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Just a few things to add to the excellent advice, there are a number of malls in Cebu where freelancers will approach you and "regular" girls will flirt with you & maybe give you a phone number if you do it right. Ayala mall used to be a hot spot but security shoes 'em away nowadays. Instead try Robinsons Mall...You will see a coffee shop on GF entrance with a bunch of foreigners hanging around, order a cup of coffee and wait, the girls will troll by you.

Last week I went to the top floor of SM mall, a place called venetains Coffee shop, right next door is a "netopia" internet, I sat outside at a little table sipping a cappachino and read the paper, noticed a lot of girls going in to the Net to chat, a few looked my way, had a freelancer hang around outside and give me "the look', I wasn;t interested and Mrs Spamhog was almost done with her xmas shopping so I ignored her.

Downstairs is a place called the french bakery, you will notice a lot of Local foreigners hanging out near the entrance eyeing up the the passing parade of
poon, some of these guys score with the regular tarts that show up, but frankly I'd be careful as the girls look real young to me, too young.


Good luck

Spamhog

I am a Pattaya resident forced to consider a new "home" because of Thai Immigration total crazyness.Tomorrow I will be on my plane to Manila and then on the bus to Angeles City where I have booked 1 week at an hotel. My return ticket to Bangkok anyway will be 2 weeks later so was thinking of exploring also Cebu. I have noted anyway that Cebu City is very big so where should I look for an hotel not too far from action and guestfriendly ? Also from Angeles to Cebu what is better, direct flight from Clark or bus to Manila and then flight to Cebu?

[QUOTE=Gaudente]I am a Pattaya resident forced to consider a new "home" because of Thai Immigration total crazyness.Tomorrow I will be on my plane to Manila and then on the bus to Angeles City where I have booked 1 week at an hotel. My return ticket to Bangkok anyway will be 2 weeks later so was thinking of exploring also Cebu. I have noted anyway that Cebu City is very big so where should I look for an hotel not too far from action and guestfriendly ? Also from Angeles to Cebu what is better, direct flight from Clark or bus to Manila and then flight to Cebu?[/QUOTE]


Having Lived in LOS before PI I understand. Regarding your hotel in Cebu I would check out Richmond hotel, Very monger oriented, but make sure you give the guard or the night manager a P 20 or P 50 note once in a while. Very centrally located from the Mongering areas and bars (mango street/square), I used to walk to them in the "old" days when I mongered with abandon, especially "lonestar" my favorite. You can walk to Ayayla Mall, taxi to Ayala or bar area should be around P50. You are very close to Equitable bank on Gorodo ave and a working ATM 24/7, plus dont forget all the "freelancer" places and bars like Sunflower and Ratskys close by. Do a search on this thread back a few weeks you'll find most of your questions answered by a number of different mongers.

As to flights check into Cebu pacific's websites for schedules from Angeles (pampanga/Clark) to Manila/Cebu, they just got some new planes and have expanded their coverage of PI locale's. Also check into Asian Spirit which is starting to expand likewise. You could take a bus from Angeles to Manila about 2 hrs as I recall, you might check with the monger oriented "swagman" who runs a shuttle service, but IMHO I would avoid Manila and fly direct if possible.

On a personal note I think you will find the mongering in PI a bit different than LOS, Angeles is much touted but I dont think it holds a candle to Bangkok's nanaplaza or even Pattaya beer bars. Cebu is more laid back but I think you will enjoy the change or perhaps the challenge.

Regards

Spamhog

[QUOTE=Gaudente]I am a Pattaya resident forced to consider a new "home" because of Thai Immigration total crazyness.Tomorrow I will be on my plane to Manila and then on the bus to Angeles City where I have booked 1 week at an hotel. My return ticket to Bangkok anyway will be 2 weeks later so was thinking of exploring also Cebu. I have noted anyway that Cebu City is very big so where should I look for an hotel not too far from action and guestfriendly ? Also from Angeles to Cebu what is better, direct flight from Clark or bus to Manila and then flight to Cebu?[/QUOTE]

I think it is slightly cheaper to take bus and fly from Manila, but may not be worth the extra time and effort.
Mango Park Hotel and West Giorordo are not bad. Mango Park is more laid back and less expensive (you can take 13c jeepney(8 pesos) to Ayala Mall across the street). West Giorordo(deluxe) has balcony and bathtub, though. Mango has 2 small beds, but just put them together, it's fine.
Also, where both have breakfast included, Giorordo has breakfast as roomservice as an option at no extra cost. Nice in the morning on balcony.
Taxis are about 30 pesos from either location to Ayala Mall.

