Cagayan De Oro City

[Red Kilt]

No pool. Prices for the rooms, per the website:

Business Class P1,950.00. VIP Class P2,800.00. Junior Suite P3,200.00. Executive Suite P3,800.00.

I asked the front desk about the better rooms, and I waltzed into some while the maids were cleaning them. They are simply bigger versions of my room, with more beds, or couches and a separate living area. These rooms are also in need of renovation. This is a 3-star hotel, in need of renovations. Don't let the name fool you, its little different than Marigold (now closed) or Philtown or Dynasty Court; nothing on the order of Mallberry, KetKai Luxe, or Seda. There is no hotel bar, just the dining room, and they serve beer (I didn't see liquour.

WC you must have stayed there when there was no workshop or seminar being held.

VIP Hotel is used by government agencies for large seminar groups. They place additional mattresses in the "larger rooms" so that participants can stay 4 and 5 in a room which means their per diems will go much further since they share the (discounted) room charge.

I stayed there many times between 1998 to 2002 as part of the training groups for 2 separate government agencies. We could fit 100 to 120 people into the place easily. I used to be given one of the "special" rooms because I was a VIP but believe me it was still very ordinary.

All food was very mediocre and was the buffet-style which is the usual fare for workshops / seminars.

VIP Hotel is DEFINITELY only a 2 or 3 star place.

It is most definitely NOT a place for DS to contemplate.

[WestCoast1]

WestCoast 1,

Thank you for your Report. Does this Hotel have a swimming pool? What is the price per night for the nicer rooms? Does the Hotel have a separate Bar area where you can go for a drink with a lady? How is the evening dinner? Is Room Service any good? Do they have a good Beef Tenderloin steak on the menu?

Tell of the "extra girl" you had. Guys enjoy hearing these stories.

No pool. Prices for the rooms, per the website:

Business Class P1,950.00. VIP Class P2,800.00. Junior Suite P3,200.00. Executive Suite P3,800.00.

I asked the front desk about the better rooms, and I waltzed into some while the maids were cleaning them. They are simply bigger versions of my room, with more beds, or couches and a separate living area. These rooms are also in need of renovation. This is a 3-star hotel, in need of renovations. Don't let the name fool you, its little different than Marigold (now closed) or Philtown or Dynasty Court; nothing on the order of Mallberry, KetKai Luxe, or Seda. There is no hotel bar, just the dining room, and they serve beer (I didn't see liquor). I did not partake of dinner or room service. I tend to stay away from hotel dinners or room service for a reason: the girl is with me, and almost every time the ambiance or the situation is lost on pinay. They are much more attuned to bbq or Mcdo, and the experience is wasted on them.

In CDO I had some very bizarre occurrences with woman there. SNIP

I was literally packed and on my way downstairs with my bags when she knocked at my door. I told her she had a week to meet me but refused. I said, "I have a flight to take now out of here (mercifully). I have no time for you". She kept on talking, about what, I have no fucking clue. She simply wanted to tell her friends and family she had met a foreigner. Texted me as I was in the taxi saying "how happy" she was to have met me (what the fuck! I texted back two words: "Blow me"!

Dragon Slayer.

In the same vein, I thought only I had these kinds of experiences. I've had this kind of experience in CDO, Butuan, and Surigao. In YM chat prior to my trip, she's keen to meet. Then when I'm in town she has trabajo that keeps her too busy to meet (two days previous in chat she was unemployed and bored). She txts daily with "How are you" and "don't forget your breakfast" and "What are you doing now?" drivel. Then on my last day when I'm checking out of the hotel she suddenly is racing to the hotel to meet me in a jeep / tryke. WTF? When I txt back that the hotel car is now dropping me at the airport, she txts back for me to wait there, as she's now on her way to the airport. WTF?

