Makati

[WestCoast1]

Lithe, 20 yo bend-able spinner running amok with camera in front of my mirrors. Pre-Covid 85-pounder. Good morning, gents.

[Sammon]

Thats hilarious. I had this same conversation last week with a friend of mine over here in Bangkok. He was struggling to come up with an answer to "what do you do over there? We never did figure out how he should answer that question.

Not all indulge in non stop sex with willing girls. I had met couple in Cebu in the casino. They said they have couple of regular girls girls come for enjoyment for pay. This one guy was betting big and he had a live in GF. She had come with him. One thing I noticed why he did not even buy her a decent dress considering the amount of money he is gambling with. She looked nice, friendly but with tattered clothes.

He said she is his housekeeper / sex companion. All the same he was asking my girl lots of questions trying to hook up I suppose.

[Goferring]

He was struggling to come up with an answer to "what do you do over there? We never did figure out how he should answer that question.

Everyone knows why 60 yo guys spend all their free time in the fleshpots of Asia or South America. Scuba diving, beaches and golf cover stories provide plausible denial but no one really believes those and everyone knows what is going on whether they admit it or not.

As Westie said, the unwashed comprehending the amount of fun being had is another matter.

Enjoy. G.

[Detwing1]

One of the funny parts about living here is that you can't really tell your home fam / friends about the wild things that happen here. Brother-in-law in home country: "What do you do over there again?" Ah, I walk, drink with my mates once a week, lunch with friends, shoot hoops, bit of a womanizer. "That's what you do when you're here". Um. Hahaha. Bwahahahaha! Ahem, its different over there; hard to describe.

Thats hilarious. I had this same conversation last week with a friend of mine over here in Bangkok. He was struggling to come up with an answer to "what do you do over there? We never did figure out how he should answer that question.

[Detwing1]

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR.

It would be difficult to think of it as more dead. See pics for proof. I mentioned to a mate that I wanted to take a Burgos walk just to see the place, he indicated the same thought. Off we went one evening. Our path: From the corner of Durban / Makati Ave, we walked up Durban to Burgos, 7 pm-ish. Everything is closed on both sides of the street. It was difficult to tell if Oxford is completely closed, as the Durban entrance / lobby shows limited lights on inside, appearing un-used or un-occupied, too dark for a functioning lobby, with no people visible from the entrance thru the doors. From Burgos street, the Oxford windows are papered-over from the inside. Looking up at the building, few if any lights on above the ground floor, it appears un-occupied. On both the Oxford corner and across Durban on the Filling Station (closed) side, were 3-5 bakla. From that Oxford corner, the only operating building (lights on with customers) is across Burgos street, the Mexican resto Cuervo Tequilaria. All bars, resto's, and hotels in both directions on Burgos to Kalayaan and Makati Ave appear closed, including Mirrors, Cubana / Belagio, Filling Station, Plan be. The hotel next to Plan be, Makati Palace? Lobby looks dead, but there were a few room lights turned on upstairs, possiby occupied by a few folks. Towards Kalayaan all the bars are closed: Shampoo, Coyote Ugly, Dimples, Go Bananas. Mini Mart was open.

Crossed Burgos St to Plan be and walked towards Makati Ave. The 7-11 was open. Cheers closed. Citadel lobby open but very dark, the guard said not accepting any new clientelle / occupants. Pasha Turkish Resto closed. At the corner of Tigris, across Tirgris from the 7-11, were half a dozen bakla. MiniMart closed. Arabian Nights closed. Bourbon is open as a resto and pool hall. Hollywood, Makati's Fave Sports Bar, and Rogues all closed. Some of the places I mentioned, such as Hollywood, are completely boarded up, all signs are gone. The entirety of Burgos from Makati Ave to Kalayaan is very dark, even with the street lights on, its literally apocalyptic looking.

At Makati / Burgos, turned right and walked along Makati Ave on the Burgos side. Restos and businesses on the opposite side of Makati Ave are still up / running. Turned right at Makati / Kalayaan, walked Kalayaan (Starbucks is open) up to Burgos. Turned left on Burgos and walked Burgos down to Gen Luna St. Ringside and Mixed Nuts* closed. All bars closed along Burgos. WowWow bar had changed hands previously (see pic), then is now completely closed. Horizon and Jool's closed. The live band place Movida (upscale, I liked it) on the corner of Burgos / Luna is padlocked; a government notice says it was closed by order for violating curfew. 7-11 across from Movida open.

