General Info

[Bamboo Pete]

I've bought several vehicles here, including a motorcycle and all I needed was a driver's license and money. It's not at all difficult to purchase and legally register a vehicle. In theory, to drive a bike here requires a special license. In practice, no one seems to care.

GE.

If you have a bike, you need to renew your LTO licence once a year. There are not many controls, but sometimes 3 times a week, and than no controls for some months. They want to see a valid driver's licence and this LTO paper.

[Sam 14]

Costs about 5-6K a month to rent in the places that do it, like Dumaguete and Bantayan. But most places don't have rentals so you shouldn't count on being able to rent. It's not like Vietnam or Thailand where it's cheap and everywhere. You can buy a beater for 30K on OXL or Sulit but unless you find a foreigner seller it will probably be hammered and not safe or fun to ride. Also it may be a pain in the ass to get it legal at the LTO. You can easily buy something new like a Wave 125 or XRM Honda for about 50-62K and easily sell it for 35, maybe 40 when you leave. (I don't remember if I needed a licence to buy, I think just passport). It takes about a month to get the temp plate and technically it's not legal to ride until you get the plate. But everyone does it anyway, I wouldn't worry about it. No one cares about residency. Bring your valid M1 licence from your country and easily get a Phil licence at the LTO. You won't get flogged for not having a local licence but it's easy enough to get so why not. You can do it in 1 day and it's not expensive. I wouldn't want to visit an LTO in Manila, Cebu or Davao, I'd try to pick a city with an LTO that's not a madhouse. Or else obtain an International DL in your place.

Remember, the up side to owning is you have the freedom to go places and see stuff that you never would otherwise. Also you meet girls in places that are off the track. The downside is you got that anchor around your neck. So if you want to transfer to another island it can be a big hassle with the ferry issues and having to haul your stuff over land. So if for example you're just going to be in the Visayas, for less than 4 months, you may be better off to just rent.

[Mbsl65]

But you have a residency right? I am just a visitor. I want to buy a motorcycle instead of renting one. I will than sell it. I noticed that the places rent the bikes are not too reliable and their prices are too high to keep the bike for a long time. Can you give me some more input please?

I've bought several vehicles here, including a motorcycle and all I needed was a driver's license and money. It's not at all difficult to purchase and legally register a vehicle. In theory, to drive a bike here requires a special license. In practice, no one seems to care.

GE.

[Wicked Roger]

I've bought several vehicles here, including a motorcycle and all I needed was a driver's license and money. It's not at all difficult to purchase and legally register a vehicle. In theory, to drive a bike here requires a special license. In practice, no one seems to care.

GE.

I agree as long as you have the cash they will find a way to part you from it LOL.

I have bought cars and had no issues, the dealer tends to want cash and does not like you to finance it though.

Many friends have bought (and rented) bikes without being residents either.

[GoodEnough]

Do I need to be a legal resident to buy a motorcycle in Philippines? Did any of you buy a vehicle in Philippines?

I've bought several vehicles here, including a motorcycle and all I needed was a driver's license and money. It's not at all difficult to purchase and legally register a vehicle. In theory, to drive a bike here requires a special license. In practice, no one seems to care.

GE.

[Mbsl65]

Do I need to be a legal resident to buy a motorcycle in Philippines? Did any of you buy a vehicle in Philippines?

[Crazy4Thai]

Day 2 Evening (Friday 3 March):
Day 3 will follow soon.

Later,

LM.

Great reports LM and encouraging for me. I too had planned to post to CL and I'm happy that payed off for you. I also like that you post the good with the bad. That's the mongering life for sure. My own trip is now only about 3 weeks out so it's time to make some bookings.

C4 T.

[Omega 3]

A large part of successful mongering or hunting is "mind-set" or mental attitude. Sending out the right "vibe" is quite helpful in this regard. This is what I have come to call "sexual sonar pinging".

Sexually aware women, even non P4P, will pick up on your sexual sonar pinging, and will be attracted. Especially true in the Philippines, but also true to varying degrees in other countries. Of course, YMMV.

Up periscope!

OM.

[BaboyDave]

Interesting note, the taxi driver said there is a brothel type house (not a KTV and not a bar) it just a house where you pick a girl and take her out with you. He said it's 3000 P and asked if I wanted to go there now. I said no but got his phone number, I was tired and I wasn't sure that I might get robbed or worse. Does anyone have any info about this?

Day 3 will follow soon.

Later,

LM.