In a stranger vein, an online chatmate I've known for over a year wanted to meet. I dropped my luggage in the room on my first night, and sent her a txt. Right away she shot back: "I'm coming there to your hotel now. Want to spend the night with you there. " Ding ding ding we have a winner! I met her outside the lobby and she brought a friend. I suggested a drink. They took me up the street to a bar and we got some beers. I asked how old the friend was and she said 15. Shit! I made an excuse (tired from the flight) and went back to the room. She txt for hours and hours wanting to come to the hotel. In the morning she txt and I asked her to stop by. We chat in the lobby for a bit and she tells me her father wants to meet, because she told him she spent the night with me. Shit! No thanks, go home and tell him the truth please. The next day she stopped by unannounced and we chat in the room for a bit. She showed me pics of her son, and her FB. I asked her specifically if she remembered talking about sex in YM as a condidtion of staying with me. She said yes, but she could not have sex with me. She just wanted to stay and spend the night, minus sex. See ya honey.

For the next several days she was full of txts requesting she spend the night, no sex. I find this, and the previous shy behavior that DS describes (wants to meet, makes excuses not to meet, then at the very end comes screaming to the hotel to meet), both very odd. Other gent's explainations are welcome.

WC.

DS I will PM you with some hotel info.

[Dragon Slayer]

WestCoast 1,

Thank you for your Report. Does this Hotel have a swimming pool? What is the price per night for the nicer rooms? Does the Hotel have a separate Bar area where you can go for a drink with a lady? How is the evening dinner? Is Room Service any good? Do they have a good Beef Tenderloin steak on the menu?

Tell of the "extra girl" you had. Guys enjoy hearing these stories.

Guys,

In CDO I had some very bizarre occurrences with woman there. I posted years ago here on most of these. Like the girl who worked right next door from the Mallberry hotel at Limkatkai Mall. For a week I tried to get her to come by for lunch or dinner but she claimed to have to work. Not until I was checking out and flying to Davao City (mercifully), did she get "All excited" about meeting me. I told her emphatically to NOT COME TO MY HOTEL AS I WAS LEAVING. In spite of this, she came by with a gorgeous friend who did not utter a single word (mute?

I was literally packed and on my way downstairs with my bags when she knocked at my door. I told her she had a week to meet me but refused. I said, "I have a flight to take now out of here (mercifully). I have no time for you". She kept on talking, about what, I have no fucking clue. She simply wanted to tell her friends and family she had met a foreigner. Texted me as I was in the taxi saying "how happy" she was to have met me (what the fuck! I texted back two words: "Blow me"!

Dragon Slayer.

[WestCoast1]

One of the many, many older hotels in the Divisoria section of town on Velez, corner Pacana. Typical facade, decent lobby and restaurant. Rooms are dated and in need of paint. I had a Business Class room (least expensive) at p1950/ night (breakfast included for 2; and +250 for extra girl, and boy did I have an extra girl on certain days). The Staff is very good, from door security to the front desk and the room cleaners. My name was remembered and they went out of their way to accomodate me.

In the area: Around the corner on Borja street is a salon; got a hair cut and manicure. Across Velez corner Borja is a bread bake shop; ever morning I stop and pick up 50-100 p hopia or such and give to the Staff as tip. Up the street towards the city park on Neri St is Jolibee, and one block over from that on Tiano St is a McDo (open early). One block from the hotel on Pacana is Innovations Laundry. Across the street from Innovations is a coffee shop with free wifi. One block north from the hotel on Velez is a restaurant (Bagong Lipunan) with a sign that says "Best Pancit in town", and dammit, its true (try the guisado). Its a gritty area (most of CDO is gritty), but everything in the world is a 5-minute taxi ride away. In the area is Beat and Pulse discos (next door to each other and across from Dynasty Court hotel, which closed since Christmas and has reopened). Pulse has a cover charge, and is probably the most popular place in town. We went early on a Saturday to get a table, and the the place packed up by 10 pm. There are two malls (Centrio / Ayala and KetKai) within 7 minutes by taxi, and at least one market area (Cogon) about a 7 minute walk from the hotel. Along the Neri street in the area of McDonalds is a fresh-fruit vendors area; plenty of bananas / apples / mango on the cheap.