Turned left onto Luna, walked up to Luna / Makati Ave. Across the street is the precovid Hot Asian Nights Bazaar (under large canopy, at the Hypermart by AVenue). The stage is covered, the place is closed.

That's it. Burgos from Makati Ave to Luna is DEAD. We took our time, making the walk around the place, stopping at several places to discuss an interesting gal one of us had found in this or that bar, or something odd we'd seen on the street at another location. In the 20-25 minutes we were walking around we were the only foreigners (except two in Cuervo); hence I have no idea why there were more than a dozen bakla in the area. More later.

* Side note. Several of us old guard are going to miss Mixed Nuts. Not the bar itself. Just we will miss being able to tell newbs to Phils to hit Mixed Nuts last on their first Burgos evening because that place has the horniest bar girls. Wink. Bad. You fellas is bad.

Thats just plain sad, but not surprising.

Those pictures in Burgos and Greenbelt do bring back a lot of good memories though.

Same story here in Thailand though.

Took a trip last weekend to Pattaya with a cutie (just to get out of Bangkok for a weekend).

Everything shut down. Very few freelancers, nothing open on walking street. No people, completely dead.

However. Still beats being back in the west.

[WestCoast1]

SNIIP Trouble is, who will you tell this story to? Nieces and nephews? Fat chance. You and a few ISG elders may be the only potential audience. In any case, great report.

One of the funny parts about living here is that you can't really tell your home fam / friends about the wild things that happen here. Brother-in-law in home country: "What do you do over there again?" Ah, I walk, drink with my mates once a week, lunch with friends, shoot hoops, bit of a womanizer. "That's what you do when you're here". Um. Hahaha. Bwahahahaha! Ahem, its different over there; hard to describe.

It has been a long time. I am glad to hear you are fine and still looking for trouble. HA! Thanks for your great report. It was devastating.

It was hard for both my friend and I to see.

I even had a entertaining 20 minutes in Mixed Nuts one night. The Mixed Nuts girls were very friendly and inviting, if you know what I mean, but not very attractive and not really my cup of tea, LOL, although as Seinfeld once joked "there is nothing wrong with that. "

Ah, I had an entertaining 20 minutes there. Or 60 minutes, I can't remember. Once. Or 12 times, I can't remember. . .

Saddest report I have ever read WestCoast!

Here's a few more pics.

[Albert9989]

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR......... bad.

Thanks again, sad report, but thanks.

Durban hotel, clipper hotel, that's where I was 1 year ago. With covid already started in China.

But thanks a lot.

We must keep hope. I have good friends to meet again there.

[Free2]

Saddest report I have ever read WestCoast! Thanks for putting in the legwork for us. Great report.

[The Tall Man]

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR.

It would be difficult to think of it as more dead. See pics for proof. I mentioned to a mate that I wanted to take a Burgos walk just to see the place, he indicated the same thought. Off we went one evening. Our path: From the corner of Durban / Makati Ave, we walked up Durban to Burgos, 7 pm-ish. Everything is closed on both sides of the street. It was difficult to tell if Oxford is completely closed, as the Durban entrance / lobby shows limited lights on inside, appearing un-used or un-occupied, too dark for a functioning lobby, with no people visible from the entrance thru the doors. From Burgos street, the Oxford windows are papered-over from the inside. Looking up at the building, few if any lights on above the ground floor, it appears un-occupied. On both the Oxford corner and across Durban on the Filling Station (closed) side, were 3-5 bakla. From that Oxford corner, the only operating building (lights on with customers) is across Burgos street, the Mexican resto Cuervo Tequilaria. All bars, resto's, and hotels in both directions on Burgos to Kalayaan and Makati Ave appear closed, including Mirrors, Cubana / Belagio, Filling Station, Plan be. The hotel next to Plan be, Makati Palace? Lobby looks dead, but there were a few room lights turned on upstairs, possiby occupied by a few folks. Towards Kalayaan all the bars are closed: Shampoo, Coyote Ugly, Dimples, Go Bananas. Mini Mart was open.

Crossed Burgos St to Plan be and walked towards Makati Ave. The 7-11 was open. Cheers closed. Citadel lobby open but very dark, the guard said not accepting any new clientelle / occupants. Pasha Turkish Resto closed. At the corner of Tigris, across Tirgris from the 7-11, were half a dozen bakla. MiniMart closed. Arabian Nights closed. Bourbon is open as a resto and pool hall. Hollywood, Makati's Fave Sports Bar, and Rogues all closed. Some of the places I mentioned, such as Hollywood, are completely boarded up, all signs are gone. The entirety of Burgos from Makati Ave to Kalayaan is very dark, even with the street lights on, its literally apocalyptic looking..

