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[QUOTE=MSClive;1796144]Thanks for all the advice, folks. Socker and the others. I have never heard of Puerta Galera so I will consider that as well.

Looking forward to the pics, Socker.

If any of you folks need some stuff from the homeland of the US of A let me know.[/QUOTE]Going to AC to enjoy the monger scene is elementary school level mongering. It is very easy to find what you want and very safe on Fields Ave.

Like I said before, hit AC, then a couple of days in Subic, and the last night in Makati. Then you'll see 3 sides of the PI and very little travel downtime.

Pacific Breeze Hotel is a solid 3 star (very friendly) very close to Fields Ave. Buy a seat in the van through the hotel. The bus to Subic will pick you up at the PB. There are a couple hotels I recommend in Subic, iCove (3*) and Harley's (2 1/2*) both inexpensive. Harley's is in a better spot (to me) over looking Subic Bay. Icove is new and modern and on the strip w / all the bars.

A couple days later take the same van to Manila and stay in Makati, I stay at St Giles Hotel (3 1/2*) a short walk to the bars on Burgos St. Burgos St is a lot of fun and very different than anything else you will experience on this itinerary.

This is elementary mongering, very easy for a first timer.

A favorite Subic honey from last February.

[QUOTE=Dg8787;1796712]The scammers might lay low for a little while but I don't think this will be the end of them. After all they are used to a certain level of income by now and probably have budgeted it like a steady stream of income. They won't go away easily. I imagine they will come up with a different contraband item soon.

What is surprising or not so surprising anymore is the slow or lack of any government (police) action to this. This will drop tourists a good 15-20%. Maybe a lost of billions of pesos in the economy. I guess no one thinks that far ahead.

A simple change in policy to simply confiscate the bullet would put the scammers out of business.[/QUOTE]The Philippines newspapers (all available on Internet) are all carrying the news that the "bullet" syndicate has now been confirmed by the national Bureau of Investigation who have taken over the case. The syndicate appears to thread through porters, immigration, security staff and police, which means that the main airport of Manila is a real snake pit. Will the snakes stay low, maybe, for sure they will probably merely change their mode of operation. This kind of thing is characteristic of a failed state. If the airport is a snake pit, consider what goes on elsewhere. Ask any Filipino and they will tell you. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL if you must absolutely, vitally travel to Philippines.

Came thru T1 departures the other day and saw the usual thousands of OFWs on their way out. Everyone was aware of the bullet scam but most if not all had luggage and backpacks with exposed pockets, including myself. I saw a few bags Saran wrapped but brilliantly a lot of others used duct tape to secure around the bag. More importantly they duct taped over the zippers on the exposed vulnerable pockets! Haha I think I will get some bright yellow or pink duct tape next time out.

Now I fully understand why United Airlines conducts a secondary physical bag, shoe and personal screening at the gate and then keep you coralled in until boarding. Can't trust the T1 security procedures.

[QUOTE=Blanquiceleste;1796644]Isn't this the case when the shapely lady at the duty free shop would slip in a "free gift" that is not accounted for in the receipt and then out of the blue the cops would show up asking to check your purchases "randomly" ?[/QUOTE]It happened a few times last year. And when the hapless passenger thinks all is doomed, a tri lingual fellow who claims to have god connections with the police appears and he " negotitates " your release. A well thought out and well practiced scam.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan;1796846]It happened a few times last year. And when the hapless passenger thinks all is doomed, a tri lingual fellow who claims to have god connections with the police appears and he " negotitates " your release. A well thought out and well practiced scam.[/QUOTE]Isn't it allways nice with good samaritan helpers? Much like me visiting Pattaya a few weeks back (a place I never go to by the way, hehe) and was driving moto in a one way street (wrong direction). Rightfully so I was stopped by a policeofficer who took my lincense and wrote me up a ticket of 400 bhts. Since I was reluctant walking all the way over to the ticketoffice (this was far from soi 9) and I had an upcomming session waiting I wanted this to go away as quickly as possible. Another bikedriver catches my drift, pops in and bring me around a nearby corner. I pay 500 bht in cash to him, the policeofficer throws away my ticket, I get my license back and drove away (this time without helmet as I forgot to put it on).

I posted this in the Angeles thread, but felt it should also go in the General thread as I suspect this airport scam is happening at all Philippines international airports.

For your information, the Philippine Star newspaper today carried an article about security staff at Clark International Airport stopping anyone at security carrying more than Peso 10,000 out of the country. They will say it is illegal and will have to confiscate the money with lots of documentation. Or are willing to forget the whole thing if they get 50% of the amount involved so one can catch the flight.

