Indians In Philippines

Indian Sikh Punjabi

Indian Bumbay in Philippines




These videos are in jest, not to disparage Indians in the Philippines. They are pleasant people who provide services and contribute to the local economy.
Excluding the illegal immigrants, there are over 50,000 Punjabis in the Philippines as of 2016.From Wikipedia.
Indian restaurants In Manila

Little India Healthy Cuisine
10 Best Indian Restaurants in Manila
I love Indian food. I once flew Air India from Toronto to Birmingham, UK and slept most of the way across the Atlantic Ocean. The cabin crew was so kind, they waited until all passengers had deplaned. A young stewardess tapped my shoulder and said "sir, we have arrived." Before I went to sleep they had served an Indian snack which tasted sooo good, I made the mistake of not saving the bag it was in. I have not found it again. When I arrived at customs there were only two men in front of me. Apparently they had slept across the Atlantic Ocean also. We sailed through customs!  
Living in a Squatter Area
For a couple years I lived with my wife and her family in a "squatter" area. They had "rights" to the small two bedroom dwelling (of around forty square metres).
My relatives had a small canteen nearby where they served breakfast, lunch, and supper to tricycle drivers. Some executives, from offices across the street, would come for lunch. My wife's Mother would borrow money, "for capital" from an Indian Bumbay from time to time. He would come as a rider on a motorcycle and knock on their door. They would make a payment to him and off he would go to his next customer.

Entrance to compound where we lived for 2 years.In Paranaque City, Metro Manila.

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Electric Vehicles Philippines

Electric Car

Lucky Lion E-Bike (Tri Cab)

Electric Vehicles In The Philippines

We bought a used Lucky Lion, like the one in the picture above, nearly four years ago. We and our nannys use it inside our gated community and occasionally to go buy vegetables from vendors outside our gates. We use our Honda Odyssey van to travel on the public roads. 

We have had to buy a new battery, fix some cables, the hand brake and paid for home service to replace the front two wheel bearings.

For our purposes we are are satisfied with charging it by plugging it

in the outlet in our carport (called a garage by Filipinos).

ZigWheels has a good review about electric vehicles and some that are coming soon to the Philippines.

The government thinks that electric vehicles are the Future of Philippines industries.

Well according to the following video, that is debatable.

Cheapest cars to maintain in the Philippines. 

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