma in July …glad you home safe and still sane lol

[@bobbyd.6652]

WOWW WHAT A RiDE PAULY 😉 EXCELLENT ViDEO BROTHER 😎...

[@800_k_7]

I am trill to say that Mr. Paul is truly a blessing and a simple human being. Someone's to be praised and admire. Paul, stay well and keep enjoying life. Be careful with the motor bike 😉

[@samthomas4531]

Exciting adventure lol. Today antigen test at 6:30 pm tomorrow flight leaves at 2:20 from Los Angeles so have 4 hrs to spare. But my flight was made months ago going take me on the Asian tour first Tokyo Singapore then to Cebu lol. It’s all good long I make to Philippines right. Thanks for you round by round account to the process. Hope we can meet sometime in next 4 weeks. Take care

[@scottsachs2547]

OMG! Same thing happened to me 3 years ago coming back to China. Except there was no covid at that time. The Agent wanted to know WHY I wasn't coming back to the U.S. Paul, Good to see you back safe in the PH.

[@barrypress3704]

Hi Paul and baby Mae great video

[@jeffsea6490]

Thanks for sharing interesting content Paul 👍🇺🇲

[@ginasison861]

First time to watch your channel..enjoy the rest of your sta here.

[@RatFink-nr5td]

Sorry Paul, as I had lots of laughs at your expense, but your delivery was masterful. I can relate as I'm an American, retired and married living in Indonesia. I traveled from US to all of Asia for 20 years, having many sweaty, angry, misunderstood, and some dangerous moments. I've told a many of those stories with fun responses. But, I must admit I really enjoyed your rendition of your flight from hell! Cheers!

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Do a video on the top 5 craziest experiences.

[@RatFink-nr5td]

@@GUITARTIME2024 Thanks, but I'll leave the vlogging to the experts!

[@jaygladysadventures7312]

Wow, I see you kept your sanity which some wouldn't have done. You made the trip, connected back up with baby Mae and that's what is important. Stay safe and healthy my friend. God bless

[@theprodigy4202]

"That little prick! He must of hit some button" that had me dying! 🤣🤣 You tell stories the best! New subscriber👍🏽

[@ggav2356]

You have a way of telling story more interesting Paul. Honestly I was sick with Covid and needed to stay home for 14 days your vlogs and two other expats vlogs keep me company plus Netflix. Tonight Canada time I will be going back on my night shift again. Take care and thanks for sharing your video. God bless you Paul and Mae.❤️

[@spanky149]

WOW! what a journey. Thanks for all the warnngs. Now, I'm starting to dread the LAX Scene. I plan to go to the Phippine Embasy to hopefully clear a lot of this up. Hopefully!

[@bayareatanders]

My relative or friend normally take me to the airport If flying PAL and tell them to wait near the checkin counter until i get my boarding pass. If your carryon is more than 25 lbs have your relative or friend hang on to it until you are all checked in and get your boarding pass. At the gate often times they will weigh your hand carry before boarding and place a tag if you have not done so at the counter. Don’t do it. Just wait until your group is called and board the plane. By that time the weighing wont have time coz everyone is boarding. Also if you’re in economy maybe wise to get the exit row to have more leg room and easy access to go to the restroom without bothering passengers to let you pass especially if they’re sleeping. There is an extra charge to have those seats but worth it.

[@ianphillips6871]

Glad you are back paul ,but what a stressful ordeal ,plus you were already tired Thanks for sharing ,hopefully normality will return for travel very soon

[@fogrunr5075]

OMG!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Outstanding presentation performance, O Master Storyteller!! 😄😄🌴🌴

[@RafaelGil2022]

Welcome back Paul and Gaylor..to Valencia. Good information you give us..

[@paulinthephilippinesolddog9234]

Our pleasure!

[@rickpineo2588]

I’m preparing to see my lady in the Philippines this July after waiting 2 years. Thank you for the informative and entertaining story!

[@danielhuntington2116]

Hi Paul...the day before you went home you got back into ground hog day....we just try to do too much here in America...glad you had a good time in America....and back at ur comfy pace in Philippines.

[@Matthew-gz4oh]

Glad your home and great story and happy you are well.

