My First Angeles City Trip Report
Getting To Angeles City.
I used the Swagman Fly The Bus service which departs the Swagman hotel in Manila at various times during the day and in my case, I took the 3:30 pm departure since I came back to Manila from Sabang Beach Puerto Galera that morning arriving at about 1:30 pm. This gave me about two hours to have a relaxing lunch at the Swagman hotel restaurant. It costs 600 P which is very reasonable considering a private car arranged by hotels are about 2700 P. Journey is about two hours as they stop at the Swagman hotel in AC first before dropping you off at which ever other hotel you are staying at in AC. Devera in my case. The Devera was also a ticket agent for the Swagman bus so booking a return ticket 24 hours before my departure with front desk was easy.
Devera Hotel.
The Devera was recently renovated and right in the middle section of the strip. It is next to Eurotel hotel on one side and Ponytails bar on the other with ABC hotel on the other side too. It's a five minute walk to the action at Field and within a five minute walk to the other direction, I was able to cover the Perimeter bars from Ponytails to Eruption. More on that later.
The room I got was by far the best I had on my entire Asia trip. Very nicely renovated and clean. The staff from the front desk to the room cleaners were all very nice addressing me as 'Hi Sir' each time I passed by. Another nice touch was complimentary bottle water which I had to pay for at other places in Manila and Sabang. The hotel also has a nice rooftop restaurant open for breakfast and lunch (plus dinner during high season). I was very pleased with the Devera and would likely stay here again.
Street Safety.
I stayed on the main streets of the strip as well as the side streets around Raymond and Santos at night without any issues. I was extra careful when the beggar kids were around as well as the ladyboys on the streets at Raymond. I just walked quicker at those sections but otherwise no big safety issues. I walked past the many cigarette boys since I don't smoke.
I never had to use local foreign exchange since I brought enough pesos from Canada. In fact, I finished my trip under budget and will sell back pesos back for Canadian dollars upon my return home.
How The Bars Work Now.
I first checked out the Perimeter bars close to me from Ponytails to Eruptions and found poor quality at all of them except for Ponytails. So I decided to stay and have a drink there. The mamasan said the white tag girls which are the majority of them, were 2500 P and the orange tag ones (just a few heavier uglier ones and a few waitresses) were 1500 P. There were several hotties I was interested in for sure at this place. Pretty straight forward but looks like prices went up. I asked to interview a cutie and after buying her a lady drink, she told me that she was a Cherry girl and therefore not comfortable staying overnight. I thanked her for her time and decided to leave since I feel the mamasan should have told me in advance so I won't waste my time.
I checked out Raymond and Santos streets by 7 pm and there was nothing I liked. Then went in all the bars around the Brown Sugar bunch and didn't like anything I saw until I walked into Insomnia which had potential for me. I asked the mamasan to bring me a cutie I spotted on stage. It was apparently the mamasan's first night and this is when things got confusing. Unlike at Ponytails, things were not as straight forward here at Insomnia and they would not answer my questions about take out directly.
They showed me this menu which had options like Party Animal at 1000 P and Party Animal deluxe at 1500 P and so on. The guest next to me happened to be the ex-owner of Extascy bar and he explain that I would pay the $1000 for a bottle of booze. This is what the bar gets. Then I would have to discuss about the payment to the girl directly with her. So I ask my cutie all the standard questions and she's willing to stay the night with me but when it came to a figure for her payment, she said up to me.
This was completely weird so the ex-bar owner beside me told me to respond with 1000 for the girl which she accepted and payment was okay for her at the hotel in the morning. After what seemed like back and forth between everyone to sort out details, I would officially order the party animal option. My cutie actually came back with an actual bottle, which I didn't want anyway. So the ex-bar guy suggested I tell the cutie to either keep the bottle for herself or give it away. With that sorted out, she went back to change.
My girl and I walked five minutes to the Devera as it was now about 1 am. Yes it took me that long to make my selection and sort out all the logistics. Insomnia certainly made things very complicated!
After a nice evening, I decided to treat the cutie to breakfast up at the rooftop restaurant. I had her order two Filipino dishes for us since I wanted to try all local cuisine if possible during my travels. She made good choices and according to her, the cook did an above average job preparing the dishes too. It was my first Filipino breakfast. Paid her the 1000 plus 100 tip, took some pictures and walked her back to Insomnia. But before letting her go, I asked her whether she wanted to go with me again since I was curious once more about the level of GFE whether it increases or not during a second time around. Also I was kind of tired of searching around the bars if things were going to be complicated at each place.
Her usual hours at Insomnia is from 6 pm to 3 am and sleeping at the girls' quarters behind the bar until 1 pm six days per week. She was enough of a sweetheart that I wanted to take her out of the bar quickly so she doesn't have to be stuck there as I noticed the Insomnia girls get bored on stage rather quickly. Not surprisingly, she readily accepted my offer.