On departure, this Peso 10,000 rule is very poorly advertised. Be aware of this Clark scam. Probably happening everywhere else in the Philippines. Every government regulation is twisted into a scam.

This behavior is the mirror image of Philippines traffic police behavior who want cash for not writing a ticket and sending one's drivers license to the Traffic authority. Using the later route, there is of course, a fast processing for a 'cash consideration'!

Scamippines.

[QUOTE=Fastpiston;1797771]I posted this in the Angeles thread, but felt it should also go in the General thread as I suspect this airport scam is happening at all Philippines international airports.

For your information, the Philippine Star newspaper today carried an article about security staff at Clark International Airport stopping anyone at security carrying more than Peso 10,000 out of the country. They will say it is illegal and will have to confiscate the money with lots of documentation. Or are willing to forget the whole thing if they get 50% of the amount involved so one can catch the flight.

On departure, this Peso 10,000 rule is very poorly advertised. Be aware of this Clark scam. Probably happening everywhere else in the Philippines. Every government regulation is twisted into a scam.

This behavior is the mirror image of Philippines traffic police behavior who want cash for not writing a ticket and sending one's drivers license to the Traffic authority. Using the later route, there is of course, a fast processing for a 'cash consideration'!

Scamippines[/QUOTE]My bags went through the scanner, P60,000 in hundreds etc. No one said anything. Clark and then Cebu airports. But thanks for reminding us of the 10 rule.

Hmm. Koreans do seem popular here. I realized anglos are pretty much out after seeing two tall handsome German backpackers with drab looking girls, perhaps older than them as well. Minutes later saw a chubby Korean with a pretty nice Filapina behind him (lived in China for 5 years in a city with a large Korean population so I can kinda spot them now).

[QUOTE=ImAGuy;1798446]Hmm. Koreans do seem popular here. I realized anglos are pretty much out after seeing two tall handsome German backpackers with drab looking girls, perhaps older than them as well. Minutes later saw a chubby Korean with a pretty nice Filapina behind him (lived in China for 5 years in a city with a large Korean population so I can kinda spot them now).[/QUOTE]I am popular here and that's all I can say. Koreans may be popular too. I don't give a shit in p4 p girls though. Just saying.

[QUOTE=Skogis;1798460]I am popular here and that's all I can say. Koreans may be popular too. I don't give a shit in p4 p girls though. Just saying.[/QUOTE]Not to offend the offended ones not enjoying people to have a relatively successful mongerlife I meant ofcourse "popular" and not popular. It was all in a humoristic twist ofcourse (to late to edit though). All the time we know where we are, in this dysfunctional country called the phils, the word "popular" I would guess is a relative term. I do have a, almost, hazzlefree mongerlife. In that aspect I feel popular as I read here and in other foras that people have great problems making this life work and it comes with loads of hazzle too. My latest trip (ending today and 46 girls later in a sweet 9 day mongerspree) I do have problems to see any koreans beeing, well, maybe more popular, but not so effective as me, hehe. Its all about great prepwork and timings (the old scrapbook and a pen works nice to keep track of a busy sched) No high tech items needed realy but ofcourse a phone with Smart prepaid comes in handy dealing with pinays.

I must say though, even if I don't trust pinays much, that my girls have very little to non experience with foreign people. Koreans and Korea is ofcourse something / someone theyve heard about but from there to call them favorites would be a bit harsh I guess (not saying norwegians are favorites either). I work in a non proffesional environment when it comes to girls (a few here and there slips under my radar I am sure but still) and to girls like this I guess koreans are as popular or the oposite as other nathionalities. In a bar environment I guess things might differ quite a lot, I would not know. I am sure I could keep up with the koreans also here if I wanted to explore this side of the mongerbiz.

Sometimes mongering is also about quite things down and after 9 days of heavy Makati mongering it was time to cool off with a special someone in Cebu(will write it in the misplaced Cebu thread, my subjective meaning)..

Artisto Art, clean out your PM box. I cannot reply to your Private Message until you do.

Westy.

[QUOTE=Sxxxx;1797816]My bags went through the scanner, P60,000 in hundreds etc. No one said anything. Clark and then Cebu airports. But thanks for reminding us of the 10 rule.[/QUOTE]Scanners do not pick up paper currency but if you put it in a metal box it is a different story.