[@puckster61554]

I laughed...and I laughed. Best vid for sure Paul.

[@gregmertz1202]

Oh my God hilarious Paul at the same time informative and shows patience I don't know how you do it but I got me a belly full of Jiggles I laugh my ass off but still I don't know if I have that much patience but glad you're back ... baby Mae have a great great great summer GMM Iowa Minnesota

[@peterfuguet9004]

Got to Cebu without problems. Airlines check OHP and Covid test twice at two different airports. Cebu airport checked everything thoroughly, and for the time in more than 20 trips Inmigration asked for my return ticket, Got my 30 days till May 1st, and all is well. Just be prepare for all and anything possible and wish luck to all travelers.

[@mikeiva3896]

To Funny, and I realize, not at the time. but now you can laugh about it over a beer with your friends when you get back home God Bless You and Yours my Freind 👍🏻💫✨

[@rev.charleswilson7084]

Glad you're back Paul

[@garyreilly2025]

Great story Paul. Ive recently retired into Thailand from UK. It was an easy transition. We had to get out test 72 hours before departure. 24 Hours is no time at all. We got a ting called a Thailand Pass thats same as yours basically. On checking in it was a slow process but after that completely hitch free. Arriving into Phuket was easy and even though there were a few steps to get out the airport it only took 30 mins. Please god we dont need to go through this again. Ill be visiting Philippines from Thailand when we got free travel. Keep on trucking brother.

[@theblogtologist6875]

Omg! Paul! Lolol my God I'm having to take a Xanax listening to all this! Totally stressing me out and it's not happening to me!! Lol but you still got me lol cause I stress out at the airport when traveling! Lol glad you made it back to the beautiful Baby Mae! I'm hopefully headed to Philippines next year June or July 2023! Maybe I'll be close enough to stop by and say hi and buy you a coffee! Best wishes from Ft . Lauderdale Florida !

[@richardhaney7131]

Thanks for your story: I can hardly contain my excitement looking forward to what is a head form me to come back to the Philippines.

[@Karma52]

The experience he had at the airport with the clerk is Testament to how Filipinos really view and disdain foreigner; they think they know why you are coming and they begrudge you because they think you are wealthy and they wish they had what you have - freedom, wealth and prosperity these are not the angelic people many vloggers would like everyone to believe.

[@hanglee5586]

Yeah we are rich compared to the 70% of Filipinos who make $600 a month and less. That percentage of Filipino cannot even go to a foreign country nearby. That’s the truth and reality in the Philippines 🇵🇭.

[@man4YAWEH454]

I think Paul was right actually. The 1st kid was upset because he was corrected by the supervisor.

[@steveperyer4850]

Great to see you back in the Philippines. Best wishes!

[@keithmelton4795]

That sounded stressful. Well you back home now . So that’s good. Youl stay safe

[@garyt7232]

Glad you made it home to the Philippines. You and BM stay safe and healthy.

[@jspice-kl2wc]

Wow, what a nightmare. I am sure it would take me more than 2 or 3 plus attempts to make it. Thank you for sharing. 👍👍 👍

[@watersbey25]

No you'll be fine. Give the one health pass a trial run. You'll figure it out. I've done it twice so far and I'm not the sharpest stick in the box either

[@john99776]

Great story, Paul. Thanks

[@asjka67]

Amazing story ! Thank you

[@GoodMan-fq2rf]

Glad to see you made it home safe and hopefully in a few years I’ll be able to come to the Philippines. I’m still debating on whether to take my Social Security at 62. Make no mistake, if I could come right now I would but for now I’m back at work and may be about a few years or so.

[@bayareatanders]

Get it ASAP you will never know what the future brings. Enjoy now even if it is a few hundred dollars less.

[@someguy95376]

@@bayareatanders wait on it, wait on it,,,

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Postpone taking social security as long as possible to get the most money.

[@juancarlosvaldes4538]

Great Paul that you kept your cool! Unfortunately, my Cuban blood pressure would of shot through the roof and I would of demanded a Supervisor to come ASAP. But yes, I'll make sure any Covid test I need to take is within 24 hours or whatever the rules are at that time. Stay safe my friend!