If u are going to make a base there for sometime and need somewhere to stay Kiwilodge is very good and lots of mongers semi live there. plenty of taxis go by 24/7 and only ten mins to Mango Ave.
[url]www.kiwilodge.org/[/url]

[QUOTE=Newbie LA]Does anyone know where I can find OTC Cialis in Cebu? I tried Rose Pharmacy and Mercury Drug but they require a doctor's prescription.[/QUOTE]Well I have a contact with a Pharmacy, I can have Cialis (500pesos/each) without prescription just let me know. Usely sealed box include 4 Cialis.

Enjoy,

Tylenol

Hey Tylenol,
Where have you scored Cialis at a pharmacy in Cebu without perscription?

I'd like to try C or V out just to see if it has any effect (don't "need" it yet, but want to see if it adds anything to the fun).

I was approached by many street hawkers when I was last in Manila, but just don't trust that the stuff they have is legit (despite the impressive packaging materials).

You can PM me if you prefer, or just post here.

Thanks,
CS

If Tylenol can't hook you up, I have an online pharmacy and can help. We don't sell in the Phils (not allowed due to local laws) but, I can deliver since you're in Cebu.

I'm heading to HKG for a week, but can help after that. Just let me know.

Can also get most other meds.

[QUOTE=Cebu Steve]Hey Tylenol,

Where have you scored Cialis at a pharmacy in Cebu without perscription?

I'd like to try C or V out just to see if it has any effect (don't "need" it yet, but want to see if it adds anything to the fun).

I was approached by many street hawkers when I was last in Manila, but just don't trust that the stuff they have is legit (despite the impressive packaging materials).

You can PM me if you prefer, or just post here.

Thanks,

CS[/QUOTE]

What is the date all the bigshots are gonna be on there way out of CEBU so a guy can get a hotel room.B.B...

[QUOTE=Bill Buxton]What is the date all the bigshots are gonna be on there way out of CEBU so a guy can get a hotel room.B.B...[/QUOTE]
According to Asean website I would avoid 05-14 December
[url]http://www.aseansec.org/12-2006.htm[/url]

gentlemen:

If any of you get Stuck over the next few days (can't find a room or get "evacuated" from yours to make way for a VIP staffer) give me a PM I can help out, the place is a smaller out of the way hotel managed by a friend of Mrs Spamhog's, most of the tenants there are long time Koreans who go to school, but the hotel isn't too bad, if you dont mind the smell of Kim chi Ac, Cable and hot water for under P1000. And the manager assures me there are a number of vacancies this week.


Regards

Spamhog

I just arrived Cebu less than 24 hours ago but feel I have some useful info to share. Here goes...

I got a map of Cebu (free) at the information booth in the domestic baggage claim area of the Cebu airport. This is useful and recommended.

I'm staying at the Richmond Hotel in a "superior" room for 1300 PHP/night. They also offer Standard rooms (1100 PHP/night) and Deluxe rooms (1600 PHP/night). Rate includes breakfast for 2. Hotel is GF and seems centrally located between Ayala Mall (in one direction) and Robinson's Mall/Place (ni the other direction). I feel both malls are walking distance and have walked from one to the other but everyone keeps telling me to take taxi's. I know taxi's are cheap but I tend to not learn anythng that way and, being on vacation, I'm not in a hurry. This hotel is kinda dumpy in my opinion, but I've stayed in worse and its okay by me for the 2 nights I will stay here. Oh, there are many Korean students here. They come here for 3-month stints and study English in classes at the hotel.

