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[Stroker Ace88]

it's not just a "white man" walking into the area. anyone who looks remotely foreign will get mauled. i'm asian-american and every time i'm there, they'd stalk me. it's weird seeing a girl follow me from across the street.

by the way, if you suspected she's a minor, weren't you afraid of getting busted? there's a philippine law stating that any adult in a room alone with an unrelated minor can be charged with statutory [CodeWord123]. you could have been set up for a sting. in your experiences in cebu, how worried should i be about being a victim of a sting?

generally speaking when you barfine a girl out a well known bar that is your safest option. you still have to guard against the girl stealing your phone or wallet but you are more likely to have problems with a runner or bad performance from a bar girl.

if you pickup on the street that is alot more dangerous. the scam that has been going on in cebu for awhile now is one where the girl will approach you on the street. she will be good looking and will seem very interested in you and promise to be your lbfm in the hotel room and she will agree to almost any price so be wary of girls who say the common phrase "up to you". in most cases the girl will not be **** and look 19+ and when asked for i d she will carry a fake school i'd with her age being 19+ and this will set the monger at ease. when you take the girl to your room she will hold her phone in her hands and text the hotel name and the room number to someone.

once in the room she will take a shower and come out and be playful and then take pics with her phone of herself in a towel or on your bed with you in the background. she will have sex with the monger and while the guy is deep inside her someone will begin to pound and scream at the hotel room door. it will be her family, most likely an uncle or aunt who along with a police relative will get the hotel staff to open the door to reveal you and the girl together. the girl will cry and the family will be upset. the police will take you to the station and tell you that you are in alot of trouble and there might be a way out of the mess. they will show you the evidence, her cell phone pics and her fake school i'd which will show her as 17yrs old. the 19+ i d she showed you will be no where to be found. amount demanded will vary but you are going to pay no matter what.

the newest scam involves motocycles. in the past 6 months there has been an explosion of foreigners renting or buying motocycles to get around cebu. one gang opperating in and around cebu have been targeting foreigners and the scam goes like this.

they see a white guy on a motorcycle and so they position a car in front of the motocycle and then slam on the brakes causing the motocycle to bump into or sometimes crash into the car. the driver of the car gets out and is upset even if there is no damage, at this point they demand payment for repairs just as a police officer arrives on the scene who is involved with the gang. they don't care if you are hurt or not but the police officer will demand you pay the car driver to fix his car. the amount is generally around the 20-30k pesos mark and from what i have been told they try this scam successfully once a week. so if you drive a motorcycle in or around cebu be careful.

[Frenzy3]

That the first time I have heard that. I will ask some other hotels as it a great time to be here more girls plenty of eye candy. I enjoy it apart from traffic but Cebu is so small you can walk.

[TravelSessions]

Last year I was in Cebu the week prior to Sinulog. I am a regular, well known guest at my particular hotel, having stayed there at least twenty times. I was informed, very apologetically, that they were fully booked during Sinulog, other than certain 'deluxe' rooms that were priced at a 500 % increase! That's right, A 3000 peso room was 15000 pesos during the festival! Therefore, book immediately and ascertain that you're getting the regular rate.

Thanks for all the info. I'm going to avoid it this time and get there after the 16th.

Cheers

[Questor55]

For you cebu regulars, is it best to avoid coming during the festival in Jan, I think it's 12th. 16th or something?

Is it too busy or is it not something that needs to be avoided?

Cheers

Last year I was in Cebu the week prior to Sinulog. I am a regular, well known guest at my particular hotel, having stayed there at least twenty times. I was informed, very apologetically, that they were fully booked during Sinulog, other than certain 'deluxe' rooms that were priced at a 500 % increase! That's right, A 3000 peso room was 15000 pesos during the festival! Therefore, book immediately and ascertain that you're getting the regular rate.

[Jambo]

For you cebu regulars, is it best to avoid coming during the festival in Jan, I think it's 12th. 16th or something?

Sinulog 2012 is Jan 6 to 15.

http://www.sinulog.ph/index.php/sche...tivities-2012/

I've been in town for One of these, and it seems I will be there again next Jan. I enjoyed it overall.

- Got tickets to "Miss Cebu", deluxe seats close up, purchased the afternoon of the show. Also took my girl to a rock concert that week. Again easy to get tickets. Philippinos do know how to do a beauty pageant!

- Spent an evening at the big square downtown. There was a music festival there. Lots of fun and street barbecue. No worries with the crowd.

