Leyte

[GoodEnough]

The disaster in the Visayas is being well covered by the New York Times, which publishes 3-4 articles a day written, in part, by reporters on the ground. The problem is not, at least at the moment, a lack of food, water and other supplies. The international community has reacted swiftly and bountifully. The major issue appears to be getting the supplies to where they're most needed and it's in the area of logistics and supply that the national government provides no leadership, competence or apparently understanding. The president is woefully inept and it's amazing that after repeatedly stressing that he's got PhpB16 to underwrite the relief costs there's virtually nothing in the news about the financial support provided by the Govenment of the Philippines. As is usually the case here, it's the foreigners who are apparently providing the funds, the expertise and the means of transport.

GE

[Tally Wacker]

Anderson Cooper does help with his live broadcasts from Tacloban. But he does not look like he is missing any meals. A CNN news crew is at a School 19 miles inland from Tacloban. They interview tiny children and teachers. But none of these shitspitters are shown giving fresh drinking water, food or medicine to the children.

Place is overrun with starvation, dehydration and dysentery. People need to be helped NOT interviewed. CNN needs a conscience as does the rest of the world!

Dragon Slayer

I'm sure the news crew did what they could off camera to help who they could. They were there to gather and send an accurate message of whats really happening on the ground or in this case whats not happening.

Lets hope that supplies reach the people in need asap.

[Dragon Slayer]

Guys.

Is a total fucking mess here! We are NOW into the sixth (6) day after the typhoon struck. The President, amongst enormous criticism of his lack of Action gave a live press conference yesterday. He saysw the death toll is 2, 300 NOT the 10, 000 plus CNN broadcast two days ago. Okay "George Bush".

Reality is that the death toll will be a good 20, 000 or more. CNN has just broadcast that the dead bodies still are all over the streets TODAY. The USA and Japan have 'pledged" millions of dollars in relief. That IS pledged NOT given. At age 18 I pledged a College Fraternity. It took eight weeks. People on Leyte and Bohol DO NOT have another day to go if medicine and fresh drinking water are not given, AS IN PUT DIRECTLY INTO THEIR HANDS.

Anderson Cooper does help with his live broadcasts from Tacloban. But he does not look like he is missing any meals. A CNN news crew is at a School 19 miles inland from Tacloban. They interview tiny children and teachers. But none of these shitspitters are shown giving fresh drinking water, food or medicine to the children.

Place is overrun with starvation, dehydration and dysentery. People need to be helped NOT interviewed. CNN needs a conscience as does the rest of the world!

I put my wallet where my mouth is and sent directly to where it would help. Not into the pocket of corrupt wprlers / There is NO EXCUSE for this inactivity and incompetence.

Dragon Slayer

[Dragon Slayer]

Guys,

Thank you. I heard that Ormoc got hit hard. They are located directly on the water. Had to be terrible.

CNN says that death toll in and around Tacloban could be 20, 000 or more. Bodies on the streets and floating in the water still.

Dragon Slayer

[Member #1453]

Guys, \

I got ahold of my Daughter's Mother Sunday morning. No running water and no electricity but they are safe. Toughed it out inside the house. No flooding and no one was injured in the Family.

Dragon Slayer

Thank God DS. That must be a relief. Please post about Ormoc, tacloban and Catbalogan if you hear more.

[Radical Guy]

Guys, \

I got ahold of my Daughter's Mother Sunday morning. No running water and no electricity but they are safe. Toughed it out inside the house. No flooding and no one was injured in the Family.

Dragon Slayer

That's great news, DS. I'm sure you are elated. Hopefully they can get things back to normal soon.

RG

[Hairy Wonder]

Glad to hear that your daughter and her mother are in good condition DS!

I have seen the pictures and videos on the internet of the damage and devastation in Tacloban. I can't imagine living through that.

HW

[Dragon Slayer]

Guys, \

I got ahold of my Daughter's Mother Sunday morning. No running water and no electricity but they are safe. Toughed it out inside the house. No flooding and no one was injured in the Family.

