Angeles City

After a couple of days in AC, some info.
Dollar gets you 42.70 today, Euro still nearly 63.

Magic Moments is closed for renovation, Stargate is a nice new bar.
All Perimeter bars charge 1,100 or even 1,200ps for BF now. ST 800ps.
SMB 50-60ps. LD 100-120ps.

Price for jeepney ride towards Friendship climbed a whopping 7% from 7ps to 7.5ps now.
My favorite dealer for porn DVD's is gone, don't know why.
Seems to be tough to get some nowadays.

No new info's about Fields, I haven't been there yet. I start usually with SMB in Perimeter, then dinner in Cottage Kitchen followed by a BF then.

Life can be nice, di ba?
:D
Cheers!

[QUOTE=Dong Hi]What bar? I suspect the new 'permits' were rather costly[/QUOTE]The bar was "ANGELS" and the bar is now back open. Are the bookmakers in Vegas taking bets on which bar will be "raided" and "closed" next? Would be better odds than the stock market LOL.

[QUOTE=Only Looking]whether it would be worth the long flight to come here for a short week trip, I have to say it was more than worth it. The flight was two connections SFO-NGO-ICN-CRK [/QUOTE]
Wow, such a traveling and great to hear that it worked out fine for you. Whenever I read such things and having experienced now all places in Asia except Myanmar, I think it was the best decision of my life to move from Europe to Asia more than 7 years ago. On a similar salary of course. And my base in Malaysia was a good choice, it's a wonderful country.

KL-CRK 3.5hrs, KL-CGK 2hrs, KL-SUB 3hrs etc. etc. etc.

Life is nice, di ba?
Cheers!

Just today went to a new bar called Eruption.
Very nice, located near Gentlemens Club.
The quality regarding girls and the bar itself is same to the Fields bars.
Check it out!

Must go to bed now, girl behind me is snoring already, hehe.. :D

Cheers!

[QUOTE=Only Looking]After all the deliberation about whether it would be worth the long flight to come here for a short week trip, I have to say it was more than worth it. The flight was two connections SFO-NGO-ICN-CRK ... [/QUOTE]Only Looking,

Wouldn't it have been easier to just fly SFO to Manila (direct, offered by Philippine Airlines) and have a pre-arranged driver take you to Angeles? I've done this before and it seemed like the simplest and most reliably way.

[QUOTE=OptimusPrime]Sorry Steve but I would take whatever your gf says with a grain of salt as she is an exbargirl and a Filipina. A double jackpot for perpetual dishonesty. 5 out of a hundred tests positive for HIV? If that were the case, that information would be spread like wildfire in AC.[/QUOTE]

WHO claims HIV prevalence among Angeles/Mabalacat CSWs has been between 0-1% depending on the year sampled:

[url]http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/predefinedReports/EFS2006/EFS_PDFs/EFS2006_PH.pdf[/url]

It should be noted though that HIV tests are technically NOT mandatory in Phils and are not carried out too often.

Great trip report. Sounds like you put your vacation time to good use and you seem to like some of the same bars that are my usual favorites - Voodoo, Treasure Island. I haven't been to nifties but will have to check it out next time. Btw, I wonder if the Kimberly you found at Treasure Island is the same girl i met there earlier this year - cute and a lot of fun. I'll have to go back there next trip to see if she's still around since she's worthy of a repeat performance. Thx for posting.

[QUOTE=JesseJames]Originally Posted by Bpd81
Taken From Harry The Horse News Letter.The Director of Tourism for Region III forwarded an Email to me that was sent to him from the States..

...What kind of weird moron would let a ladyboy and a girl into his hotel room at 3 A.M. to take a shower? Give me a break. I'm not buying that crap. And if it was true he got off easy in that they didn't kill him.

So because of that jerkoff, freelancers and those that like them get screwed.[/QUOTE]

Yes, must be false.
First of all, since he did not write the hotels name in the report!
And since he decided to leave Philippines, he would not be speaking tagalog well. Who come that he understood the talk with their boss about amount money and splitting it....

But on the other side, it is Xmas quite soon, many people need money...

Mates,
some of us have recently complained about the girls dancing.
Sometimes uninspired, sometimes not at all and so on.
Boring Angeles shuffle etc.

But.... In most cases it's the fault of the manager/DJ.
Sure, "Stairway to Heaven" from Led Zeppelin is a great song.
Also nice to see Mick Jagger live in Madison Square Garden with
"Sympathy for the Devil" (nearly 40 yrs old).

But those songs are twice as old as the girls.
Any wonder that they can't dance properly?

As I have seen it right now, if the music isn't 30+ years old,
if there are songs of 2003 and younger,
the music the girls grown up with,
then the dancing is fine and okay.

Just my opinion.

Cheers!

Dancing

The bars in Puerto Galera have it right. Which a group of 5 or 6 girls take turns for about 3 songs then get off, only girls with decent body can dance. The rest walk around the bar and try to get drinks. In AC, even the most enthusiastic dancers can't stay consistence for the whole half hour, added to that, being on stage with 20 or 30 others, they don't feel being in the spot light, thus, become lazy.
Speaking of laziness, I've been comming to AC regularly for the last seven years and been hearing the same songs over and over in all the bars. I don't know why they even bother hiring DJs if they don't care to refresh their music selection.

[QUOTE=Kalboman]Great trip report. I haven't been to nifties but will have to check it out next time. Thx for posting.[/QUOTE]Kalboman,

When you go to Nifty"s you may find on one day there is a lot of talent, the next day the cupboard is bare. Depends on what time you go and whether the girls have a day off or have EWR. One swallow does not make a summer. If you find nothing just keep moving as there are many bars in close proximity. All the best.

[QUOTE=Ekspat]Mates,

Some of us have recently complained about the girls dancing.

Sometimes uninspired, sometimes not at all and so on.

Boring Angeles shuffle

Cheers! [/QUOTE]Hi Exspat,

In sone way, I agree with you. However, I have another point of view. Some of the girls do not like the job, they may come from a religious background and are merely there to attract some guy for sex. Being a bar girl is not such a good means of employment. But what does a girl do with little education.

The attitude and dancing may be reflected in what the girl thinks of the job. JMHO.

Hi Guys?

Are there any bars where they play salsa or other latin stuff? I would like to dance with the chicks.

Are there any salsa or other latin bars? I would like to dance with the chicks.

Wazza88 - Very true but I think that's true with just about all bars. The lineup of girls changes so frequently & girls get long-term bfs (aka boyfriends) or go back to the province, etc. so you never know for sure until you get there. Some bars I like or dislike for the atmosphere though so the ones I've had the best experience with in recent past are usually the first ones I'll visit to see what the lineup is like.

[QUOTE=Wazza88]Kalboman,

When you go to Nifty"s you may find on one day there is a lot of talent, the next day the cupboard is bare. Depends on what time you go and whether the girls have a day off or have EWR. One swallow does not make a summer. If you find nothing just keep moving as there are many bars in close proximity. All the best.[/QUOTE]