Yes,

You have been invited to a cass as mentioned before.

These are shady little places in a little scary neighbourhoods, which usually act as fishbowls.

I went twice with a mate and the same driver both times.

YMMV, but I had a really great experience with one of the 2 girls, which exchanged phones and became a frequent visitor to my hotel room in following visits (after she stopped working in the casa).

I do remember both times the girls were relaxed, sat for drinks in our hotel / condo, acted very playful, and remained for morning session be fore leaving by 9 am give or take.

I have also heard of bad experiences from friends, so I guess the level of service is very unstable.

Enjoy,

Dave.

[Mr Hawaii]

Day 2 Evening (Friday 3 March):.. As I'm trying to enter her I can tell it's hurting her but she's not complaining. I stop and ask her if she's okay and says yes and pulls me in (I don't think I'm that big just average I guess). I start get it in and I can tell by the look on her face that she's in pain. I stop and she says -it's okay, keep trying, I'm okay. At that point I just couldn't do it, it felt like I forcing myself on someone and her being only 19 it crept me out a little (I've been with plenty of working girls in Korea and Germany and it doesn't bother if they are bored or not into it, I've never had one that was in pain). So I stopped and said maybe just give me a BBBJ instead. She said, please, please just do it, I'm okay really. I said that's okay, a BJ will be good. She kept saying sorry and apologizing, I told her to stop saying sorry, it's not your fault. I think she wanted me to just do it because she thought I was going to complain to her boss and she would get into trouble. She gave a good BBBJ and then we cleaned up.
LM.

Same happened to me with a girl from EDSA. Well, almost the same. The girl got anxious cause I did not come. Hey, a guy only has so much juice. She was afraid I would complain to the mamasan. I told her not to worry, etc. Anyway, I think you handled it rather well. Another plus for the cause.

[Member #4566]

Interesting note, the taxi driver said there is a brothel type house (not a KTV and not a bar) it just a house where you pick a girl and take her out with you. He said it's 3000 P and asked if I wanted to go there now. I said no but got his phone number, I was tired and I wasn't sure that I might get robbed or worse. Does anyone have any info about this?
Day 3 will follow soon.

Later,

LM.

You got an invitation to a casa. The taxi driver gets a kickback and I am not OK with that type of sales. I went twice and once I partook. The girl had a stinky urinary track infection and was a runner. There are better alternatives.

[Member #4471]

Day 2 Morning (Friday 3 March): I got some good sleep and had a nice breakfast
More to follow.

LM.

Day 2 Evening (Friday 3 March): Started out by going to a few tour spots, Fort Santiago, Rizal Park, Cathedral of Manila, Pasay Cockpit (cock fighting) and ended with dinner in the BGC mall (way too much traffic). After dinner, the friend of my friend that showed us around headed back home and the three of headed to Makati. The first place we went to was High Heels. It was about 7:30 pm and the place was dead and the girls we unattractive and pushy. We had one drink and left. The next place we went to was Bottoms Up. The girls were much better looking and not too aggressive. We had a couple drinks and we asked the Mama how it works. She said it 3995 P for the fine and you work the rest out with the girl, she also said it's about 4000 5000 P for ST and if you need to get ST room it's another 1000 P. I thought that was a little steep. I had my eye on one girl but she kept disappearing in the back room and when she finally came out, some guy starting buying her drinks. We decided to check out another place and we went to CoCo Rock. This place was a little mellower. The Mama said it's a 2000 P fine and 3000 p for ST and 1000 P for ST room. I picked a cute little spinner and gave the Mama 2000 P. Mama said that the girl I pick has never been bar fined before and this is the first time she has gone out alone. I told her if she is not ready, it's fine for me to pick someone else. Then some guy takes me and her to the ST hotel down the street and we make our way to the room. Once inside she goes and takes a shower and then I shower next. When I come out she's waiting on the bed and she gives an okay BJ before I put on the cover. As I'm trying to enter her I can tell it's hurting her but she's not complaining. I stop and ask her if she's okay and says yes and pulls me in (I don't think I'm that big just average I guess). I start get it in and I can tell by the look on her face that she's in pain. I stop and she says -it's okay, keep trying, I'm okay. At that point I just couldn't do it, it felt like I forcing myself on someone and her being only 19 it crept me out a little (I've been with plenty of working girls in Korea and Germany and it doesn't bother if they are bored or not into it, I've never had one that was in pain). So I stopped and said maybe just give me a BBBJ instead. She said, please, please just do it, I'm okay really. I said that's okay, a BJ will be good. She kept saying sorry and apologizing, I told her to stop saying sorry, it's not your fault. I think she wanted me to just do it because she thought I was going to complain to her boss and she would get into trouble. She gave a good BBBJ and then we cleaned up. I have the 3000 P and we parted ways. My other friend did get the girl I wanted and bottoms up and he said he had a good time, but it was almost double what I paid, but he did have twice as much fun too. I jumped a taxi and headed back to the hotel. On the way back to the hotel, I really started to miss the time I had with the mature lady on day one.