Dragon Slayer

[Dragon Slayer]

Guys,

Thank you. I have heard nothing. I will not post again until I hear word of my teenage daughter and her mother. I tried on Wednesday to get her to bring my daughter here in Cebu.

Winds were very bad by 03:30 Am when I still had contact.

Dragon Slayer

[Member #4698]

I hope everything is OK. I have experienced a few hurricanes here in South Florida. The last one that came through surprised everyone with sustained winds of 130 mph. That was a category 3. Haiyan is / was a much more powerful category 5. Again, I hope everything is alright for your family and the people of Leyte. The good news so far is that the Typhoon made landfall at low tide hopefully mitigating the force of it's surge and that Haiyan is moving fast which will lessen the total amount of rain in it's immediate path that a storm of this size is capable of.

N.B.

[Radical Guy]

Best wishes, DS, for the safety and well being of your family. It's a horrible feeling when you are helpless to do anything.

RG

[Wicked Roger]

GUYS,

I have a house here in southern Leyte on the beach front. I hope it is still there. I lost contact with my daughter's Mother at 04; 45am today. They lost electricity at 03:45 AM. She had moved to her brother's home with my daughter and a cousin and the two family dogs.

CNN said Leyte was to be hit with the FULL FORCE of the Typhoon by 05:30AM. Called it a Category 5 Typhon to hit Leyte and perhaps the worst typhoon ever to hit land in modern times anywhere in the world. Winds of 315 km per hour (193 mph).

I have no idea what has transpired. Here in Cebu City I am merely stuck in the 7th Century save for the laptop working. No idea about my Family on Leyte. They were prepared and had plenty of cie in a huge chest, food, candles, flashlights, radio operated with batteries and blankets. But the ocean is 150 feet from their back door. No protection from storm surges but to retreat to the 2nd floor of the house.

Dragon Slayer

DS,

I hope family are safe and well.

Not that this will be much comfort but a good friend has a house 2kms from where the typhoon made landfall and there is not much left he says he is based in the Middle East

Cebu am told now has power and trust the hotel has also as I am there very soon so maybe we will catch up if you are still around.

[Dragon Slayer]

GUYS,

I have a house here in southern Leyte on the beach front. I hope it is still there. I lost contact with my daughter's Mother at 04; 45am today. They lost electricity at 03:45 AM. She had moved to her brother's home with my daughter and a cousin and the two family dogs.

CNN said Leyte was to be hit with the FULL FORCE of the Typhoon by 05:30AM. Called it a Category 5 Typhon to hit Leyte and perhaps the worst typhoon ever to hit land in modern times anywhere in the world. Winds of 315 km per hour (193 mph).

I have no idea what has transpired. Here in Cebu City I am merely stuck in the 7th Century save for the laptop working. No idea about my Family on Leyte. They were prepared and had plenty of cie in a huge chest, food, candles, flashlights, radio operated with batteries and blankets. But the ocean is 150 feet from their back door. No protection from storm surges but to retreat to the 2nd floor of the house.

Dragon Slayer

[Irony Monger]

this report is about 3 weeks late. pinays and other things kept me distracted until now.

anyway, had my first trip to ormoc recently. read my other posts about my hotel experiences. this post is about the city and the ladies from my perspective as a first timer here (ormoc, not pi). i was only there for a few days, so take this with a grain of salt.

i arrived friday afternoon on the ferry from cebu. checked into the don felipe, got changed, then decided to walk around a bit. it was about 4pm or so if i remember correctly. i wasn't looking to pick anyone up at the time, just familiarizing myself with the area. i walked down bonifacio street to osema street, then took a left, with the goal of walking to the evsu campus. got a bit side tracked when i walked past martinelli's pizza and realized i hadn't had lunch yet, so stopped in for a pizza and beer. there were three ladies in their early 30s sitting at a table (2 somewhat attractive) , so i decided to sit near them and strike up a conversation. they were just leaving, but in the few minutes before they had left i got their numbers anyway. looked like ormoc was going to be a snap.

