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[QUOTE=Col Law]Can any one tell if bars exist like those one In Thailand, along the highways,ie girl singing along to a karaoke machine, and likewise some p4p can sometimes be had?[/QUOTE]Are you kidding?
This is the land of p4p bars.
Try AC or Makati-P. Burgos.
Read the threads, it's all here.
[QUOTE=Col Law]Can any one tell if bars exist like those one In Thailand, along the highways,ie girl singing along to a karaoke machine, and likewise some p4p can sometimes be had?[/QUOTE]
Hmmmmmmmm Col Law....sound like LE??????
Thai
Col Handsome
Okay
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Sometimes the deck is just stacked against me.
I have been putting in a lot of planning and effort for my forthcoming trip, and had a number of really interesting women lined up, several of whom looked like good long term relationship stuff.
Then, stuff me, within a week, two of them told me that they have been asked or invited to work overseas. One in Canada, one in Jordan.
Both well spoken, educated, qualified, looked like being good company, sexy enough.
What can you do?
G
Weather wise is September too rainy & flooding to travel to the phil.? I was thinking about visiting Cebu, AC, and Manila.
[QUOTE=Gangles]Sometimes the deck is just stacked against me.
I have been putting in a lot of planning and effort for my forthcoming trip, and had a number of really interesting women lined up, several of whom looked like good long term relationship stuff.
Then, stuff me, within a week, two of them told me that they have been asked or invited to work overseas. One in Canada, one in Jordan.
Both well spoken, educated, qualified, looked like being good company, sexy enough.
What can you do?
G[/QUOTE]
You've been around this board for awhile. You know exactly what to do. In the interim, take the others. I'm pretty much with you for the long run stuff and I even had one tell me today that it wasn't a problem if I took another once and awhile so long as I am with her for the long run.
That's all I've been looking for is a good one that will either let me screw around once in awhile or look away.
[QUOTE=Lopkx]Weather wise is September too rainy & flooding to travel to the phil? I was thinking about visiting Cebu, AC, and Manila.[/QUOTE]yes there is a lot of rain and some typhoons in September usually.
But you can still have fun there/here. I live in angeles and will go Bali for about ten days.
I have only been here for 3 years and usually somewhere else for September and October.
Last year it rained a bunch during September but did not affect the bar hopping and chasing girls. It did slow me down on sailing and scuba.
Even with typhoons the indoor partys are great
If you do go just try to avoid remote locations and make sure the place has a generator so if power goes out.
[QUOTE=Lopkx]Weather wise is September too rainy & flooding to travel to the phil.? I was thinking about visiting Cebu, AC, and Manila.[/QUOTE]
If you ask me that's one of the best times to visit... much cooler for those not used to baking 38c temperatures... But overall December/January time is the coolest and not as rainy if you wanna wait a few months 0_o
Hello, all,
Because I live in Japan, my cell phone doesn't work in any other country. I can't change out SIM cards because I have an Iphone. It's a problem. I need a phone in Phils, and I want to get up and running ASAP. Can I buy a cheap phone on the street and get a SIM card easily? Any help appreciated, it's my first trip.
Cheers,
Bonkers
[QUOTE=Bonkers Tokyo]Hello, all,
Because I live in Japan, my cell phone doesn't work in any other country. I can't change out SIM cards because I have an Iphone. It's a problem. I need a phone in Phils, and I want to get up and running ASAP. Can I buy a cheap phone on the street and get a SIM card easily? Any help appreciated, it's my first trip.
Cheers,
Bonkers[/QUOTE]
yes there are mobile phone shops all over the place and its a good idea to leave the iphone at home as they are something of a theft target. You can get a basic Nokia for about 1500-2000 P or a "china phone" for around the same with more functionality - especially dual sim but a weaker battery life. SIM s cost around 40-50P including say 30P of airtime. i would go with "talk and text" which is the little brother of Smart the leading operator. TnT rates are generally cheaper and you still have the advantage osf a larg number of cheaper intra network calls. if you go for a china phone, I've been pretty happy with my Cherry Mobile phone ( a china phone branded/distributed in the phils and sold with a 1 year guarantee rather than the usual month guarantee of the notoriously unreliable China phones.
If you go for a dual sim my choice for a second SIM would be SUN which has recently over taken Globe as the second most popular service and is esp popular with young girls given the budget deals they provide.
every other kiosk sells mobile phones., the prices are usually pretty competitive
[QUOTE=GregLondon]yes there are mobile phone shops all over the place and its a good idea to leave the iphone at home as they are something of a theft target. You can get a basic Nokia for about 1500-2000 P or a "china phone" for around the same with more functionality - especially dual sim but a weaker battery life. SIM s cost around 40-50P including say 30P of airtime. i would go with "talk and text" which is the little brother of Smart the leading operator. TnT rates are generally cheaper and you still have the advantage osf a larg number of cheaper intra network calls. if you go for a china phone, I've been pretty happy with my Cherry Mobile phone ( a china phone branded/distributed in the phils and sold with a 1 year guarantee rather than the usual month guarantee of the notoriously unreliable China phones.
If you go for a dual sim my choice for a second SIM would be SUN which has recently over taken Globe as the second most popular service and is esp popular with young girls given the budget deals they provide.
every other kiosk sells mobile phones., the prices are usually pretty competitive[/QUOTE]Very helpful.
Thank you.
I'll be embarking on my first trip to PI shortly, and am curious about powering my laptop. What is the voltage there? Do they use standard US 2-prong outlets, or will I need a special adapter?
[QUOTE=GregLondon]yes there are mobile phone shops all over the place and its a good idea to leave the iphone at home as they are something of a theft target. You can get a basic Nokia for about 1500-2000 P or a "china phone" for around the same with more functionality - especially dual sim but a weaker battery life. SIM s cost around 40-50P including say 30P of airtime. i would go with "talk and text" which is the little brother of Smart the leading operator. TnT rates are generally cheaper and you still have the advantage osf a larg number of cheaper intra network calls. if you go for a china phone, I've been pretty happy with my Cherry Mobile phone ( a china phone branded/distributed in the phils and sold with a 1 year guarantee rather than the usual month guarantee of the notoriously unreliable China phones.
If you go for a dual sim my choice for a second SIM would be SUN which has recently over taken Globe as the second most popular service and is esp popular with young girls given the budget deals they provide.
every other kiosk sells mobile phones., the prices are usually pretty competitive[/QUOTE]
I'm in pretty much the same situation as Bonkers Tokyo, but I'll be needing to make/receive international calls as well. I'll probably need about 10 hours of calling time between PI and the US. Anyone know about how much the airtime should cost so I don't get ripped off? Any special wireless provider I should go with?
Speaking of mobiles, I got an old V3x from motorola that I "bricked" trying to update the firmware / bootloader.
I read in forums that you can recover it if you know what you're doing, I can't be bothered to fix it, however if there are clever mobile phone fixers in manila that could do it for say 500. 1000 PHP, I'd be interested.
Of course the basic moron, won't know how to handle this kind of matter so I'd need the adress of a shop that know what they are dealing with.