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At risk of helping a non-team player, you may be referring to the hotel about a block from Terminal One. It's on the right side of the road exiting the terminal. I've stayed there a few times when I...

I was taught that pokpok refers to a woman who does p4p. Pussy is puki; pekpek refers to the pubic area. (I suspect the site will not allow the p.. word)

True most places, and especially in the Philippines.

Does anybody know the covid requirements for Filipinos traveling within country? Cebu Pacific website is not very clear. Is a 72 hour test required, or just show a vaccine record and wear a mask?...

I think there's a dynamic even bigger than the absence of geography being taught in schools. There's an old guy named James C. Scott who spent much of his life studying "peasant resistance" in...

What a barangay is depends whether it's in an urban area or more rural. In a city a barangay is a district within the city. In more populous cities, like the City of Manila, barangays are...

Long time coming, DC. Good for you. Soapy.

I'm not surprised by this. Having been with Koreans doing the bar scene in Seoul I always sensed that much of the purpose was to show off arm candy to their friends.

Great plan. And, of course, we have the ongoing grievance that Filipinas lie. Perhaps as Westerners we're entitled.

What are the odds that having been stung too many times by bees contributes to stupid shit in the Philippines, and, more specifically, this thread?

I'd say Americans were the lesser of two evils--by a wide margin. It is also true that the US benefited substantially from Filipino guerillas, both in sharing intelligence and planning for the...

M, you're probably right about trikes and jeepneys, but maybe he should try each once, just to say he did. The jeepney is the more challenging of the two, because there's a steeper learning curve:...

You are correct about xenophobia, but I'm not convinced that Clark, Taft, and MacArthur are reflections of affection. There has long been an underlying resentment toward the US, and this was the...

Agreed Rog. It looks real ugly. Thanks for filling in the pieces. Soapy.

The xenophobia is tough to ignore. In the past I foolishly engaged him in conversations, including a silly discussion about the threats of serial killers hovering around sex worker establishments. I...

The Philippines has experienced its first major storm of 2022, Tropical Storm Megi, Philippine name Agaton. It hit over the past weekend but accurate reports on deaths and displacements are just now...

Thanks for the field report and the PM. G-Point's information on Google Maps says they're open from 11 am to 4 am. May or may not be accurate.

HK, here's a tip for using the reply with quote function. Usually, you don't need to leave all of the previous post intact. You can easily delete part of an earlier post. When you click on reply with...

WC reported a while back that LA Cafe was operating as a restaurant only. Information about them on Google Maps suggests they're operating 24 hours, and the picture looks like the entryway may have...

AP has given a lot of good advice. I will add a few things. Take your American prescriptions. I suspect most pharmacies will recognize them. On the other hand, I have often walked into pharmacies in...

Except it's warmer. Everyday in the Philippines is warmer than Pennsylvania in February. But the metaphor is good.

There's a discussion about this in General Information from about April 8th. Airports in Tokyo, Seoul, and elsewhere will rip you off--because you're a captive audience once you're inside the...

Or you might have been lucky. First time I took a p4p from LA Cafe about 15 years ago she told me I should be careful with my money. "Some of the girls will steal from you when you go in the CR. "...

Agreed, and the same holds for large sums of Philippine pesos. Hotel employees may well know how to defeat the hotel's own room safe.

I always carry a product called pac-safe. It's like a canvas...

I agree. Furthermore, these guys drive for a living and know their way around. And they speak the language to ask for directions to places they don't know. Most are decent chaps and some of them can...