Sabang, Puerto Galera. Part 1
If you want a diversion from the usual Manila. Angeles route and are seeking sun, sand and plenty of sex, then Sabang could be for you. It helps if you like diving of the nautical type. At night, you can pound as much Pinay pussy as you can handle, and all rather cheaply.
Getting There From Manila.
Getting to Sabang is quite tedious. Apart from an adhoc sea plane service, there are no other scheduled air services, so you have to go by bus / car and then take a ferry. In Manila, head to Buendia bus station and get on any bus going to Batangas Pier. The ride to Batangas Pier will take around 2-hours (but may be more depending on traffic) and will cost around 170 PHP. At Batangas Pier, go to the passenger terminal and buy a ferry ticket for either Sabang or Muelle Pier. There are a few operators using motorised outrigger ferries and all charge around 200 PHP for a one-way trip. The ferry ride will take about 90 minutes. If you are getting off at Muelle Pier, you will then need to take a trike for 150 PHP to Sabang. Don't worry if the ferry looks a bit dodgy. It's perfectly safe, they have life jackets and the Filipinos are very good seafarers. The Coast Guard Officer inspects the vessel before it leaves and makes sure everyone is wearing a life jacket. The minute he gets off, the life jackets are stored away! You can also get a taxi straight from Manila to Batangas Pier and the cost is negotiable, but around 2500 PHP. Personally, I don't see the point when a / see bus service is readily available.
Where to Stay.
There are heaps of places to stay in Sabang. It is a very compact area and it all depends on your budget. 2000 PHP will get you a reasonable place. I stayed at the new Minara Sea Resort for around 3,200 PHP a night. It was very nice and the girls seemed to like it. The only trouble with the Minara is that it is built on top of a hill and it is a killer to get to. Climbing up and down the steps several times a day in the heat knocks you around. All hotels are very girl friendly. At the Minara, if you are brining a girl back to your room after 10.00 pm, she will need to sign in. No big deal.
What to do During the Day.
Unless you are into diving, there is not a lot to do during the day. There are more than 10 dive schools in Sabang. Some cater only for Chinese, some only for Koreans, but the majority have western dive instructors. If you don't dive, you can get a trike to White Beach and spend half a day. White beach is only for local tourists, but there are a few good restaurants and the usual array of souvenir shops. White beach is 600 PHP round trip by trike. When you want to return to Sabang, just text your driver and he will come and collect you. At Sabang, there are many genuine massage parlors where you can kill a couple of hours a day. There are also a few tattoo parlors. But as I said, there isn't much else to do.
Sabang, Puerto Galera. Part 2
Night Time Activities.
There are six girlie bars in Sabang and five are located in an alley way one block from the beach. They are literally only a few metres apart. The other girlie bar is located across the road, but seemed to be a Korean set up. All other bars are very welcoming for Westerners. Whenever I entered a bar, I had no trouble attracting girls willing to come and sit with me. As with any town, there were a some very beautiful girls, some average girls and some ugly girls. You can't generalise. The bar action starts around 6. 00 pm and closing is between 11.00 pm - 2. 00 am depending on the bar. All bar fines at all bars are 3,000 PHP all inclusive. There is no requirement to pay the girl anything else unless you want to giver her a tip for great service. The biggest bar in Sabang and the one with the most vibrant atmosphere was was the Philippines Disco. It is useful being friendly with the lady boy mamasan there. Just buy her a drink and she will help you out. I bar fined three girls and all were prepared to stay until 8. 00 am the next day. I did ask two to leave early as one was coughing a lot and I didn't want to get sick; the other was starting to irritate me. The one I allowed to stay until 8. 00 am was a newbie, I was her first customer. So sweet and innocent.
A word of warning. Many of the girls dance with one piece swimsuits. This is to hide their stretch marks on their bellies. Personally, I'm okay with stretch marks on their bellies as I'm no oil painting myself. But if that bothers you, only pick the girls with two piece bikinis so you can inspect their stomach first!
Don't go there thinking Sabang is only for Koreans. Sure, many of the dive schools and bars are Korean owned, but everyone's blue 1,000 PHP notes are the same. I didn't encounter any discrimination for not being a Korean.
Food.
There are a few western type eateries in Sabang. An Italian guy operates an authentic pizza and pasta place which was excellent. Most restaurants serve a mixture of standard Filipino / Chinese / Western food. You know, chicken abodo, pork abodo, cheeseburger, stir fry vegetables, hamburger patty with rice, skewers etc. There is also a good Swiss bakery there selling nice bread. You won't starve in Sabang.
My notes on Sabang, Oct 29016
Puerto Galera / Sabang Oct 2016.
Observations from my last (ever?) visit.
Principal activities. Scuba and whoring. As ever.
Numerous dive shops all along Sabang, Little LaLaguna and LaLaguna beaches, all competing for the same client base. Suggest South Seas, Frontier and Asia Divers, but plenty of others would be as.
Good. Be warned though that there are some cowboy operators in the Scuba / diving world and these could be deadly if circumstances go bad underwater. Told that there is a Scandinavian alcoholic.
