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[Simmer]

Hard to find recent info on EDSA near airport.

Staying in this Pasy area near mall of Asia. Any recent reports on EDSA? Have RTFF & done a search. Is there enough talent here for 3 days before I go further afield.

Note that EDSA is a road, and EDSA Entertainment Complex is a building on EDSA. Asking a taxi driver to take you to EDSA might not yield the desired result given that it is miles long! Then again, he might take one look at you and know exactly what you want.

Anyway, even if EDSA EC is not enough for 3 days, you have a couple of massage places near the airport and Manila Bay Cafe maybe 15 minutes away, depending on traffic. Not sure of picking up girls at Mall of Asia but it's a nice place to go for food and (non-girly) bars on the boardwalk.

[X Man]

Mr. Hawaii has already answered the question.

I seem to remember a lot of the ladies seem to prefer short time.

Upon departure, I prefer not to take the taxis right in front. I just walk down the street a bit where you can get a taxi who will use the meter.

Some taxis turn off of Roxas Blvd. And take a short cut down a dark narrow street. Don't be alarmed, you are almost there!

Hard to find recent info on EDSA near airport.

Staying in this Pasy area near mall of Asia. Any recent reports on EDSA? Have RTFF & done a search. Is there enough talent here for 3 days before I go further afield.

[Mr Hawaii]

Hard to find recent info on EDSA near airport.

Staying in this Pasy area near mall of Asia. Any recent reports on EDSA? Have RTFF & done a search. Is there enough talent here for 3 days before I go further afield.

There are about 10 bars inside the EDSA complex. There might be an average of 25 girls / bar = 250 girls. I know that the bar Firehouse has 20 girls on stage at one time, with 20 more on break. Anyway, there is plenty of talent. Take your time, don't feel pressured to buy lady's drink. Get there about 8 pm. 6 months ago the barfine was 1950 pesos, the girl's fee was separate. Don't forget to talk with the girl re: menses, time, what's expected, etc. Some girls are ok with pics. Enjoy.

[NewImage]

Hard to find recent info on EDSA near airport.

Staying in this Pasy area near mall of Asia. Any recent reports on EDSA? Have RTFF & done a search. Is there enough talent here for 3 days before I go further afield.

[Fastpiston]

Just a heads-up for any guys who might be planning travel in or through Manila on November 18 & 19.

APEC will be held in Manila on those dates and with 21 country leaders in town Metro Manila will be in a state of semi-lockdown. All businesses have been requested to close on those dates.

Schools and Universities will close for 4 days on November 17,18, 19 and 20.

It may not be easy to get around the city on 18 and 19 if you have an advance schedule hoping to meet up with dating site conquests.

The only advantage of APEC: The scammers at Manila airport will keep a low profile on those days. They would not want to put bullets & white powder in leaders' bags!

[Fastpiston]

I know Filipinos are known to over act, OA, as they themselves call it.

When the pope came, and when he flew to Tacloban, they shut down NAIA which is totally disregarding the Pope's request to minimize inconvenience to the common man.

As for APEC, I am booked to go on 20th, though as of now, there is no confirmation of the no-fly zone. I hope saner senses prevail, though since the US, Russian, China and Japanese Heads of State are due, the Filipinos may totally shut down NAIA, just for the fun of it.

God Help the Philippines.

God gave up long, long ago.

[Simmer]

Furthermore she has to pay 50 PhP a day for lunch.

I happened to be talking to the wife about schools and lunches just a couple of weeks ago. In her school (Negros Or) kids either went home for lunch or brought a packed lunch. She didn't mention any lunch fee but I'll ask her tonight if I remember. The subject came around because we were talking about school hours elsewhere in the world, while her area was an early start, a late finish. And a long, 2 hour lunch. Said to be that long so that kids that had to walk home for lunch had time to do so, as only a few could afford trikes and living a couple of miles away from school and walking was common.

But could well be different elsewhere.

[Econo Tech]

Just a heads-up for any guys who might be planning travel in or through Manila on November 18 & 19.

APEC will be held in Manila on those dates and with 21 country leaders in town Metro Manila will be in a state of semi-lockdown. All businesses have been requested to close on those dates.

Schools and Universities will close for 4 days on November 17,18, 19 and 20.

It may not be easy to get around the city on 18 and 19 if you have an advance schedule hoping to meet up with dating site conquests.

I know Filipinos are known to over act, OA, as they themselves call it.

When the pope came, and when he flew to Tacloban, they shut down NAIA which is totally disregarding the Pope's request to minimize inconvenience to the common man.

As for APEC, I am booked to go on 20th, though as of now, there is no confirmation of the no-fly zone. I hope saner senses prevail, though since the US, Russian, China and Japanese Heads of State are due, the Filipinos may totally shut down NAIA, just for the fun of it.

God Help the Philippines.

[Red Kilt]

Just a heads-up for any guys who might be planning travel in or through Manila on November 18 & 19.

APEC will be held in Manila on those dates and with 21 country leaders in town Metro Manila will be in a state of semi-lockdown. All businesses have been requested to close on those dates.

Schools and Universities will close for 4 days on November 17,18, 19 and 20.

It may not be easy to get around the city on 18 and 19 if you have an advance schedule hoping to meet up with dating site conquests.

[Mogwai]

Public education in this place is extraordinarily poorly funded and only putatively free. Students, for example, are provided a minimum amount of school supplies at the beginning of the year; supplies that do not last beyond the first couple of months of school terms. It's up to parents to replace them. It's also up to parents to provide the means of transport, appropriate school clothes, lunches and funds for the endless, and mandatory "special events" that take the place of classroom education for days on end. Many poorer parents lack the means to fulfill these requirements which partially explains the high drop out rates.

