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[JustForFun21]

I was out of the loop there for a couple of days with internet / computer problems so sorry for the late reponse.

You and other first time travelers to MNL might want to keep Robinsons Place Condos in mind. They're attached to Robinson's Midtown Mall and no matter how hard it might be raining, you won't get a drop on you. Just go to the first floor of the condo, walk through ar security door and voila, you're in the mall. Walk, window shop, and they'll find you assuming of course the mall is not shut down but I've never seen that. MBC is just a 5 minute walk away if its not raining / flooding. The lovely ambiance of the Del Pilar neighborhood is at your fingertips. Condo cost is about $60. 00 a night.

Thanks Slippery for the very useful info. I just checked the website and the property looks very good. By the way, can you please let me know whether this property is girl friendly as this is a key requirement for me.

[Slippery]

Thanks for the details. I kind of finally decided to postpone my travel by one month as I didn't want to spoil the fun of my maiden trip to PH.

I was out of the loop there for a couple of days with internet / computer problems so sorry for the late reponse.

You and other first time travelers to MNL might want to keep Robinsons Place Condos in mind. They're attached to Robinson's Midtown Mall and no matter how hard it might be raining, you won't get a drop on you. Just go to the first floor of the condo, walk through ar security door and voila, you're in the mall. Walk, window shop, and they'll find you assuming of course the mall is not shut down but I've never seen that. MBC is just a 5 minute walk away if its not raining / flooding. The lovely ambiance of the Del Pilar neighborhood is at your fingertips. Condo cost is about $60. 00 a night.

[Soapy Smith]

I'm planning to visit Manila in the next couple of days and the news on Manila flooding is worrying me. As such I'm not too worried about the rain and the safety but I feel uncomfortable to stay at the hotel throughout the day with no chances of visiting malls and little chances of visiting pubs and for mongering.

If this is not a good time to visit Manila, please indicate by when I should consider travelling again.

Australia may be a better bet right now. Who can go wrong with all this fresh meat? Be sure to take a pair of cowboy boots. I read somewhere if you get their hind legs in the boots, you've got them right where you want them. But don't forget, these are Western females. You can tell from the nonstop protest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcE5aDTszrY

[FreebieFan]

Interesting artlicle what the 10 billion thats supposedly been " looted" from the pork barrel allocation could buy. Interesting that is, until one comes to the final part, whereby a country awash in guns both legal and illgal discovers it could buy a further 600, 000 Glock pistols.

It failed to mention that the same 10 bill could buy a mall full of tbacks, and almost a mall full of bikinis, not to mention millions and millions of vibrators, or mega millions of condoms. Oops, can't offend those good ol cathlolics by talking about population management.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/471705/...tory-buildings

[Econo Tech]

Two months? The city recovers much quicker than that. More lie two weeks max.

I was in Baguio when the market burned down. Three days later, all spruced up, and all back in operation, while the soot and all are still being cleaned up.

Same when Malate was flooded, and two days after floods subsided. All was good to go.

The filipinos are tough people and very capable of getting things back to life, so fast that they forget the dozens dead in the Cebu Ship accident calamity and focus on the upcoming Pork Barrel Scam. LOL.

And so tough, they quickly forgive the mass murderers of the 4000 people, Dona Paz, and let the go on peddling their rusted tin pots for trade.

[Hutsori]

Thanks for the details. I kind of finally decided to postpone my travel by one month as I didn't want to spoil the fun of my maiden trip to PH.

Keep in mind it's a large country. Though Luzon and several islands south were rained upon and large parts flooded in islands further south, say Cebu, life carried on unaffected. If you want the guarantee of great weather then it's the dry season; August is the wettest, and wettest = floods. But plenty of folks come throughout the year and things work out for the most part.

[OnePackGuy]

Just my 1 cent worth.

The transport facilities will be in tatters, the hotels will be overloaded, the clubs and bars that have not been flooded will be an option, but the entire infrastructure will be wrecked.

I actually left Manila the day before the heavy rain, it had been raining every day for the previous week, but only 1 hr a day, so the ground was weel saturated before the storm hit.

I have a house in the city on relativly high ground, and it is still safe, as is my family.

The storm is moving very slowly away, but dragging all the monsoon rain with it.

Avoid the country, for at least 2 months.

Bumz

Two months? The city recovers much quicker than that. More lie two weeks max.

[JustForFun21]

I just went walk and wade-about in my Makati neigbourhood and it's kinda screwed. Buendia, a major thoroughfare, is largely impassable in several areas. Solar News just broadcast of gov't press conference where the spokesperson stated 50-60% of metro Manila is flooded. 1030 am 20 AUG Manila time. EDSA Taft and Magallanes (which you'll need to pass on the way to the Shangri-la) are NOT passable to ALL VEHICLES reports MMDA. We're currently 100mm short of 2012's habagat rainfall, and it's still raining. You may not be concerned about the rain, but that's what causes the floods. Right now if I had to travel from the airport to QC I'd take the skyway to Makati which will get you beyond the current EDSA flooding. Drive through Makati back to EDSA, say along the unflooded section Buendia, and then up to the Shangri-la. The main wrinkle to this is the flooding currently near NAIA.

I haven't ventured out to bars since Sat night, and it seems unlikely that a girl will be able to travel far, if at all, but I got lucky in that one of my girls arrived back to Manila Saturday afternoon and she hasn't even considered leaving my place. Her Aussie boyfriend is to fly in on the 23rd, but we'll see.

Thanks for the details. I kind of finally decided to postpone my travel by one month as I didn't want to spoil the fun of my maiden trip to PH.