Un-fucking believable, sad as I have so many memories of my trip there 4 years ago, I stayed at the Makati Palace Hotel with my wingman right across the street.

Is it the same in AC?

I bet this has the girls hungry, I should say they must be starving.

The Tall Man.

[Member #4698]

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR.

Hi Westie,

It has been a long time. I am glad to hear you are fine and still looking for trouble. HA! Thanks for your great report. It was devastating.

I used to really like the Burgos neighborhood with it's bars, restaurants, massage girls, and overall atmosphere. Burgos Street is where I found some of my most amazing and memorable girls in bars like Bottoms, Plan be, Kojax, XOXO, Rogues, and Stardust to name a few favorite bars. What great memories! I even had a entertaining 20 minutes in Mixed Nuts one night. The Mixed Nuts girls were very friendly and inviting, if you know what I mean, but not very attractive and not really my cup of tea, LOL, although as Seinfeld once joked "there is nothing wrong with that. " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAyQAkXajg&t=14s.

But the only question remaining is: will Burgos ever return to life? And sadly I do not think anyone knows the answer.

[Soapy Smith]

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR.

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That's it. Burgos from Makati Ave to Luna is DEAD. We took our time, making the walk around the place, stopping at several places to discuss an interesting gal one of us had found in this or that bar, or something odd we'd seen on the street at another location. In the 20-25 minutes we were walking around we were the only foreigners (except two in Cuervo); hence I have no idea why there were more than a dozen bakla in the area. More later.

* Side note. Several of us old guard are going to miss Mixed Nuts. Not the bar itself. Just we will miss being able to tell newbs to Phils to hit Mixed Nuts last on their first Burgos evening because that place has the horniest bar girls. Wink. Bad. You fellas is bad.

You may want to save this as scrapbook material for a decade or two from now. This is what's called oral history--from a guy who lived through it. Trouble is, who will you tell this story to? Nieces and nephews? Fat chance. You and a few ISG elders may be the only potential audience. In any case, great report.

[WestCoast1]

Same situation over here in Bangkok though. Went out Saturday night to one of the main party streets & could have shot a cannon off and not hit anyone.

Speaking of dead. See pics. Burgos street FR.

It would be difficult to think of it as more dead. See pics for proof. I mentioned to a mate that I wanted to take a Burgos walk just to see the place, he indicated the same thought. Off we went one evening. Our path: From the corner of Durban / Makati Ave, we walked up Durban to Burgos, 7 pm-ish. Everything is closed on both sides of the street. It was difficult to tell if Oxford is completely closed, as the Durban entrance / lobby shows limited lights on inside, appearing un-used or un-occupied, too dark for a functioning lobby, with no people visible from the entrance thru the doors. From Burgos street, the Oxford windows are papered-over from the inside. Looking up at the building, few if any lights on above the ground floor, it appears un-occupied. On both the Oxford corner and across Durban on the Filling Station (closed) side, were 3-5 bakla. From that Oxford corner, the only operating building (lights on with customers) is across Burgos street, the Mexican resto Cuervo Tequilaria. All bars, resto's, and hotels in both directions on Burgos to Kalayaan and Makati Ave appear closed, including Mirrors, Cubana / Belagio, Filling Station, Plan be. The hotel next to Plan be, Makati Palace? Lobby looks dead, but there were a few room lights turned on upstairs, possiby occupied by a few folks. Towards Kalayaan all the bars are closed: Shampoo, Coyote Ugly, Dimples, Go Bananas. Mini Mart was open.

Crossed Burgos St to Plan be and walked towards Makati Ave. The 7-11 was open. Cheers closed. Citadel lobby open but very dark, the guard said not accepting any new clientelle / occupants. Pasha Turkish Resto closed. At the corner of Tigris, across Tirgris from the 7-11, were half a dozen bakla. MiniMart closed. Arabian Nights closed. Bourbon is open as a resto and pool hall. Hollywood, Makati's Fave Sports Bar, and Rogues all closed. Some of the places I mentioned, such as Hollywood, are completely boarded up, all signs are gone. The entirety of Burgos from Makati Ave to Kalayaan is very dark, even with the street lights on, its literally apocalyptic looking.

