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[GDreams]

Thanks for your reply, WC. It was actually something you published a couple months ago that got me looking into it.

I like your attitude regarding this whole program, and the newly rolled out technology; the only shots available to those of us in the US. You seem to have an open mind about it all. Im not opposed to something like the yellow fever vaccine where they take a part of the actual virus and put it in you, actually inoculating your ass, without some messenger RNA I know very little about.

Then use Sinovax or Sputnik Johnson and Johnson.

[Travelin Dog]

Hey gents,

Thanks for the info about Boracay.

And thanks for the location of the Cebu thread. Found it.

[AussieGaigin]

Hey Gents.

I am planning a trip to the Phils in Oct / Nov, and hoping to explore some new areas: probably Boracay and Cebu.

I am surprised there are not any dedicated threads for those popular spots.

Or are there? Am I missing something?

Thanks.

There are 2 user blogs for Cebu in this section, and it has its own section in the Asia index.

[Gen X Baer]

Hey Gents.

I am planning a trip to the Phils in Oct / Nov, and hoping to explore some new areas: probably Boracay and Cebu.

I am surprised there are not any dedicated threads for those popular spots.

Or are there? Am I missing something?

Thanks.

Cebu thread is there.

Boracay is not popular. Trust me. Lived there for 5 years. The game you play there vs Manila or Cebu is different.

[Goferring]

Its near the bottom, "Link to Cebu Forum", under User Blog. Clicking on it brings you to this page (pic #1), then clicking on that link gets you a broken link page (404 Not Found).

To TG: go to Asia / The Philippines-Cebu, though it's not super active. Many still post Cebu reports in the main Philippines forum. The Search page is your friend.

[WestCoast1]

Hey Gents.

I am planning a trip to the Phils in Oct / Nov, and hoping to explore some new areas: probably Boracay and Cebu.

I am surprised there are not any dedicated threads for those popular spots.

Or are there? Am I missing something?

We are all missing something.

There is a link somewhere on this forum for Cebu.

Its near the bottom, "Link to Cebu Forum", under User Blog. Clicking on it brings you to this page (pic #1), then clicking on that link gets you a broken link page (404 Not Found).

[George03]

Hey Gents.

I am planning a trip to the Phils in Oct / Nov, and hoping to explore some new areas: probably Boracay and Cebu.

I am surprised there are not any dedicated threads for those popular spots.

Or are there? Am I missing something?

Thanks.

There is a link somewhere on this forum for Cebu. You might be able to find it in the search feature. I haven't seen much info over the years on Boracay, but I thank this is a little action. However, most info that I have read suggest that you bring your own. I took a girl to Boracy one time that I met in Manila, it was the second (and last) time I met her in Phil. I would like to go back to Boracy sometime, but would probably try to meet someone first in Manila, Cebu, etc.

[Travelin Dog]

Hey Gents.

I am planning a trip to the Phils in Oct / Nov, and hoping to explore some new areas: probably Boracay and Cebu.

I am surprised there are not any dedicated threads for those popular spots.

Or are there? Am I missing something?

Thanks.

[Sam 14]

No, nothing. I was not aware that they did away with the Q for unvaxxed foreigners, which completely locks them out. . .

Thanks for your reply, WC. It was actually something you published a couple months ago that got me looking into it.

I like your attitude regarding this whole program, and the newly rolled out technology; the only shots available to those of us in the US. You seem to have an open mind about it all. Im not opposed to something like the yellow fever vaccine where they take a part of the actual virus and put it in you, actually inoculating your ass, without some messenger RNA I know very little about.

I’ll be sure to update if I hear of any changes.
Thanks again!

[WestCoast1]

Thanks for the continued updates. Do you think they'll change the restriction anytime soon that unvaccinated foreign nationals are not allowed? (As of a couple months ago the US State Department states the Philippine government did away with the quarantine option, and I've confirmed that with PAL). The quarantine option remains only for Filipino nationals. Is that other people's experiences also? Any thoughts on if the new government may relax things, please? Im afraid not, since it seems the rule changed right after he took office.

No, nothing. I was not aware that they did away with the Q for unvaxxed foreigners, which completely locks them out. I assume that PAL is always up to date, as they pay the financial price of allowing the wrong people to come to NAIA, by having to transport them right back to the point of origin.