[Bumz Rush]

Just my 1 cent worth.

The transport facilities will be in tatters, the hotels will be overloaded, the clubs and bars that have not been flooded will be an option, but the entire infrastructure will be wrecked.

I actually left Manila the day before the heavy rain, it had been raining every day for the previous week, but only 1 hr a day, so the ground was weel saturated before the storm hit.

I have a house in the city on relativly high ground, and it is still safe, as is my family.

The storm is moving very slowly away, but dragging all the monsoon rain with it.

Avoid the country, for at least 2 months.

Bumz

[Hutsori]

I'm planning to visit Manila in the next couple of days and the news on Manila flooding is worrying me. As such I'm not too worried about the rain and the safety but I feel uncomfortable to stay at the hotel throughout the day with no chances of visiting malls and little chances of visiting pubs and for mongering.

Looking for advice from the residents who are currently experiencing this flood in Manila. Can you please let me know whether it is a good time to visit Manila and when will things return back to normal over the next 2 weeks. Also, how is the bar scene will look like now? Will all the entertainment centers are closed during the current flooding period?

Also, I may be staying in EDSA Shangri-la and may need to go to Quezon city for work. Please let me know whether I can commute to office daily (in taxi) during this heavy rain period?

If this is not a good time to visit Manila, please indicate by when I should consider travelling again.

I just went walk and wade-about in my Makati neigbourhood and it's kinda screwed. Buendia, a major thoroughfare, is largely impassable in several areas. Solar News just broadcast of gov't press conference where the spokesperson stated 50-60% of metro Manila is flooded - 1030 am 20 AUG Manila time. EDSA Taft and Magallanes (which you'll need to pass on the way to the Shangri-la) are NOT passable to ALL VEHICLES reports MMDA. We're currently 100mm short of 2012's habagat rainfall, and it's still raining. You may not be concerned about the rain, but that's what causes the floods ;) Right now if I had to travel from the airport to QC I'd take the skyway to Makati which will get you beyond the current EDSA flooding. Drive through Makati back to EDSA, say along the unflooded section Buendia, and then up to the Shangri-la. The main wrinkle to this is the flooding currently near NAIA.

I haven't ventured out to bars since Sat night, and it seems unlikely that a girl will be able to travel far, if at all, but I got lucky in that one of my girls arrived back to Manila Saturday afternoon and she hasn't even considered leaving my place. Her Aussie boyfriend is to fly in on the 23rd, but we'll see.

[JustForFun21]

I'm planning to visit Manila in the next couple of days and the news on Manila flooding is worrying me. As such I'm not too worried about the rain and the safety but I feel uncomfortable to stay at the hotel throughout the day with no chances of visiting malls and little chances of visiting pubs and for mongering.

Looking for advice from the residents who are currently experiencing this flood in Manila. Can you please let me know whether it is a good time to visit Manila and when will things return back to normal over the next 2 weeks. Also, how is the bar scene will look like now? Will all the entertainment centers are closed during the current flooding period?

Also, I may be staying in EDSA Shangri-la and may need to go to Quezon city for work. Please let me know whether I can commute to office daily (in taxi) during this heavy rain period?

If this is not a good time to visit Manila, please indicate by when I should consider travelling again.

[Wicked Roger]

Thought you guys here on the Philippine board would get a kick out of this broke monger that you all are familiar with.

Interesting RT and given CPs recent posts on his budget for his mongering trip to the Philippines and the prices he expects to pay for accommodation, I am sure those on the board in Colombia could suggest real estate in the price range of around $10-20 a night equivalent (he said 500 pesos a night roughly). I could give that advice for Brazil, part of Africa and India as well as the Philippines.

I would post a few links to show his budget etc as he did lay it out in a recent FR but while I can see them in the search function when you click on each FR they mysteriously disappear from view. Clicking on "see original report" on the Medellin again does not show me the original FR.

Maybe Cali Pro has decided to now ask lots of questions of the Colombian members as he does the Philippines as he sees Colombia as a country where he can spread his wealth and wisdom.

[Econo Tech]

And news from PH!

http://dailym.ai/1cSr649 Hero US diver murdered in the Phillippines 'after being blasted him in the face with a shotgun.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-n.-killed-298163

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story.arch-shot-dead

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/466991/.american-diver

[Amanut]

Con;

Many guys may not admit it, but friends I've known concur that they have lost some blasting power after time. Some just don't reload as fast. I'm presently managing 2 girls and I sometimes will alternately hold out and save the load for the next one.

You can also of course supplement naturally with maca root, or with a glandular product like Male Caps.

Pro;

You may get a text like this.

"Shittt hell haha well was real fun, I love it yeah and its more fun because I dnt nid to worry 4 being pregnant I trust you on it"

I got mine done mine for over twenty years ago. I did not experience any change in power or reload other than perhaps lately which I attribute to aging. I have countered that with appropriately timed doses of vitamin C and V.

And yes, the comfort level of the ladies is more relaxed. Only once in the Philippines did a lady question if perhaps my vasectomy may not still be effective. That lasted for only one encounter. After that she literally begged "cum inside me" in every following session.

I have often used it as a sales pitch when chatting online by telling ladies that I have had a vasectomy. It opens the door to discussions of sex and our anticipated encounter because it eventually turns to me saying "I can not make you pregnant when we meet". Most Filipinas do not to like using condoms so bare sex without the risk of pregnancy seems to be a big plus for them.

[Sam 14]

That's good to know RK, no regrets here either. So it depends on the individual and their aging process I guess. Or maybe I'm just getting the wrong women. I know my friends are, all they got is chubby old white chicks. Haha