[@fredamdwt5562]

You are too funny@Charles Whitehahah but i sure can relate. Hopefully some travel restrictions will be lifted when i go back to the state

[@teddedios991]

What a flight Paul, stressful welcome back to the Philippines 👍👍👍👍

[@cdiaz1313]

Paul, it was a very entertaining story. Thank you. 👍

[@josephmcgilloway263]

my blood pressure is off the scale watching this, better than a movie, one of my great fears. cheers paul

[@1Chuck4U2C]

Hi Paul, One Health Pass was a real pain , it had glitches , I got it done just as you did. I up graded to Business Class for the flight (PAL) , because I’m 6’ 2” and 215 lbs and didn’t want to be packed in a can like a dead fish, Philippines Airlines was wonderful in Business Class, I assisted a Handicapped Veteran that was sitting next to me the whole flight , what great person . We were escorted through every thing at Manila Airport and Customs just waived us right on through, and I mean just waived with a 😃 smile and I was sweating customs because I had electronics, five tablets, one laptop, four phones as personal items that were brought as gifts for my sister in law’s family that lost everything in the typhoon earlier this year.. Got to Love The Philippines , you never know what to expect. I left the attitudes at home. Enjoy More in The Philippines Salamat..

[@chrisdillon2073]

Paul I totally understand what your saying. Like the saying goes . If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans for tomorrow.

[@LGFrancy]

Thanks for all the updates I will be going there for two weeks in May hope they drop more paperwork LoL 😂 Have a great safe day my friend's.

[@LuisDiaz-ep4kh]

I laughed my heart out! You are so funny, glad you're home with Baby Mae!!!

[@mojolivinginthephilippines3503]

Hi Paul Great you are back in the Philippines . What a performance at the airport . Pleased to hear you got to see your son 5 years is a long time not seeing him I’m sure your visit to him would have been a emotional for you both . My son just got out of prison after 7years so I’m looking forward to my visit with him very soon .

[@ellemillion8206]

Paul, Wonderful account of your return travel experiences. I admire your patience and maturity handling the ticket handler. Many persons should find your account beneficial Knowledge is guidance in action

[@psbucs]

great video dog ... thanks ... 😀

[@brianbaxter3913]

Glad you finally made it back. Too bad you had so many problems on the way. I have the same problem when I had a stop over in Hong Kong. Every time I have gone through that airport I always get off the plane on one side and every time my connecting flight is on the farthest gate possible. It seems like it is like 10 miles from one side to the other especially when you only have a one hour layover.

[@CJHealthyLife]

Great story Paul...happy for you and Mae!!

[@alansmith4387]

Oh my God Paul , what a nightmare, I feel for you ! Sounds like a typical day in my life.! Absolutely love your stories, more of the same please.Glad your back home safely

[@robertnorkus5582]

I'm sure baby May was happy that you made it there. And your luck seems to run like mine

[@peterfuguet9004]

Planning to fly to Cebu in the next 9 hours, and after watching this video I am not sure know how to feel. Only hope I do not encounter a person like the one you had to deal with at the airlines, As most of us I have been stressed out and anxious during all the prep. process. I am flying Turkish Airlines to Istanbul, Manila and then Cebu, yes a very long way. Thank you for work and glad all turned out good for you on your trip..both ways.

[@AidaJof]

When you feel stressed out, take a couple of deep breaths and tell yourself that you've done everything necessary. Take everything one foot in front of the other and deal with issues as they arise. I am confident everything will go all right.

[@rickmir4100]

Hello Paul, thank you for sharing your travel back to the Philippines from USA, what a frustrating experienced, glad that you found "home" in the Philippines. Take care and Baby Mae will take care of you.

[@carlschleicher5516]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks

[@dariusslade4953]

Damn Old Dog! I was stressed just listening to your story...not exactly a bedtime one. I'm heading there in September. I am so thankful for your primer.

[@tomsphilippineadventures7935]

I can relate to the stressful paperwork overload and bureaucratic nightmare of your trip. My experience was less traumatic and fairly smooth.(due to a month long research of every possible contingency), but there was the Spam which I brought in my backpack, and was flagged at every single TSA checkpoint and had to be tested for drugs. I am proud to say my Spam was drug-free. Haha, good video Paul.