Ayala Mall is large and houses all the usual mall-type stores as well as Ratsky's bar which stays open late and offers live music (and the possible opportunity to pick up freebies). In walking around the mall I got "the look" a couple times on a Sunday evening but did not pursue it.

Halfway to Ayala Mall from the Richmond is Infinity KTV bar and (down a little sidestreet) St. Moritz bar and hotel. Infinity is quite high priced IMO. I was quoted 74 PHP for a beer for myself, 305 PHP for a ladies drink, and the barfine was 4000 PHP plus 3 ladies drinks. Ouch. They offered only a modest number of ladies to choose from on a Sunday night, a few were pretty attractive. Infinity is connected with another bar called "Love Scenes" that I'll mention below. St. Moritz is at the other end of the price spectrum. They want only 50 PHP for a beer and 150 PHP for a ladies drink while the bar fine is only 750 PHP. Alas, quality is commensurate with price and you should not expect to find any stunners here.

I found one gal at St. Moritz that seemed adequate (and it was late, so I wanted to stop my exploration/hunting for the evening) and took her back to the Richmond a short walk away. What she lacked in looks she made up for in service. She liked kissing very much (so do I) and we had a very nice session. While no stunner, she had a nice ass. I paid as follows: 100 PHP for 2 beers, 50 PHP for some sweet rolls the girls at the bar wanted, 10 PHP tip for the bartender, 750 PHP barfine, and 600 PHP tip for the girl (Total: 1510 PHP). The 600 PHP tip was negotiated up front and I had to bargain hard for this as they started asking 1500 PHP and I kept offering only 500 PHP. However, I only paid the 600 PHP after service was provided. The gal seemed happy as we left and she told me it was the first time she was barfined. She wanted an extra 100 PHP after we were done but I declined and just paid the agreed 600 PHP. She said something about dropping by this afternoon (no pay, she said) and I would not refuse a freebie with her... but we shall see what happens.

On the way to Robinson's mall from Richmond hotel there are several places of note. Hotels include the well-known Eddies hotel (which I've not seen yet) as well as "Casa Rosario" which I stumbled across. Casa Rosario is at 101-E Ramon Aboitiz St, Cebu City, (032) 255-0525/ 257-2225/ 253-5134/ 412-6290 and [url]http://www.casarosario.net/[/url]. I looked inside Casa Rosario and it looked nice: clean modern bright rooms. Standard room with double bed is only 1000 PHP/night for 1 or 2 people. They also offer "Family" rooms with more beds at slightly higher prices. Breakfast is extra at about 100 PHP/person. A small modern strip mall next door offers some food shops and a cheap internet cafe (25 PHP/hour). HOWEVER, IT MAY BE THAT CASA ROSARIO IS NOT GF. I base this only on the fact that they talk about "family rooms" and ask "no charge for children under 8 years old" which suggests to me that they would not want blatant mongers. But you might try this place and just be a little discreet about things... I'm sure they want your money and expect they would turn a blind eye if you give them a chance to do so.

There are also several clubs en route to Robinson's Place/Mall from the Richmond hotel. If you follow the back roads (down F. Sotto and toward Queen's Road) you come to Lonestar Bar which was closed as I walked by at 10 AM Monday. Over on General Maxilom Avenue there is a cluster of bars including Love Scene, Pappillon, Black Hole, BG's and a few others. Most of these would charge 50-100 PHP for a beer and 150-200 PHP for a ladies drink while a bar fine would range from 1700-2750 PHP. On a Sunday night, I could discern no difference in quality or selection based on price. The best value seemed to be BG's which had a number of very attractive ladies and the lowest price. A customer who was leaving said that the bar fine of 1700 PHP is split with 1000 PHP going to the girl and 700 PHP going to the house; he also said the girl expects a tip and would be happy with 1000 PHP.

Mango Square is also in this area but I'm not yet exactly sure where. Some girls mentioned to me that its temporarily closed now because the ASEAN conference is in town. I'm not entirely sure what you find there. Perhaps some bars and some freelancers.