Hotel breakfast is buffet with the usual assortments of eggs, fish, meats, fruits, coffee / juice (see pic).

Wifi was typical provincial slow, router too far down the hall, and disconnected about 2 x / day.

http://www.theviphotel.com.ph/rates.html

[Dragon Slayer]

Golfino,

The a / see at Spooks Club was okay. Drink prices (beer is all I drank there) were same as in other Clubs. Women were very primitive as if they were "caught in the Bush and dropped off at the Club". Women got nuce on stage and some were hot looking. I tried to buy one a drink but she could not speak any English.

I had better luck at other Clubs but I advise ALL to avoid the sleazy Club, Hot Babes. This is located at the end of a cul de sac a block away from the Club, Fantastic (now under a different name). I took a girl out of here and we returned to Mallberry Hotel. In my room she got naked, laid on the bed covering her face and pretending to be crying I told her to leave and she jumped up like a spider had bitten her. She called a friend on her cellphone and was out of my room in under a minute, fully dressed. I paid a hefty barfine for nothing!

The friend was most likely waiting outside the hotel or down on Rosario St for her. She had planned this and just wanted to get her share of the barfine and then head off with her friend for the balance of the night. To be honest, I had most fucked up experiences with women in CDO than all the other Philippine cities I visited combined.

Dwight Fry,

Yes it has been four years since I last visited CDO. Just could not think of a good reason to go there. My daughter did not even like the city and hated the Mallberry Hotel. She likes Davao City, Ormoc and Cebu City. Only Hotel I ever heard her complain about was the Mallberry Hotel.

Dragon Slayer.

[Golfinho]

I visited ONLY twice. no minimum spending and no cover to get in to the Club. In other words, the very detritus of society can enter. This is NEVER good for any establishment. And, at 6'4" 240 lbs and liking to dress nicely (imported swiss cotton long sleeve, oxford cut dress shirts, black leather florsheim shoes, black socks, dark, custom made cashmere wool pants) I sort of stick out in most places in the Philippines. On my second visit to Spooks Club I ordered a draft beer, left it at my table where I was sitting alone and covered it with a napkin as I hit the toilet to take a [CodeWord140]. Got back and three lowlife Filipinos were in my seats And one or all drank my beer.

Never been nor likely to go. Clearly sounds like a place of note for the low budget exclusively. Was the air conditioning adequate to your sartorial accoutrement?

[Dragon Slayer]

Golfino,

Are you a Regular at Spooks? I stated that I visited ONLY twice. First time I did not like the layout or the idea of no minimum spending and no cover to get in to the Club. In other words, the very detritus of society can enter. This is NEVER good for any establishment. And, at 6'4" 240 lbs and liking to dress nicely (imported swiss cotton long sleeve, oxford cut dress shirts, black leather florsheim shoes, black socks, dark, custom made cashmere wool pants) I sort of stick out in most places in the Philippines. On my second visit to Spooks Club I ordered a draft beer, left it at my table where I was sitting alone and covered it with a napkin as I hit the toilet to take a [CodeWord140]. Got back and three lowlife Filipinos were in my seats And one or all drank my beer.

I handled the above matter very diplomatically. Told the four what puny little pieces of shit they were and to get the fuck up and join me outside for some karate lessons. None would speak or move. ALL looked like they were witnessing Judgment Day. I then yelled some explitives at them concerning what I did to their sisters and wives / girlfriends. Still nothing. Wondered if the little cocsuckers did not understand English or were all deaf! I tired of this and decided to simply depart. Told the Manager and the bartender of my experience. No reply from either so I gave them a FUCK You and left. Never to return!