- Was going to watch the main parade, but when I told my girl to expect to walk a mile, she lost a lot of interest! Haha we watched it on tv. I was in a hotel near the mall (Parklane) , and it would have been possible to walk up to the parade route, but then you would be standing the entire time. OTOH, being 5'10", no problem having a view!

- It seems the organizers come up with a particular theme music for the festival, and all the competing performers have to do their own version of it. The theme can get tiresome (you hear it Everywhere) , but you can think of it as a kind of week-long rave / trance.

- All over town, in the hotels, airport, and malls, they have the festival decorations out. Its a lot more party oriented that Easter that's for sure. Plenty of good photo and video ops.

- Other than the parade day, I had no problems getting a taxi, except when I was staying on Mactan island. Its been talked about that taxi's don't like to go over there, esp late, as they don't get a fare back. From now on I am staying in town. Thanks for reminding me to get my hotel reservation in.

[Red Kilt]

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cebu probably is safer than manila. but general rule is if somebody looks **** just avoid her to begin with. once she is in the room you are already screwed if it is a scam.

interesting news item yesterday (although i agree with your comment samm)

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/cebu-city-p...014005398.html

i don't know what the comparison with manila and other parts will be, but as is pointed out, and it's not rocket science, the bigger the population then the more crimes there will be

[FurryFriend]

generally it is not a sting by police. some hotels ask you to register a girl and need to show i. the. this might protect you somewhat but if the girl and her pimps are intent on extorting you there is nothing you can do but pay up before police gets there. they are also more interested in settlement because if the police are involved they take big slice of the pay off

i would imagine shady cops would recruit these street girls to do their bidding.

also, it seems the girl is more likely to extract a bribe or a bigger one if cops are involved. sure she can get p2000 on her own. but she can get p200000 with cops (she comes out wayyyyy ahead even if the cops take a cut).

granted, it seems **** scams are most prevelant in angeles and manila. there appears to be few reports of this kind of scamming in cebu. still, i'm the paranoid type.

how reliable is philippine id? i doubt colon street girls carry any id at all.

[Brymor]

For you cebu regulars, is it best to avoid coming during the festival in Jan, I think it's 12th. 16th or something?

Is it too busy or is it not something that needs to be avoided?

Cheers

You probably mean Sinulog usually held on the third Sunday of January but celebrations last the whole week. My advice is avoid like the plague I was there in January. There are plenty of posts on the subject if you search back, so I will not repeat what has been said many times by me and other members.

[Sammon]

it's not just a "white man" walking into the area. anyone who looks remotely foreign will get mauled. i'm asian-american and every time i'm there, they'd stalk me. it's weird seeing a girl follow me from across the street.

by the way, if you suspected she's a minor, weren't you afraid of getting busted? there's a philippine law stating that any adult in a room alone with an unrelated minor can be charged with statutory [CodeWord123]. you could have been set up for a sting. in your experiences in cebu, how worried should i be about being a victim of a sting?

generally it is not a sting by police. some hotels ask you to register a girl and need to show i. the. this might protect you somewhat but if the girl and her pimps are intent on extorting you there is nothing you can do but pay up before police gets there. they are also more interested in settlement because if the police are involved they take big slice of the pay off.

cebu probably is safer than manila. but general rule is if somebody looks **** just avoid her to begin with. once she is in the room you are already screwed if it is a scam.

[WestCoast1]

by the way, if you suspected she's a minor, weren't you afraid of getting busted? there's a philippine law stating that any adult in a room alone with an unrelated minor can be charged with statutory [CodeWord123]. you could have been set up for a sting. in your experiences in cebu, how worried should i be about being a victim of a sting?

good question. some of the girls appear very young. after the girl left, i went back down to the street to walk a few blocks to jollibee. i stopped at the front door of the hotel to talk to the security guy. i asked if the girls from the street were ever a problem. he crooked his head towards the mama across the street and said that she ran the girls, and there had never been a problem with the girls in the hotel. he said the woman knows that if there is ever a problem with a guest that her girls cannot come back into the hotel. who knows if he's telling the truth, but since i've tipped him before, he has no reason to lie.

