What to buy in the Philippines?

A native backpack made of bamboo.

When I came back from the Philippines, I bought for 8 $ a nice little cell phone/misc holder that goes around your neck. It looks like a tasier monkey and has the cutest face. When ever I have it on my friends all ask me where did I get it.

They are sold in almost ever major department store in the Philippines.

Oh something that i get a lot of comments on that i got from a philippine tourist store, Balikbayan Handicrafts. They're these little turtles made out of shells, turtles stacked on top of each other. Their heads boble. We put them on our car's dashboard, and their heads just boble around. They're cute. =]

anything that you can display at home or at the office....something that proudly says "made in the philippines"...and to be considerate to the person buying it for you, make it compact (not bulky) and lightweight. tell him to buy you something that he himself would want to have had it been you buying for him.

wood carvings and statues made in baguio (my fave is the guy in the barrel). available at pinoy souvenir shops in metro manila.

Unique sweets.A bottle of wine

"Lambanog" (alcoholic drink, fermented coconut). One of our pride. I guess it's available at the airport. It is also available in different flavors, "Bubble Gum" flavor is recommended.

Tell'em to buy one of those jeepney-in-a-bottle souveniers. I have one here at home and it never fails to amuse my friends.

GO TO THE NEAREST MARKET AND VISIT THE VEGETABLE SECTION.

dried mangoes