Interesting note, the taxi driver said there is a brothel type house (not a KTV and not a bar) it just a house where you pick a girl and take her out with you. He said it's 3000 P and asked if I wanted to go there now. I said no but got his phone number, I was tired and I wasn't sure that I might get robbed or worse. Does anyone have any info about this?

Day 3 will follow soon.

Later,

LM.

[Member #4471]

Another thumbs up. I've often wondered why people ask the age question so what if they are a certain age you are going to say no. Recently had a great experience with a horny 44 year old. I wasn't thinking gee I wish she was 19 when I was doing the deed.

Day 2 Morning (Friday 3 March): I got some good sleep and had a nice breakfast at the hotel and was back in the room waiting for my other friends to do some touring around Manila. One of the guys in the group knew someone (a local) who lived in Manila, they worked together before in Korea and they were going show us around. I had some time to kill until our 1 PM meeting so I started looking at WeChat to see if I could get a quick one in before I head out. I saw one girl that looked good and I sent her a message. She asked me if I want a massage and I told her no. She then asked what I wanted and I said sex. She quoted me 3000 P and I agreed and told her where I was staying. She arrived about 40 minutes later (I met her outside the hotel). She was the same girl as in the pictures (I was a little surprised because that is rarely is the case in Korea). I was happy until is saw her teeth. I said to myself, I can got over that and move on. She seemed very excited by my blue eyes and nose. She said she mostly sees Korean and Chinese. We sat on the couch a little while and she asked me why I didn't want a massage, I said they are boring. We moved to the bedroom and I said okay, give me a little massage and I'll try it. She stared massaging me and it was awful. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a good massage when that's all I want, but when it's just something to do until we get to a HJ, BJ or more, then I find them boring. This girl didn't know what she was doing, so I asked her to stop and said maybe we can move on to some other things. She acted shy and got undressed. She got on the bed next to me and she was hugging me tightly and kissing me with a closed mouth. I tried to get her to give me a BJ and she said no and asked about sex and she said okay and I put on the condom. I tried to enter her about half way and she was saying that it hurt and I could tell this was not going to work. I tried very slowly but it was not going to happen. So I got up and went to the bathroom to throw away the condom and that's when I noticed that her love box was a stink box and it smelt awful. I went back to the room and told her to give me a HJ and she was even bad at doing that. I don't think she was being lazy about it, she just didn't know what she was doing. I fished and cleaned up. I said that it's time to go and she said she had to message her driver. I gave her 2000 P and walked her out of the hotel. I know 2000 P is probably way too much for shit service, but I wasn't sure if the driver was the pimp and would cause trouble if didn't giver here something, but I didn't pay the whole 3000 P.

More to follow.

LM.

[Eszpresszo]

I think you will find when you get to AC that it's readily accessible by the masses, as substantiated by the hordes of Koreans, and most recently Chinese who often flood the bars. It's only a 2 hour drive from Manila, and once out of Manila, the highway is good, so it's not a hassle for those guys to get there.

GE.

Well I did notice that PAL, Asiana and Jin Air offer service to CRK out of Seoul, and Cathay Dragon services CRK from HGK. So those guys might have that convenience of a direct flight. What I was referring to was an snippet in a article I read about expansion of CRK with a 3rd terminal "Once completed, it can accommodate 80 million passengers annually, thus becoming one of the largest airports in the world." That could probably have a very large impact on the immediate area, and probably not a good one.

[NewImage]

Hello,
I'm here to follow up with a FR of my trip. Your advice was very helpful and this was my first time going the PI.
This FR is getting longer than I thought. I'll post another report about the evening later.
Later, LM.

Another thumbs up. I've often wondered why people ask the age question so what if they are a certain age you are going to say no. Recently had a great experience with a horny 44 year old. I wasn't thinking gee I wish she was 19 when I was doing the deed.