My crystal ball is as clear as all of ours back when the pandemic was young:

They should open up by September. Wrong. Certainly they will open up by Christmas. Wrong. Sure they got to open by March 2021. Nope. They can't stay closed forever, they *need* us tourists. May for sure. Nope.

And so on. Pinoy thinking, including its caution, stubborn-ness, superstition, and dependency on what other pinoy think, will probably keep the joint in the quagmire MUCH longer than needed. Not that my crystal ball is any better than the gents thoughts (above). The good news is that CC has bucked the system, with several others about to do the same, so we see where it goes from here.

Crystal ball? None functioning so far.

[Sam 14]

Despite news reports yesterday that the decision to lift the face-mask mandate. . .

Cebu City drops the mask. . .

Thanks for the continued updates. Do you think they'll change the restriction anytime soon that unvaccinated foreign nationals are not allowed? (As of a couple months ago the US State Department states the Philippine government did away with the quarantine option, and I've confirmed that with PAL). The quarantine option remains only for Filipino nationals. Is that other people's experiences also? Any thoughts on if the new government may relax things, please? Im afraid not, since it seems the rule changed right after he took office.

[Mdemde]

The Cebu City mayor has today deferred his decision of yesterday to lift the mask mandate! The face mask mandate is still in place.

Despite news reports yesterday that the decision to lift the face-mask mandate in Cebu City has been deferred, subsequent news reports state that it has NOT been deferred!

For more info, see my post this morning in the Cebu forum;.

http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...al-Information

[Mdemde]

Cebu City drops the mask (masked board member: thanks for sending this link).

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cebu-city-...124300858.html

The Cebu City mayor has today deferred his decision of yesterday to lift the mask mandate! The face mask mandate is still in place.

See my post earlier today in the Cebu forum;.

http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/...al-Information

[WestCoast1]

Cebu City drops the mask (masked board member: thanks for sending this link).

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cebu-city-...124300858.html

[WestCoast1]

The girls I had were super clean.

What does that mean?

In royal Amsterdam hotel, the girls are required to present ID an vax card, no exceptions. I don't know about the other hotels.

In its current state I would not recommend royal amsterdam. Score birds and Central Park Tower don't do that nonsense and I'm sure the rest also don't check for this. They have taken it upon them selves to become an extension of the NBI and will securitize a valid vaccine card. Very disappointing as this was one of my favorite hotels. I guess this is why they are trying to sell the place?

Had a couple of interesting experiences in the past few months in the NCR regarding what's being accepted.

One time a guard asked for a vax card in addition to my girl's ID, a complete surprise to me asking for an additional item. Her postal ID was her real valid ID, and she had someone else's vax card. They had two different names (and pics). The guard should have caught that but he didn't. He took her ID for the evening and handed her back her invalid vax card with the visitor's pass, barely having looked at either form of ID. On one hand thank goodness she had the vax card with her, and OTOH it was lucky she didn't get caught with her friend's vax card. I know she's vaccinated because she showed the card to me previously. In the room: Sweetie where is YOUR vax card? "Lost it. Borrowed Lyn's vax card". Whew!

The following day the same guard took the valid ID of a different girl without mentioning a vax card. A few days later the same girl was back, this time she forgot her ID at home, but had her real vax card in her purse. The guard denied entry: "A vaccine card is not a form of valid ID miss". I wanted to ask him: Then why did you ask my other girl for her vax card a few days ago?

Recently one of my regulars came. We had been out of touch with her for a year. But, things change over time, and she was in need again. I met her up the street and bought her some McDo. After, I asked to see her ID. "I have vax card only. But I used it before at your place. Its ok there". Can I see it? She showed it to me. It was the worst faked card I've ever seen. It was laminated, but cut around the edges with either a knife, or curved cuticle scissors; you could see the jagged edges all around it. The pic was not hers. The name was someone else. And so on. The guards at my place would sniff that out quickly and I told her so. "No its fine I used it there before". OK, we go give it a try. Sure enough the two guards almost snickered when they saw it. "Miss that is not you on this card. Get a valid ID". Off we went, both disappointed. BTW sweetie, where is your Brgy ID card and Postal ID we got you from last year? "I lost my both". Great! We got a tryke to the Brgy hall and asked for a replacement Brgy ID. P150, a quick picture of her on the wall, and 10 minutes later she had a new Brgy ID card. Sweetie, didn't you think about just getting a new Brgy ID? "I did not". Great! Went back to the condo and they accepted the new Brgy ID.

The good news is that everything has worked well in all other instances.