On each occasion I saw some older ex-pats of unknown origin dressed like they lived on the streets with unkempt hair they might have washed a week earlier. Looked at if they cut their own hair in front of a mirror to save fifty pesos. Of course they were all smoking but then 90% of ex-pats I meet in the Philippines are heavy smokers. Their very demeanor and appearance was that of someone who could give a fuck how he looked or what anyone thought of him.

The significance of this is not that they appeared to be slimy, but that this was the only occasion in any of my six visits to CDO, each of a week in length from 2008-2010. I saw one guy with the owner of La Vetta once and that was it. I frequented Fantastic Club regularly and saw only filipinos in there I never had any trouble there or in any other Club that I visited. Only other westerner I saw at Mallberry Hotel was GoodEnough when he was in CDO on business. Otherwise the Hotel was full of Filipino guests.

In Davao City, Cebu City, Makati and even Ormoc City on Leyte, I run into many westerners either visiting or living there. I do not seek out these men, they just are at the same restaurants, Cafes and coffee shops I frequent. Where the ex-pats hang out in CDO is for their crown solely.

Dragon Slayer.

[Dwight Fry]

It has been four years since I was last in CDO. I like the city but the airport sucks and it has the most fucked up taxi drivers on the planet.

You have been away too long! The new airport is about a hour away from CDO towards Illigan. Shuttle buses have fixed price to town. There are a few new hotels popping up including Tune.

[Golfinho]

I visited Spooks Club. This Club has no cover charge and no minimum. I found it to be a very sleazy club and did not return after my second visit. But I did notice some extremely slimy looking ex-pats here. No one I would allow within a hundred meters of me however.

Dragon Slayer.

How are you defining 'slimy' Slayer?

[Dragon Slayer]

Guys,

It has been four years since I was last in CDO. I like the city but the airport sucks and it has the most fucked up taxi drivers on the planet. All worthless pieces of shit who view foreigners / westerners, no matter how well dressed or articulate, as fools and wimps waiting to be ripped off. I have posted numerous times on how the Trip from the airport to the mallberry Hotel is around P160. Asshole cab drivers will grab your bags out of your hands and take them, running, to their vehicle and announce that they will give you a "very special rate" of 850 pesos to the Mallberry Hotel.

On a few occasions I had to literally rip my bags away from the cocksucker and threaten to drop him on the concrete. Security guards and airport personnel turn their backs on this and permit these scumbags to do what they wish. Most likely, they receive a payment for this "service" City Hall is too incompetent and much too corrupt to realize that they are losing tourist business.

Mallberry Hotel is equally incompetent. I gave up completely when, in April 2010, my teenage daughter was in a huge wedding at the home of a very wealthy Filipino Chinese Family in CDO. She was one of 12 bridesmaids. I made arrangements for her to stay at the Mallberry Hotel at my rate and I prepaid the bill. She registered and had a decent room. Each day she went with Family to use the swimming pool at the Hotel. Stella, then hotel GM personally assured me vai a phone conversation in April 2010 that my daughter could swim in the hotel pool "anytime she wished".

Each day when she went to the pool the asshole Filipino pool boy told her the pool was "Reserved" No one was in the pool and my daughter told me that no one went swimming in the pool over the next few hours. Still, asswipe would NOT permit her, as a paying guest to use the pool. I called Stella. As usual the lying tramp told me, "oh Sir Slayer, you are mistaken. She could use the pool anytime. FUCK YOU STELLA. I hope they fired her worthless, lying ass!

I am unaware of any decent hotel in CDO. I tried three other hotels in the past and they all were horrible. GoodEnough says there is no such thing as a decent hotel in CDO.

IN CDO there are tons of lovely ladies. However they are NOT accustomed to meeting western men. You must work three times as hard to meet lovely, young Filipinas in CDO as you do in Davao City, Cebu City, Makati City or Ormoc City. Plenty of pros here and far more Clubs with women dancing nude than the population would warrant. This of course means simply that poverty is rampant and work and employment in non existent.