GE.

Thanks GE for your contribution! My GF told me that beside new uniforms she has to buy new books as well because they are using other books in the new school and they only teach Tagalog and not English (much to the chagrin of her daughter because she hardly speaks English and is very eager to communicate with me).
Furthermore she has to pay 50 PhP a day for lunch.

Meanwhile I've finally understood what she meant by 'have problem trasper'. She simply meant the transfer from the old school to the new school.

Hopefully the kids can go to their new school next week.

[WhatsUrName]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your wisdom and guidance over the previous year. I haven't been posting much at all, but I have been logging in regularly to keep track of the gossip and goings-on.

I've just returned from an 11 day trip to the Philippines. Spent 1 day traveling each way from the US, 5 days in Malate, and 4 days in AC.

I basically did a M-F in AC, and the weekends of each side of the week in Malate.

I spent the majority of my Malate mongering time in LA Caf. This may seem a tad odd and a little way of out the norm, but I used two hotels concurrently while in Malate.

I am just a tad on the paranoid side, and try to fly under the radar and avoid risk to the degree that I can. My main hotel was Cherry Blossom, next to Robinson mall. This is where I stored my luggage, credit cards, passport, laptop, etc. I like their hotel office safety deposit boxes (like a bank safety deposit box) behind two locked doors and a security camera along with my own private key. I don't trust hotel room safes. I also like to stay in CB's two story townhouses with entrance from the garage. I don't care about the walk of shame, but I do care about privacy and having to walk through the Lobby with my "working girl".

I also used the Brickstone Hotel as a "Staging area". The Brickstone is right next door to LA Caf. I like it because it is a 24 hour, cash based short time hotel available for 1500 PHP per 24 hour period. I would have LA Caf FLs meet me in the Lobby. I liked this setup for a couple of reasons:

1) It greatly cut my travel back and forth between CB and LA. While not a long walk, it does get me quite sweaty every time. Plus, being in the rainy season, one can never predict when the next deluge will occur.

2) It increases my safety. I didn't have to travel the seedy streets of Ermita at 2 AM. In addition, the street people didn't see me in the company of suspected prostitutes. Moreover, if I ever did have a problem, I could be packed up and gone from the Brickstone in a matter of minutes. No credit cards, no luggage, no names, no checkout process.

I didn't let my CB world and my Brickstone worlds collide. I took perhaps 10 ladies from LA all to the Brickstone, and none to the CB.

Most of my LA Caf ladies were repeats. I had some real sweet ladies. I know that a lot of my fellow mongers think LA is a fugly show. But I think there are some sweethearts there. One sweet young lady was really, really, cute (at least to me). I took her 3 times over the course of my trip.

Most of the FLs were starting the bidding at 2500 PHP, but they will gladly accept 2000. I could have gotten probably down even below that but instead negotiated bareback, two pops, and vibrator use. Some ladies are hesitant about going bareback at least at first, but I think they are more worried about getting knocked up that catching an STD. I promised to cum outside and they all agreed.

If you want to go bareback, I recommend you negotiate this up front.

In AC, I stayed in the New Central Park Tower. Really liked it. I stayed in the Penthouse across the street on my last visit, and think. I like the Central Park Tower a little better. While I did have a great view of Mt Arayat at the Penthouse, there is some amount of street noise from Santos street. Central Park Tower street noise was almost non-existent.

I stuck to the Fields Ave bars, and probably took the most ladies from Atlantis. Had no problems at all.

Thanks again for your year of wisdom and guidance. Especially GE for his periodic rants about "Life in the Philippines". It serves as a reminder to me that the Phils is a nice place to visit, but I should think very, very carefully about whether I want to live there.

Fly Under the radar when in the Philippines.

Peace Out.

WhatsurName.

[Member #4351]

Since few can find their way to the Cebu threads I am crossposting here to get out the word:

It's that time again; Friday October 16 at 11:00 a.m. ISG forum members will be meeting for the ISG Free Lunch in Cebu City. As always, no hidden agenda, no time share sales spiel;, only interesting conversation and good food. Reserve your place by PMing me.

[GoodEnough]

Public education in this place is extraordinarily poorly funded and only putatively free. Students, for example, are provided a minimum amount of school supplies at the beginning of the year; supplies that do not last beyond the first couple of months of school terms. It's up to parents to replace them. It's also up to parents to provide the means of transport, appropriate school clothes, lunches and funds for the endless, and mandatory "special events" that take the place of classroom education for days on end. Many poorer parents lack the means to fulfill these requirements which partially explains the high drop out rates.

GE.

[Hutsori]

Thanks a lot Hutsori! Just one more question: if she means 'transportation fare' does it mean she has to pay for the school bus?

You're welcome. The only school buses I've seen, which are little more than small vans and Mitsubishi L300 panel trucks painted yellow, belong to private Filipino schools. Maybe the expensive international schools have something better. I reckon her kids will take the jeep or a trike.

[MrWoolyBooly]

But she texted "pass crap". She was also a college studlent. I replied, that's the name for a CR, not a ferry. Eventualy by a similar linguistic analysis, I figured out "Fast Craft".

Hilarious! It goes both ways. On my first ever visit to the Philippines I was looking for a place in the Saint Francis mall in Ortigas, located near the Podium building. I must have gone back and forth three times between the two asking locals: "Where is the Saint Francis?" Reply: "Next to Poe-joom (pointing)" As I walked in the direction of pointing I'd ask: "Where's the Poe-joom? Reply: "Next to Sinpransis (pointing back the way I came)". As ridiculous as it sounds, I now usually pronounce English names Pinoy style to avoid confusion.