Angeles City - 2004 Reports

[Mister Ed]

To Angeles City veterans, can you describe the BJ bars in Angeles a little bit? Are they BBBJ? BBBJTC? Private or in the open like in Bankok?

Your posts are great - I am going to take my first shot at AC because of them. The place sounds like monger central. Will be there in August.

Thanks.

[McBarker]

Firedick,

I always enjoyed your reports and Programs too and found the reports to be very accuate to what I have experienced in my numerous trips to AC. Anyway Ill be there about March 17 until about March 25. If your in town Ill buy you a few one night out bar hopping somewhere along Fields Ave. Ill likely be at the Clarkton after what you say about the Villa Modesto.

Cheers,

McBarker.

PS- I hope this board does not die its been so slow lately.

[Kong Zi]

Seven more days til PI. Angeles take me away!

[Firedick]

McBarker,

Preach'n to the choir brother. As I said, I used to live nearby, the old Wally and Carmen Brooks place, if you know it. Two blocks down the side street from the Sunshine laundry. I also lived in Diamond for a while.

My comments were for the "uniniticiated". In any case, the Villa Modesto would be way down my list of places to stay.

At Clarkton, avoid room 304, one of the top floor suites. A girl was murdered in that room and it freaks some of the girls out. Although, it has been long enough ago now that perhaps any girl that would remember it would be too old to bring up to your room ! I do MUCH prefer the pool area of the Clarkton to Orchid. Mirrors can even be fun and it can be an advantage to put your girl on your room tab, although you can do that at Orchid as well.
Jeez I'm getting "wordy" Sorry guys.

I may be back this spring. But I want to lose some weight first. I get so tired of the girls pointing out "...you're getting fat". No shit, I've noticed !

Last I heard Gary, from Stinger, was not out of town but in jail. But, if he's out now, it would make sense to get out of town.


Party on,

FD

[McBarker]

firedick,

yes stinger is open again and its managed by an american named tango, i think it was one of the first days of november when stinger reopened. gary the aussie owner was not in town at the time so says tango. as far as danger goes walking from villa modesto to the bars i think its all in the way you appear. i always look confident and never nervous and i never act like i dont know where i am even when i dont know where iam. being big helps as im 6ft. 3in and weigh 285lbs. i often go to several cockpits in the area both at day and night when there is a derby and i never have problems but i know half the filipinos at the cockpit and they know me too.i have many very good filipino friends in mt.view, clarkview and ac and i feel safer in ac than i do here in tampa,florida in some neighborhoods. i cant walk down fields ave. without seeing 3 or 4 friends i know.so as far as danger goes i really believe there are general rules to follow but that every case is different.one way i keep my costs of ladies drinks down is to bring my best filipino friend with me barhopping. if a girl approaches me and sits down and asks for a ladys drink i tell her the guy with me is my brother in law and he's watching out for me. the girls then back off and i either leave without having to buy a ladys drink or find a girl i like and have my friend bring her to the table.it costs only 55 pesos for san miguel beer for my friend compared to 150 pesos for a ladys drink,plus i dont feel bad about buying 7or 8 beers since the guy has been my close friend for over 10 years now.his wife is one of the mamasans at blue nile so i can reserve girls at that bar too without leaving my room.i just call my friend and tell him to reserve a girl then he tells his wife and the girl i select is there waiting for me at 9 or 10pm when i show up, no rushing to get there at 8pm. plus i get great inside information about all the girls in blue nile and blue nile exec. too. that helps take the risks out of choosing a girl blindly as in avoiding getting a girl who does not preform well. the las vegas girls that were at the bunny ranch when i was there were nice.several 8's in the group and i plan to go to las vegas bar when i return to ac in early may, ill be there for 2 months.i plan to also go to dumaguete,cebu and boracay too.my aussie friend said villa modesto was remodeled and he really liked it but then again he was in the vian prior to that.the reason i did not like orchid was because there was too much noise from drunks going back to their rooms when i was aleady sleeping and a few times unwanted girls showed up at the gate of the orchid and they would ask the guard to go see if i was there. and yes i was there but with some other girl so the close access for the girls to the orchid did not appeal to me. the bathrooms in orchid were tiny and not clean at all and the rooms really are showing signs of wear now.the doors are hung so flimsy that i could knock down the door with 2 fingers. i was in room 16 right above the front desk and i did not like it.by the way i dont get 1st floor rooms at clarkton anymore i already caught a waiter peeping though the drapes one night and i did not like it. i told noel the night manager about it and he laughed and said alot of babies have been born in those bushes outside the first floor rooms. keep the drapes closed or the moaning you hear many be from more than just from your girl for the evening. well im out for now best wishes to all mongers.

reguards mcbarker.

