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08-29-09 17:37 #121
Posts: 13Hotel is on the old base
Originally Posted by X Man
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08-29-09 13:54 #120
Posts: 4567Thanks for the info. From the earlier post, I believe that this hotel is on the old base. Is that right?
Maybe this question goes into somewhat personal territory, but could someone tell me why you would want to stay there? Maybe some biz or flight connections?
I visited recently, and don't remember much. There wasn't a mall next to shit river bridge back in the day. In 1981 I spend quite a few days there tied up bayside. Every chance I got, I escaped out into the Olongapo bars or the Subic bay beaches (with bars).
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and for those with bright imaginations, I was on a floating vessel TIED up pierside.
Originally Posted by Turnkey13
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08-29-09 07:03 #119
Posts: 13Venezia Hotel, Additional Comments
Agree with White whale. No individual thermostat. The room safe will accomodate a wide screen laptop no problem. WiFi was free and when I had problems connecting, they sent someone up right away.
The room key. Hmmmmmm It's an old fashioned, metal key. No problem there, but the key ring is a 6" x 4" x 1/2" piece of molded plastic with the room number imbedded. Try to fit that in your pocket! In the end, I just removed the key from the ring. On second thought though. It would have proved to be a deadly weapon if I needed it!
Turnkey
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08-27-09 13:09 #118
Posts: 4567Have you been to Pattaya, Thailand? I would swim at Subic Bay beaches, but not Pattaya beach.
Shit river is in the city of Olongapo, the Subic bay beaches are nearby, but much cleaner than shit river. I don't know the real name of the river.I was calling it "shit river" in 1980 when Marcos was still dictator and Imelda still had her shoes.
If you want a really nice beach, you should give Subic bay a miss.
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Originally Posted by Vandaddio
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08-27-09 02:18 #117
Posts: 148Shit river
Have they cleaned this place up yet?
I have a plan to visit subic area and get a bungalow on the beach, but if there is a river full of turds flowing into the ocean, I will take a pass.
I get very mixed reports on the beachs of this area and cleanliness.
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08-26-09 22:04 #116
Posts: 1008Originally Posted by Devils 1
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08-26-09 16:56 #115
Posts: 195More about Venezia hotel
Originally Posted by Turnkey13
Couple of other remarks: there was no room specific thermostat for air con. They could only adjust temperature for hole hotel. The room was too cold for my preference. The janitor closed the room air vents and after that it was ok. Another silly thing was the in-room safety box. It was very roomy but it had to be operated with a card that has this magnetic tape. No cards from hotel. The occupant was supposed to use their own credit card etc to close the safe. I ended up hiding my credit card in the room after closing other valuables in the safe :)
I can recommend the hotel at least with the promotion price.
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08-26-09 00:48 #114
Posts: 13Venezia Hotel Report
I just returned from Subic and stayed for 3 nights at the Venezia Hotel on Canal Street and this is strictly a hotel report.
They advertise 1398 php for the standard room, but don't be fooled. And you can't make internet or telephone reservations at that rate. You have to physically show up and it's first come, first served. I checked in around 2PM and they didn't have any of the standard rooms "available". Most likely, they'll have the "deluxe" room available at 3700+ php. Since I needed to be staying close to the business I needed to do, I had no choice so I took it. My impression is the 1398 php rate is bait.
The common areas, as are the rooms are very, very clean and comfortable. They are going to wear out the floor and glass with all the cleaning they do in the lobby area before traffic wears it out!
The breakfast at 220 php sucks. I had scrambled eggs, ham and toast. The eggs were underdone, the ham cold and the toast was dried bread with no butter or any types of jam even tho it was listed on the menu.
They have central air, but for some reason they added a window A/C unit in the room I was in and in doing so had to board up the top of the window. Kind of looked tacky. Hot water in the shower was iffy, but in the opposite. Too much and it was hot!
Bed was comfortable, standard charge for extra towels. Batrhroom OK, but fixtures were a little rusted. For those who care, it's a non-smoking hotel. Oh. Don't try to make an outside call or have anyone call you from the outside. The phone system is strictly internal. A bucket of ice was 30 php. It's a 3 floor hotel and no elevators. I asked for an iron and ironing board and they were very prompt about bringing it to the room. With the caveat that I could have it for 30 min.
There is a PAGCOR casino connected to the hotel which is all slots with the exception of 2 Bacarrat (sp) tables.
On the plus side, it's a short walk (1/3 mile or so) to the bridge over the Shit River and into Olongapo. However, I wasn't able to check out any of the "attractions" as there were just too many business associates around. And I'm sorry, but can't tell you if the hotel is girl fiendly or not. I hung around the lobby for an hour or two one night and never saw anyone trying to bring in a "guest".
Also on the good side is that they have great gift shop if you're looking for nice wines and liquor. Very good prices.
Turnkey
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07-25-09 03:50 #113
Posts: 4567Very true. You'd also see women standing in small boats. They usually wore white. Were they singing? I don't remember. They also were hoping for coins.
Outside the base there were bars, massage, discos and even live houses all the way down to the T in the road. Then going left or right at the T were more bars, generally run down little places. To the left was the area for the black sailors.
Picture of Olongapo 1981. Look over the guy's right shoulder and you'll see one of the massage girls who hung out on the street in the daytime in front of the massage brothel.
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Originally Posted by Devils 1
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07-24-09 23:07 #112
Posts: 253Originally Posted by X Man
I heard about "shit river bridge" when i was in the military. Unfortunately, i never made it to the PI when i was in. Someone told me a story about how nasty that river is, hence the name "shit river". They also said they would throw there useless coins in the river and kids would dive in to get them?
Any truth to this?
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07-24-09 11:46 #111
Posts: 4567Guys from my generation remember Barrio Barretto.
But starting point was Subic Bay (the port) and then we had a few kilometers of decadence in Olongapo city, but we could take jeepney to a quieter place of decacence, bb. I was surprised (2008) to find a mall in Olongapo city, just across what we used to call "shit river bridge", but there are still a few bars in town.
How about "Subic bay / Barrio Barretto / Olongapo"?
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Originally Posted by Mattrick
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07-19-09 22:28 #110
Posts: 18Originally Posted by Mattrick
Will report back what I find as a noob in that neck of the woods.
Is it as wet as Manila appears to be?
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07-19-09 17:46 #109
Posts: 1239Barretto Bar Hop
Originally Posted by Vision Thing
Originally Posted by X Man
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07-19-09 10:01 #108
Posts: 195Originally Posted by Thai Traveler
Sakura restaurant was closed during afternoon so I went to Korean Japanese restaurant couple hundred meters further to have my sashimi.
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07-18-09 11:25 #107
Posts: 4567Yea, that is kind of odd. We have two threads for these two areas which could and should be grouped as one, yet for the entire Mindanao area we have only "Davao".
Jackson is pretty good about starting new threads, I wonder if he'd care to combine the "subic" "olongapo" threads".
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Originally Posted by White Whale