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You will always get a formal response like this when you ask for hotels to put their policy in writing through an email request.

They are wary of being trapped by LE and others posing as potential...

Some of us are reading your updates 303. Please keep the search going (and the reports).

I was a regular poster here from 2016 - 2018 but haven't had work back in UB for a while.

However, I...

I am glad there is at least one Dhaka visitor / resident who agrees with me that Pan Pacific is a good venue for a no hassles evening.

Thanks for the Thursday night tip Papi.

When I return in...

Risky advice from WC and must be used with serious discretion.

All pinays are NOT readily approachable.

Two examples from last week.

A pinay friend, happily married to another pinoy, told us...

"Overpriced" is a relative term and applies to budget travelers or those who are seeking bargain basement prices. For me, cost is not an issue and I prefer the comfort, security and working...

I note that nobody seems to have mentioned that Pan Pacific Sonargaon has a "new" club called Pacific Avenue located on the G Floor (entrance for hotel guests near the gym; from outside enter from...

If you are a smoker, then there will be no hassles for you staying at Naga, but if you don't like it then the whole place is ingrained with cigarette smoke from the mostly Chinese gamblers who stay...

I don't think that place will be finished in 2023. It was absolutely riddled with white ants / termites so it will not be a simple renovation.

As your photo shows and I saw when I walked past...

My first posting to Manila was in 1997 for 3 months and, 27 years later, I am still here AND still working too.

However, my number 1 rule is to stay way below the radar and to carefully think...

Nope. Just a board member with an opinion that I am free to express (same as you).

Totally irrelevant. I agree with you but it's got nothing to do with pinays' use of English.

I don't find posts like this very amusing but instead I find them rather insulting.

My guess is that ANY ONE of WC's bedmates speak much better English than he speaks Tagalog or Filipino or any...

I have Celcard on my phone and it is very efficient. The number lasts beyond a year. The load expires within 2 months but I carry a $5 reload that I put into the phone when I am waiting for my bags...

Baitong Hotel is the former Goldiana, a former classic and much loved legendary place.

Goldiana has now been destroyed by this glass monstrosity.

I can't imagine why a monger would want to stay...

Without having any hard statistical data other than my own observation skills when in the malls near my home, I am dumbfounded at how much weight so many filipinos (males & females) have gained in...

Referencing your above points:

We (my company) has an outstanding travel agent who has booked me everywhere for the past 15 years. Even she cannot miraculously get seats on flights that are...

90% of those flights have not yet flown. They are regularly cancelled. I have a co-worker who wants to return to her home in Masbate since MAY Every flight she has had reserved has been cancelled...

These are "pinoy-only" bars. All closed at present because of COVID-19.

I was taken out for an evening by my local "team" of 4 filipino guys from my office back in around 2006.

The guys warned...

Don't hold your breath.

I have a friend who works in Immigration in Intramuros.

All priority is being given to (a) returning OFWs (b) anyone with family ties and / or a residence visa (13 A)...

It's $2000 USD now payable into a listed local bank. Cash is recommended as many arrivals have found their card isn't working in the machines.

There are also very strict requirements regarding...

My friends who are still in Phnom Penh report that the bars have gone quiet again.

It seems that the very tight border restrictions and visa requirements have cut off the East Asian supply line so...

That has to be one of the most disgusting posts I have read on ISG ever.

I am surprised the mods allowed it.

If you were reading the thread you would have seen my post of 26681.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50753943/flights-from-philippines-banned-as-13-infected-fly-in-from-manila/

Either bad checking in Manila or they had fake health clearances.

I understand that HiSo is no more.

Closed up and being dismantled inside.

I am surprised why so many guys are so desperate to get back to the PH that has the highest incidence of Covid-19 in SE Asia and has an overwhelmed health system.

It seems like these guys have no...