[QUOTE=Sxxxx;1797816]My bags went through the scanner, P60,000 in hundreds etc. No one said anything. Clark and then Cebu airports. But thanks for reminding us of the 10 rule.[/QUOTE]60 k in 100's? That's a thick wad of 100's. Are not 1 k bills better as it can fit in ones pocket easier with no security issues. LOL Just saying.

PC out.

[QUOTE=Skogis;1798567] My latest trip (ending today and 46 girls later in a sweet 9 day mongerspree) .[/QUOTE]Ok Skogis I have to ask that's more than 5 girls per day. What are the logistics of that? Do you penetrate them all? Is there a waiting room or couch where they get warmed up? You are Norways' modern day Wilt Chamberlain. How close are you to 20,000? Heheh.

[QUOTE=Pantot;1798589]Ok Skogis I have to ask that's more than 5 girls per day. What are the logistics of that? Do you penetrate them all? Is there a waiting room or couch where they get warmed up? You are Norways' modern day Wilt Chamberlain. How close are you to 20,000? Heheh.[/QUOTE]Hehe I would not know the exact answer but this has become to me some sort of athleete event. Great exercise in doing this many girls and yes I penetrated all of them but one (felt to tired). Most days between 6 to 8 girls and I even did manage to have a restingday squeezed in for some baby monetoring. I feel pretty effective and the girls come and go around the clock depending on how their scheduel looks like. A normal day would look like this: 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm and an overnighter with additional foodsupplies. Somedays even an extra at 11 pm and then an overnighter at 1 am or sth. Callcentergirls arrives mostly after nightshift around 6/7 am so the overnighter has to be gone by then.

I have been experimenting this for a few years now and I find that "my" girls are reliable as most of them seem to attend education at some levels or got jobs. Girls like this know more the meaning of time and even if I was surprised the first time it happened some girls even clock themself in using various apps and maps keeping me informed along their travelling ways. I work quite hard upfront to these girls and adress quite strongly the essense of time and its importance. Works fine by now. Still the main reason them beeing on time I would believe is bcs I choose girls living in or close to Makati boarders so the travellingtime isn't that horrendous for most of them and ofcourse it is easier to be on time.

Very few girls failes but they who do I cancell session and reorganizes my sched as I have put in a lot of subs who are good to go quickly and lives very close. Even had one living in the Makatis "twin towers" which is an easy walk of 8 minutes over to the Ascott. Not the most beautiful but she is a substitute girl and are located conveniently close.

That beeing said, as my last trips have been very high in intensity, I have pretty much maxed out the system. Its been a personal goal to me to see if this is doable or not. Maybe a childish goal but remember even if I am 42 I am only 20 something in my head so bear with me guys I don't have the rockstarfeeling leaving this place as I feel dirty, spend and drained. The system in my world is, as I said, maxed out now. This is it and I will not have this extended scheduel on future trips. The only thing this is good for is the kardio and truth be told I feel in better shape leaving than arriving. Fucking gives great energy to me and unlike some of you guys (we are different) I can not stand operating with these girls more than an hour or two. Longer stays feel to much like relationship and I want to avoid that on all costs. I don't delude the girls into thinking I am a relationship guy but I am not all that honest to them either. Many of these girls looks for relationship and I use my normal twist which can sound something like this: "sweetie as much as I would love spend time with you this oir first meeting you know I have only limited time in town. I am busy businessman (at some levels not untrue) and will leave right away after our meet (here ofcourse new girls arriving all along so that's why I say like this). We have to be effective in our first date so you just come straight outside entrance Glorietta4/ Ascott as it is public and safe both for you and me. I will pick you up and we have small inhouse party my room. I buy whatever you like to drink (normaly it ends with Tanduay and they zip maybe a quarter of a btl). Please don't be late" Most of the girls accept this and some ofcourse ask to bring a friend here and there but then I am strict and tell them no as we meet public place and no danger will come to you outside where I live in Makati. They are fine with this. Duos and trios can ofcourse bring friends as this is the hole purpose.

When girls arrives or agrees to meet outside and I get them inside my room I can not until this day remember fucking not taking place. Maybe it has and I do remember I have stood my grounds for various reason (last trip bcs I was worn out). As I sometimes party hard and collapses I also miss out on a few dates with additional 100's of texts / calls. I feel bad about that, hehe.

So I do not need a waitingroom. The outside of Ascott is waitingroom big enough to atleast have 3 girls waiting for me atthe same time without knowing of eachother ofcourse. Through some sleezy operations I manage to get girls in and out without beeing spotted. This is most due to my heavy warning about timing so most of the girls these days arrives early (not good but hard to get everything in perfect order).