I spent the afternoon walking the ten minute route to check out SM Mall (you do not need a trike to get there as it's an easy walk through the jeepney terminal across from the Devera). Lots of beautiful girls in there too. Had a halo halo dessert there. Then slept until it was time to go out and pick up my girl.
When I returned to Insomnia at 7 pm as I said I would, I told the mamasan of my intention to do the party animal logistics right away. I didn't even need a drink. My girl got things going and this time didn't even bother bringing the bottle. The other girls were quick shocked and happy for her that she was able to get out of the bar do fast. My girl was of course all smiles. I actually told her to bring me somewhere where we can have dinner so she brought me to this Korean Filipino restaurant off one of the side streets around the Santos area I think. She ordered the Filipino dish while by default I ordered the Korean one even though I'm not Korean and we had a blast.
We also had enough left over food that I got the restaurant to put the rest in styrofoam take out containers and gave it to my girl. She brought the extra food back to her quarters on the way back towards the Devera. After that, I decided to take her to Club Atlantis since I've never been there and was not able to look inside during my first night at AC. I wanted to check out the shows before I left AC and she agreed to come with me.
We were both not disappointed at the Atlantis as we caught an act of pole dancers doing an athletic act which in my opinion is worthy of a circus performance as they were that good. After Atlantis, we just ended up walking up and down Field a few times. High Society was dead and nothing was happening a Sky Trax so we decided to go back to the Devera.
Philippines GFE Experience.
I enjoyed my second full night with my cutie and obviously broke from my original plan of humping as many as I could. This cutie obviously made an impact on me. Before this trip GFE to me was simply that the girl was a bit more passionate and allowed kissing whereas non-GFE is just straight wham bam sex. So I've had both GFE and non-GFE. Enjoyed both during my travels to Costa Rica, Cuba, Thailand, Germany and Dominican Republic as well as in Montreal Canada.
I read about Filipinos being GFE so I thought, okay, so they kiss. No big extra deal. Man was I wrong and totally unprepared!
This cutie snuggled up to me early in the morning. My two evenings seemed like extended dates with a real girlfriend. Because of this, I hate to admit it but I started to develop some feelings for her. No I did not fall in love with her and will never start a relationship with a bar girl but nevertheless, still some feelings for her as I'm only human.
I was happy with my decisions and dating her like this really didn't cost me much. I did not take her out shopping or whatever. In the morning, I left 1000 plus 300 as a tip by her side of the bed. When she packed her things before we left for breakfast at the rooftop again, I noticed she did not take the money. Good thing I caught that because I asked her why didn't she take the money. After all, these girls need to support their families.
She then remarked in a slightly embarrassing way that I give her the money. I shrugged my shoulders not really understanding what happened and went over to the bed side table and grabbed the cash myself and handed it to her. She seemed happy then but I still don't know what happened here.
Anyway, she took a photo of me with her camera and asked for my Facebook info. She wanted the photos that were taking of her and I together. At this point, it was getting a bit hard for me to say goodbye to her as she ended up being the sweetest one among the four girls I was intimate with during my Phils trip (yes, it was only four and certainly I did not plan it this way).
No matter what happens, I know that I will not pursue anything with this sweetie other than maybe a friendship. Maybe some guys can do it but for me, having a real relationship with a bar girl no matter how sweet she is would be just too darn emotionally complex for all parties involved. I hate to say it but the moment she and others became a bar girl, it marked her in a negative way for potential relationship success.
After my final walk with her to Insomnia after breakfast (and more photos together) , we said our goodbyes and I returned to the Devera to prepare my checkout as the Swagman bus was coming to pick me up at noon (another great service option for Fly the Bus by the way as they drop you off and pick you up at your hotel). It was then that I noticed just how pretty the Devera front desk girls were. They were every bit as beautiful as the hottest bar girls on Field but probably without the emotional complications involved.
If I were to have the desire to pursue a real relationship with a Filipino girl, the Devera front desk girls, the ones working retail at the SM Mall and the flight attendants on Asian airlines remind me that the normal girls available are every bit as pretty and caring as the bar girls plus without all the baggage involved.
On my way back, I had to spend a night in Manila as I got to try out the infamous Manila Bay Cafe which I reported on a separate post. That MBC girl was certainly wilder than my AC sweetie and probably a better fuck too but it too helped me remember that there will always be a difference between those who get paid for sex and those who do not.
So this trip has taught me a few things. One that Asian girls as super hot and if I were to pursue a relationship with one, there are many non-bar girls available as long as I can differentiate them apart from the bar girls where I could lose some judgement while I'm with them having fun. It's a matter of being reminded that the non-bar girls are out there and they are every bit as beautiful as the bar girls even though things would have to develop over time.
How To get there from BKK
I have tried to book a flight several times for Nov. On Tiger Air from BKK to clark without success. My credit card company s (2 from US) stated its a problem with Tiger Air's website. What gives? Any one experience this?