[Firedick]

Goodenough,

It sounds like you're getting decent info from Mcbarker, with the exception of Villa Modesto. I have stayed there, back when it was much nicer. It's fallen into disrepair. It's also in a shitty part of town. I would not walk from the bars to it after dark, and I used to live about 500 meters from it. We "Hashers" use it for parties from time to time for it's seclusion and pool. But we're in a large group.

As stated DMZ is a little "neighborhood" type bar. Probably not where you want to meet your lady, but not bad for a game of pool and a beer.

Patio Inn is across Macarthur Hwy right across from Swagman. It is owned by a friend of mine named Bill. I wish I could "plug" his place, but, despite it being nice enough (I've never seen the inside of a room) and it is in a decent part of town, it's location is too far away from the night life for me. You'd be amased at how fast just crossing Mac Hwy gets old. If you do go to check it out, tell Bill that fireman Richard from L.A. sends his best. Poor guy is fighting cancer right now.

For me, Orchid and Clarkton are my top two. At Clarkton, get a room on the side street. Don Juico Ave (what Fields ave becomes that far up the street) can be loud enough to disturb sleep.



McBarker

I judge from your comments that Stinger is open again. It was closed my last time in town. I love it for it's combination of atmosphere for shooting pool and checking out the ladies. Few places in town are good for both. Illusions (next to Roadhouse) can be good for the same thing also.

Happy hunting.

FD

[GoodEnough]

McBarker:

Thanks for the information. The Clarkton sounds like it would meet my requirements nicely. I assume that the distance between the hotels and the bars isn't great and that I'll be able to get transportation at about any hour. I'll take your recommendations on the bars as well, and I'll write a report on my activities once I return to Davao.

If there's ever anything I can do you you in Davao please let me know.

[McBarker]

Good Enough,

To be honest I have not heard of Patio Inn but I have heard of and been in the DMZ bar and its OK but certainly not a top bar in town. It depends what atmosphere you like in a bar as to what is good and what is not. DMZ is a bar to play pool in and to have a few drinks and it can be fun but I thought the girls are only average looking, but as in all bars at any given moment you may find a diamond in the rough. I like a bar with above average looking girls and for sure Blue Nile has the best looking girls in town as a group. Honorable mention must go to Roadhouse, BunnyRanch, Las Vegas, Stinger, Amore, Champange, Nero's, Cambodia Club, and Treasure Island.

Price to take a girl out of the bar is 1000 pesos of which the girl gets half then I usually tipped the girl 100 to 500 pesos depending on the service but tipping is not required so you can get away with 1000 pesos for a girl and nothing else is demanded of you.

Also at this time of the year with so many tourists in Angeles if your seeking out beauty like myself then you have to get to the bars just as they open or else all the best looking girls are gone. I was there in mid October and most all of November so it was not tourist season then and pickings were easy no matter what time you showed up at the bar but the bars are alot more full with customers now so its get there early or settle for less.

As for price of a hotel it varies greatly from like 55O Pesos to 4 times that price for a suite at say the Oasis. Tell me what your requirements are for a hotel and I can suggest a good hotel. Example do you want a real nice swimming pool, a quiet hotel, one in walking distance from the hotel to the bars, one that has a full 24 hour room service ect ect.

My favorite is the Clarkton because its well managed, very friendly, has a very nice swimming pool, has great internet service, it has a telephone in the room,the rooms are clean and well kept and the price is reasonable at about 23 usd a night for an air con room. The down side to Clarkton is that you must take a trike or a jeepney to get to the bars but that never bothered me and I have never had a problem with any form of transportation in all my many stays in AC.

The Villa Modesto was recommended to me by an Aussie friend of mine. He said he walked to the bars from there and it had a decent swimming pool and was reasonably priced too.I forgot to mention the Clarkton also has a shuttle ever hour to the bars and back too and its free for their guests.

Happy Hunting,

McBarker

[GoodEnough]

McBarker:
Thanks for the informative post. I am going to take a two day trip to Angeles City in a week or so. A friend of mine here in Davao recommended a hotel callled Patio Inn where he often stays, and a bar called DMZ owned by a former US Marine. Do you have any knowledge of these places, and would you recommend them. Also, could you let me know the going price for taking a lady out of a bar, and about what I should expect to pay for a the hotels you mentioned.

Thanks for the advice.

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