Running one. Cannot offer prices as I was busted medically unfit so unable to indulge.
Good snorkeling from Sabang, around Sabang Point and to / beyond Monkey beach, and also from Lalaguna beach around LaLaguna Pt. I believe that there is plenty of good snorkeling nearby for.
Surface divers. Banka hire P500/- subject to negotiating what you want to do. No snorkel hire seen. Wtf. Always used to be a few places offering hire equipment.
Now lets get onto the real stuff.
Freelances about Big Apple and Eddies place. I hear that you can negotiate to P500/- (?short time) but cannot confirm this. Whenever the takings in the bars are down, these hunting girls are arrested and.
Gaoled / fined / run out of town. I sense that this is happening less often now.
Six girly bars, all priced the same: P1500/- to the house to take a girl out, P1500/- to the girl in the morning. No other tip expected. But see below. Negotiate what you want in the bar (to the.
Extent that you can over the din (I found it useful to have paper and pen and negotiate by writing! Some of the girls will negotiate an after hours deal to save you the house's cut, but this is risky for.
Them as the houses have their informers and enforcers. The risk to you is slight: the bars blacklist you. No more girls. Beers P80 to 100/ Ladies drinks P250/ of which the girl gets P70/ This leaves an.
Opening to slip the girl (say) P100/- for her company rather than buy her a drink, but again the informers and enforces could get at your lady. As ever it is worth trying to get on good terms with the.
Mamasans, but I did not find any who would really try to procure to my requirements. I know that I m getting on and my eyes are growing dim, but some of those 18 yos just ain't.
The bar girls are checked weekly, but only a fool would count on it. Some find family business away just before check up day but return a couple of days later, and I doubt that the test is reliable or.
Comprehensive anyway.
Unless you are that way inclined, watch out for girls -who-are-not-girls. Plenty of them about, very convincing, some with kids, good boobs and "a dick as big as mine" (comment by South Seas customer).
Apparently much more numerous at White Beach than Sabang.
** Koreans. Yes they own most the Sabang bars, and tribes of Koreans descend on the bars soon after opening and take the best looking girls out. Often these are the most lively and the best English.
Speakers. I saw say 8 Koreans departing Sabang Disco at about 7. 30 pm with 8 very good looking birds, all talking in English as that was their common language, and off to dinner somewhere. When I.
Went to the bar at say 10.00 pm, OWGs comfortably outnumbered the girls, the leavings were not much to look at and their English was poor. Suggest that it may be worth copying the Koreans and.
Take your girl early and to dinner. Adds another P500/- to the night!
Accommodation P700/- for basic nipa hut if you can find one. Fan rooms with bath from 800/ Ac rooms from P1000/ Good beachfront ac rooms from P1500/ Prices sometimes can be negotiated.
Especially for longer stays (1 month+) but may have to pay a separate power & cleaning bills.
Breakfast from P200/- (bacon, 2 eggs, bread (sometimes toasted), tea or coffee) Cheeseburgers from P35/- (street vendors) - to P100/- (restaurants. And 3 x as big / good). Meals from P350/- (Eddies.
Place, fish and rice) to P1000/- (Papa Freds Steakhouse, steak). El Galleon's Friday night special is Indian Buffet and excellent value. Also try Tinas, Tamarind and Big Apple restaurant. There are other.
Interesting looking places in LaLaguna and Little LaLaguna where there also ought be good value food.
Transport to / from Manila by private taxi (P1500-2500/- and banka P170/ SIKAT bus (P800/ aprx. Including banka) , DIY bus and banka (P420/- and cheaper in a non a / see bus, but you don't want to be in.
One if you get stuck in Manila traffic. And you will). Terminal fee at Batangas is P20/- and maybe this is used for the terminal development or maintenance. Landing fee at Puerto Galera or Sabang is P50/.
According to local expats this is 100% embezzled by the local govt. That said there is better lighting and port facilities at Sabang than ever before. Taxi tricycles and motor bikes for local travel.
All run by rickshawallahs. Opportunistic thieves everywhere in the world and to be avoided like the plague. Know the fair price before hiring them, and if the local ATM is down, you won't get near it. I so.
Got the shits with them that I walked everywhere. Puerto proper is only 5-6 km from Sabang. The jeeps are a better deal.
Condoms (and most other things) available in the Sabang mini-market. Two pharmacies in Sabang, surprisingly well stocked and two more in Puerto proper, better stocked).
Note to Editor: this was prepared on Notepad and I had a be#are of a job getting into ISG. Hope that it is OK.
Re: Observations from my last (ever?) visit.
[QUOTE=JayTee3650;1955773]Puerto Galera / Sabang Oct 2016.
Observations from my last (ever?) visit.
Condoms (and most other things) available in the Sabang mini-market. Two pharmacies in Sabang, surprisingly well stocked and two more in Puerto proper, better stocked).
Note to Editor: this was prepared on Notepad and I had a be#are of a job getting into ISG. Hope that it is OK.[/QUOTE]Yeah. Have to agree considering the hassle to get there, the prices and other factors there are much better and cheaper options at Angeles or Subic or Cebu or. But YVMD.