[@stub4958]

Well, that was an ordeal, but made for good entertainment for me. Glad to see you are home and can relax for a day or two.

[@thetaper]

Hey Paul I had the same thing with one Health pass before getting on plane for the Philippines I almost had a panic attack thank God everything went through coordinating the tests are so stressful me being a first-time flyer heading out of the country was stressful enough thanks I enjoy your videos

[@fogrunr5075]

I was just in Cebu from early April to early May 2022. You can complete the One Health Pass Philippines as soon as you're inside of 3 days from departure date. You can fill out everything except for your COVID test data. And at that point it will just tell you "not fully vaccinated." Once you have the test results and you fill that in it will say "fully vaccinated." So doing the One Heath Pass earlier it will save you some rushing. Also, do the One Health Pass on a landline personal computer. It's impossible to do it on a cell phone. Next...that's right! Departing the US for the Philippines it's either: no more than 48 hours before with the PCR test or no more than 24 hours before with the Rapid Antigen test. If your flight time is during the normal business hours of a testing facility, you can make an appointment and get tested just inside of 24 hours or just inside of 48 Hours of your departure time one or two days later. But if you have a night flight that is outside of laboratory hours, you're only choice to be tested is the morning of your flight with a Rapid Antigen test. And in that case it's better if your flight is later in the day so that you have plenty of time in the morning to get tested and get the rapid result, which you should be able to get in 15 minutes. I suggest the first appointment in the morning at a testing facility. If your rapid test is positive, then to fly you must get a PCR test. And you can get the result within 1 hour if they have the lab on site but you're going to pay a little over $100 for that. So you know when you're leaving the US and going to the Philippines it's either 48 hours or 24 hours from your departure time and you have to be inside those hours. That is what the Philippines specifies. BUT, when returning to the USA from the Philippines, the USA does not specify 48 hours or 24 hours. It's specifies "no more than one calendar day before the departure date." And another places you will see "no more than one day before the departure date." If you have a new young kid at the counter he/she might interpret that as 24 hours. But it's not. It's one calendar day. So have a saved pdf or screenshot of a USA web page that says "One calendar day." For the travel insurance I just paid $89 bucks to get $100,000 worth for the one month I was just in Cebu. I am surprised about one thing. They didn't check the COVID regulations for entering Vietnam or Thailand or whatever your onward ticket was for. Because if you weren't satisfying the onward country's regulations from the beginning, that means you could get stuck in the Philippines and be their problem, because maybe they won't even let you get on the plane to go to your onward country. But that's about it. Your experience was really similar to mine 😂😂😂 I will say that I was never tested formally for COVID until the day of my flight departing the USA, and then the day before I returned to the USA. I had a home self test that I used one day before each of those flights to calm my nerves. Thanks for your sharing Paul. I really enjoy your videos!

[@clsybear]

Wow what a story Paul well I’m glad you made it back to baby Mei

[@jamesfiddes9261]

Absolutely brilliant Sir wow what a trip 😱

[@rickylee6129]

WOW. Good Video 📹 👍. I hope the rules change before I come there in September. Stay Safe ❤️ 🙏

[@runningman2198]

I usually fly PAL but it seems other airlines from hearing experiences on YT are NOT so technical or difficult so i will opt for another airline and endure the layover.

[@sammynavarro9881]

Great video Paul and thanks for sharing. I'll be heading back to the PHILIPPINES on April 24th since leaving Oct 2019. My fly is at 11AM so I scheduled my covid test at 3 PM the day before. Hopefully everything will go smoothly. I'll be getting to the airport very early just in case. Hope to meet you and Baby Mae someday.

[@epicalien50]

You should get a prize for having the best attitude ever.

[@davidwalden2887]

I have been writing on your site for 2 years about my intended trip to the Philippines. I've just reviewed my plans "I'm not going" although financially things are quite good for me. I'll stay in Australia. People also going to Thailand where I have been often are telling stories as bad as your experience or even worse with airlines and things have improved a bit but not quite so bad with immigration. But now worse with airlines.