[FurryFriend]

levdog, welcome to the filipines again!

a white man walking the colon / palaez area is going to get mauled from sw.

when she walked in she started stripping before the door was closed and walked into the shower for a rinse. when she came out, my mind told me she was probably a minor, so i told her she had to go. she just smiled, dressed, asked for a tip (haha) and walked out.

it's not just a "white man" walking into the area. anyone who looks remotely foreign will get mauled. i'm asian-american and every time i'm there, they'd stalk me. it's weird seeing a girl follow me from across the street.

by the way, if you suspected she's a minor, weren't you afraid of getting busted? there's a philippine law stating that any adult in a room alone with an unrelated minor can be charged with statutory [CodeWord123]. you could have been set up for a sting. in your experiences in cebu, how worried should i be about being a victim of a sting?

[TravelSessions]

For you cebu regulars, is it best to avoid coming during the festival in Jan, I think it's 12th. 16th or something?

Is it too busy or is it not something that needs to be avoided?

Cheers

[X Man]

Great post Levdog. Guess my age? I'm terribly sorry to bust your bubble but most Asians will subtract ten years in order to aovid any conflict or loss of face. It's their culture.

You probably figured that out on your own, but it makes for a good read anyway. Thanks for the report. X.

I have been in the Philippines for a month now and every day is an adventure. Sometimes things don't work and other times everything falls into place. I have been coming here since 1981 when I was 26 years old. This is my 20th something trip in those years mostly 1 week sprints where I was banging as many girls as humanly possible. This time I am here for a good 6 months but my goals are the same. As I discussed earlier I look much younger then my age. To answer x-man's question every girl I meet I ask her to guess my age and the responses so far have been between 32-45. Nobody has guessed higher then 45. SNIP

[WestCoast1]

levdog, welcome to the filipines again!

where else can one meet such an exquisite creature. after 3 intense sessions i bid goodbye to her in the late morning

two years ago i met a chatmate for a drink. she's luscious, but very immature. she brought a friend (of course) , unannounced. i thought them both immature, and possibly ****. they wanted to go to another place, a disco, and off we went. after a bit i was sure i should dump her and head off. i thanked them for a lovely time, dropped two p500 notes on the table to pay for the drinks and told them to keep the rest. i walked out to the street, waiting on a taxi to come by. out walks this real head-turner who had been dancing on the dance floor with about 5 other head-turners. out of the blue she says,"me evelyn." i was dumbstruck. mid-20's, looking like a '9' to me. i almost was unable to talk."h-h-h-i" was what i muttered. its rare a girl's beauty stymies me, but it did. she stared at her shoes and asked me where i was going. i told her back to malate to bedrock bar."i heard it. its nice place maybe. i can come on you?" omg! stunning and wants to come on me! i cracked up, i think she meant to ask if she could come with me. she did. i said sure. she said "wait," and ran into the disco to grab her purse. that started a 4-day run with a stunner who had only seen me for a few minutes in a disco, left boldly to stay with me (a stranger) , and stayed for days without asking for money (i paid for appetizers and drinks several times for her friends. the group of foxes we kept going out with. a man could die happy). where the f*ck else does this happen? mahubay, again levdog, to pilipines!

and in the early afternoon i ventured out into the streets of colon where i stay. i met a 20 year old spinner who was dressed for action and had a quick session with her. she said she was in colon because a good friend texted her to say she was fighting with her foreign boyfriend. however her friend was not answering her texts and calls so she was just hanging out. i gave her 700 p. and she promised that she had a lot of friends for play in her place so we exchanged cell numbers.

a white man walking the colon / palaez area is going to get mauled from sw. they range in age from about 12, to older, and from fine to ugly. they always have a friend, and there is a mama who hangs in the area. one tiny thing kept after me everytime i left the hotel. i just smiled and walked off each time. one time she just walked into the hotel with me, then on to the elevator, and up to the room. when she walked in she started stripping before the door was closed and walked into the shower for a rinse. when she came out, my mind told me she was probably a minor, so i told her she had to go. she just smiled, dressed, asked for a tip (haha) and walked out. it was in the same area that i met a girl who brought me several others (pics on photogallery).

just another day in paradise.

some call it the wild west of sex.

[Aussie Jo]

I have been in the Philippines for a month now and every day is an adventure. Sometimes things don't work and other times everything falls into place. I have been coming here since 1981 when I was 26 years old. This is my 20th something trip in those years mostly 1 week sprints where I was banging as many girls...

Thanks for taking the time to update in such detail. 20 trips, that is good going. If you are back in Cebu in January, let's catch up so we can share that "stunning beauty" cell number*winks.

It truly is an amazing country.