after pizza i continued walking. made it to where google told me evsu was, but all i found were high school students roaming around. maybe the college let out early? anyway, the girls were way too young, so i got in a trike and headed back to don felipe for a nap. woke up around 8:30pm and heard lots of drumming and music outside, but was still tired so went back to sleep. that was a mistake. i found out the next day that it was their independence celebration and i likely missed out on some serious action.

the next morning (saturday) the whole town seemed hung over. very few people out, and the few that were about were not very talkative. after a few hours walking around with little success chatting up any women i texted wr, who had spoken of a hot milf who wanted to meet me. he put me in contact with her and she showed up later that evening. wow, she was a treat. older than i usually go for, but she has the body of someone much younger that she really is. we hit if off so well we ended up spending the rest of the weekend together.

monday morning the milf had to leave for work, so i decided to try my hand at street game again. what a difference. the streets were filled with women, either going to work or to college. opening them was as easy as smiling and saying hi. after chatting it up with a few girls and exchanging digits i got a text back from a 19 year old dia contact that i had forgotten about. she was available to meet right away, so we arranged a place. she showed up with her sister who was 16. after a bit of chatting i asked the 19yo if she wanted to head back to my hotel (i was in sabin at this point). she agreed, so we went to find a trike. unfortunately her **** sister tried to get in too. i pulled them both out and explained that i could not have anyone under 18 in my hotel. the two chatted for a few seconds, then the younger sister waved goodbye and i hopped into the trike with the 19yo.

back at the hotel, she wasn't very talkative, but the clothes came off in about 15 minutes anyway and we went at it. she was a bit of a starfish though. afterwards i gave her some trike and school money and bid her farewell, thinking that was the end of it. soon after she left i got a text from the milf asking if she could come by again after work so we could spend my last night in ormoc together. i agreed, and immediately afterwards the 19yo started texting me asking when we could meet again. hmmm. i let her know i was meeting someone else, and got a series of rather upset texts back. even though my dia profile clearly states i am looking for "fun sexy girls" she seemed to think she was the only one. i said something like "sorry i hurt you, but i am going to see other women". the texts paused for a few minutes, then when they started up again, the tone was completely different."that's ok, i want to see you anyway. you make me so happy. can you give me a baby next time you visit?". yikes.

anyway, it just goes to show that from my perspective filipinas respond well to competition if you are up front about it. these days i'm brutally honest about seeing other girls and don't try to sneak around and hide it. at first i thought that this would turn off girls, but i've found the opposite to be true. never has a pinay walked away from me because someone else was in the picture. rather, they usually say things like "well, i bet i can f*ck you better than she can" before aggressively jumping my bones. end side track.

so in summary, after 4 nights i came away with the conclusion that ormoc is a midweek day game town, but maybe that was just because of the particular weekend on which i arrived. ds or others, correct me if this is a bad observation. will i be back? maybe. i still need to figure this town out. definitely lots of potential, but the whole vibe is very different from manila and cebu and will take some getting used to.

[Irony Monger]

Is the Sabin hotel down a street a few blocks from the pier?

No, it is much further down. Here is the location via Google Maps:

http://goo.gl/maps/JL1ND

There is another Hotel built about eight years ago that is further down the boulevard from the Don Felipe and off on a back road.

That's the one.

What price did you pay at the Sabin? Does it still have only the tiny restaurant?

Here are the rates from their website. I think they are a bit out of date though because I think I payed a little above what is listed here (pretty sure it was 2200 PHP). Oh, and I wish I could correct the title of my previous review...I had a premier room not a superior room (it was separate from the main building and had both a tub and shower).

http://www.sabinresort.com/room-rates.html

They have a large open air restaurant / bar that features live music in the evenings. I ate there several times. The food was pretty good but overpriced. The restaurant at the Don Felipe definitely provides more bang for the buck. I believe Sabin also has a small coffee shop upstairs from the lobby, but I didn't visit it.