At Makati / Burgos, turned right and walked along Makati Ave on the Burgos side. Restos and businesses on the opposite side of Makati Ave are still up / running. Turned right at Makati / Kalayaan, walked Kalayaan (Starbucks is open) up to Burgos. Turned left on Burgos and walked Burgos down to Gen Luna St. Ringside and Mixed Nuts* closed. All bars closed along Burgos. WowWow bar had changed hands previously (see pic), then is now completely closed. Horizon and Jool's closed. The live band place Movida (upscale, I liked it) on the corner of Burgos / Luna is padlocked; a government notice says it was closed by order for violating curfew. 7-11 across from Movida open.

Turned left onto Luna, walked up to Luna / Makati Ave. Across the street is the precovid Hot Asian Nights Bazaar (under large canopy, at the Hypermart by AVenue). The stage is covered, the place is closed.

That's it. Burgos from Makati Ave to Luna is DEAD. We took our time, making the walk around the place, stopping at several places to discuss an interesting gal one of us had found in this or that bar, or something odd we'd seen on the street at another location. In the 20-25 minutes we were walking around we were the only foreigners (except two in Cuervo); hence I have no idea why there were more than a dozen bakla in the area. More later.

* Side note. Several of us old guard are going to miss Mixed Nuts. Not the bar itself. Just we will miss being able to tell newbs to Phils to hit Mixed Nuts last on their first Burgos evening because that place has the horniest bar girls. Wink. Bad. You fellas is bad.

[Detwing1]

More Sandles On the Ground. Greenbelt. Almost everything is closed. A few of the high-end resto's at the G3 entrance area are open for outdoor seating. Other than that, its another ghosted area on all floors. The famed Starbucks / HC area is closed. I'd like to say for remodeling, but not sure. In that outside courtyard area there is a small Milktea place and some chairs to sit. You place an order and pay for it, a girl walkie-talkie's your order to somewhere, and 10 minutes later another gal drops your 'takeout' order with you and then she disappears. I saw only 1 outdoor resto open on the second floor. However the mall is open, complete with security guards. Street traffic is very light on Makati Avenue between Greenbelt and Glorietta.

I Have a lot of good memories over there (H. See, Spicy Fingers, Tapellas, others) and hope the shows not over for good. Spent many a night stumbling back to the New World with a cutie.

Same situation over here in Bangkok though. Went out Saturday night to one of the main party streets & could have shot a cannon off and not hit anyone.

[Crazy Ami]

Yes, exactly. Its pretty much the opposite of what Crazy Ami is reporting in the Subic / AC threads, of things operating more normally (or starting to) in those locations. The NCR remains somewhat off-limits to its people, due to Covid restrictions. Notice the pic of the mostly non-existent traffic just outside on Makati Ave on the same weekday. Just reporting it as a fly-on-the-wall at this point.

Yes, it's crazy how fast everything reopened on Walking Street this week in AC after they lifted the restrictions of last month. Subic, while still open, is now back to "sleeping" status, because all the AC locals don't have to travel for their girls anymore haha. My friends tell me it was half-dead, even over the weekend.

My guess is that things will be open for another few weeks before infections start to rise in Pampanga again and they put the liquor / bar ban back in place. No idea when vaccinations will start here; the mayor's office has put up a survey for people to register online and have said they're doing a house to house barangay survey (they even said foreign residents would be included in the vaccinations), but in 3 weeks they have yet to reach Balibago, Malabanias, or Anunas (Walking Street, Perimeter, and Koreatown respectively).

My advice would be come on up north and enjoy for a couple of days while you can, if you're in the NCR; there're no roadblocks or checkpoints on the NLEX; I met a Filipino group from Paranaque staying at the Wild Orchid in Subic a couple of weeks ago.

I have to go down to QC next week for a day; not looking forward to it.

[Albert9989]

Yes, exactly. Its pretty much the opposite of what Crazy Ami is reporting in the Subic / AC threads, of things operating more normally (or starting to) in those locations. The NCR remains somewhat off-limits to its people, due to Covid restrictions. Notice the pic of the mostly non-existent traffic just outside on Makati Ave on the same weekday. Just reporting it as a fly-on-the-wall at this point.

Looks like an image from a post apocalyptic movie.

Difficult to imagine that we could have seen that, and for so long period.

I was there end of Jan. 2020, up to mid Feb. 2020, covid was starting in China, some rules were already in place in Phil, very light.

Thanks anyway for image you sent. Some nice ones, some more worrying like here.