In my six trips of a week each in CDO from 2008-2010 I never saw a single westerner except on the two occasions when I visited Spooks Club. This Club has no cover charge and no minimum. I found it to be a very sleazy club and did not return after my second visit. But I did notice some extremely slimy looking ex-pats here. No one I would allow within a hundred meters of me however.

Dragon Slayer.

[Dragon Slayer]

Sojourner,

Thank you. Prices per night for this Hotel please. For the guy inquiring about massage and at the SEDA. Go to the front desk.

And have them arrange your massage. I have never had a massage at any Place in CDO. With the dozens of Clubs with women dancing nude here, I am certain there have to bee hundreds of massage parlors. Most hotels have massage services. Inquire if it is just or massage or the girl will fuck / blow you for extra.

I will most likely skip CDO this coming Trip. I have birthdays for two of my sons and this will keep me busy as we will have parties both times.

Dragon Slayer.

[Sojourner]

I am here in CDO and I staying at the Tune hotel. It is a lower budget place than those frequented by DS and GE, with a small room, but it is new, very clean and nicely appointed with a queen size bed. Someone with real interior design skills did the layout here so the tv is on the wall in front of the bed and there is a fold-out desktop for eating / writing on the wall beside the bed.

I can walk to Ayala or Geisano in less than 5 minutes and the staff here is friendly and well trained. The front desk staff appears tobe almost all female and from their looks I'd say the hiring manager is a guy with a good eye for beauty as well as good service skills.

Wifi is free here and you get a login good for up to 3 devices, flat screen tv with cable. Shower, not bath, No pool (to me a pool is a nice way to let a somewhat more modest girl to get half naked without fear). But if you want to stay fairly cheap and in a nice place, this seems quiet and very nice IMHO.

[Spermhead]

Dear all members,

I will having an official visit this month and staying at Seda. May I have some info on any massage place around this hotel? Thinking of having lingam massage or any good 'extra'.

Thanks in advance.

[Dragon Slayer]

GoodEnough thankyou. At $ 105 / night the Seda is horrifically overpriced. Even at the fucking Mallberry they would approach me in the downstairs lobby café to inquire if I want more coffee, water, etc. And the Mallberry is close to Rosario Blvd and a good 30 places to eat. La Vetta is a decent restaurant run by European men.

In six visits to the Mallberry I tried the "free" breakfast once. It was beyond terrible! It opened at 06:00AM. I was there 35 minutes after it opened. Poached egss on a hot plate were ice cole, like they had been sitting there for an hour. Rice was hard enough to use to play hardball with here in America. I asked for coffee from a Staff of Five (5) Filipinos haging about doing

NOTHING. THey looked at me like I asked for a bottle of Krug 1995. Never did get the coffee. I left without eating anything.

But I pay a good deal less than P4100 at the Mallberry. Check in takes less than a minute as they have all my information. The Room is always Non Smoking. I will most likely visit CDO again this Trip. I will stay at the Mallberry. Is Stella still the GM?

Dragon Slayer

[GoodEnough]

That's a concern for me if they don't yet know which floors are segregated for smokers and non-smokers.

It's difficult to suddenly re-adjust a smoking room into a non-smoking one once they allow smokers in a room.

It gets worse. When I made my report yesterday, I hadn't yet tried to cope with their breakfast. Cold, buffet style and basically inedible, or with the atrocious lack of service in the dining area. I sat outside on an undecorated, unattractive terrace for 45 minutes without anyone clearing my table or asking if I might like some more coffee. That, plus yesterday's negative comments, plus the lack of hot water in the shower this morning have led me to conclude that this is worse than the Mallberry. At least in the latter there are 3-4 dining options and some of the food is not too bad. True, the service sucks in both places, but the Mallberry is also within easy walking distance of a reasonable restaurant. I won't stay here again.

GE