Robinson's Place is a small mall on Osmena Circle. I got there about 8:30 PM and they were to close at 9:00 PM so I made a quick tour. On the ground floor I encountered a group of 5-6 girls (freelancers) who quickly said hello and offered me their phone numbers as well as themselves. I took the name and number of the prettiest one. She said she had a Massage class at 7:00 AM Monday and I was still shopping (not yet read to buy) so I passed her by, but I may call her later today (Monday) for an afternoon session. She initially wanted 2000 PHP but quickly dropped that to 1500 PHP when I balked at the price. I would hope to get her for about 1000 PHP short time. I forgot to inquire about specific services. The other gals didn't interest me as much. One said she was the first gal's sister and, when I ran into her and a friend in front of Casino Filapina 30 minutes later, the two offered themselves for only 500 PHP each if I would take them both now. I do not often take two at once for security reasons (its hard to keep an eye on two girls at once) and the friend did not appeal so passed on this offer.

As far as I can tell, there is only one other mongering area of note in Cebu proper and I have not yet visited there. This is the area near the Northwinds Hotel which has JY Square on one side and Sunshine Bar, as well as Yo Latina bar, on the other side. From the map, it appears to be as far beyond Ayala Mall as the distance from Robinson's Place to Ayala Mall (so Ayala seems to be in the middle with JY Square and Robinson's Place at opposite extremes). I hope to go explore this area later this evening.

Those more familiar with Cebu may want to make corrections to my above remarks. As I said, I've been here less than 24 hours now and may be badly misinformed.

Yankee

It was fun reading the report of a first-timer to Cebu.

Only a few things I would comment on:

1) I wouldn't choose Richmond Hotel! Who put you on that place? Eddie's down the street is much better and there are several other options as well. I think Eddie's is P1380 per night in high season which includes two breakfasts that are quite good.

2.) The P1700 barfine at BG's is all-inclusive. An extra P1000 tip is extremely generous, but certainly not expected or part of the deal. Prices at all the Mango area bars are about the same. I think Papillion is P2000, but also all-inclusive and Lonestar is only P650, but that doesn't include the girl's part. P1000 is what's expected for the girl. (Incidentially, I concur that BG's has the most lookers, but Lonestar has a few also and a more fun atmosphere with less LD pressure (not that BG's is bad LD-pressure, but Lonestar has almost none!)

3.) The first set of freelancers who asked P1500 were trying to rip you off, BIG-time! The second set who offered P500 are much more in line. Free-lancers in Cebu City generally get P250 to P500, maybe as much as P700 if a pimp and mamasan are involved. Local pinoys usually only pay P250 to P300 for freelancers.

There are a number of other clubs in Cebu, but no where like Mango where they are all together. And most of the others tend to be more KTV/Asian-oriented.

[QUOTE=Yankee 617]I just arrived Cebu less than 24 hours ago but feel I have some useful info to share. Here goes...

I got a map of Cebu (free) at the information booth in the domestic baggage claim area of the Cebu airport. This is useful and recommended.

I'm staying at the Richmond Hotel in a "superior" room for 1300 PHP/night. They also offer Standard rooms (1100 PHP/night) and Deluxe rooms (1600 PHP/night). Rate includes breakfast for 2. Hotel is GF and seems centrally located between Ayala Mall (in one direction) and Robinson's Mall/Place (ni the other direction). I feel both malls are walking distance and have walked from one to the other but everyone keeps telling me to take taxi's. I know taxi's are cheap but I tend to not learn anythng that way and, being on vacation, I'm not in a hurry. This hotel is kinda dumpy in my opinion, but I've stayed in worse and its okay by me for the 2 nights I will stay here. Oh, there are many Korean students here. They come here for 3-month stints and study English in classes at the hotel.

Ayala Mall is large and houses all the usual mall-type stores as well as Ratsky's bar which stays open late and offers live music (and the possible opportunity to pick up freebies). In walking around the mall I got "the look" a couple times on a Sunday evening but did not pursue it.

Halfway to Ayala Mall from the Richmond is Infinity KTV bar and (down a little sidestreet) St. Moritz bar and hotel. Infinity is quite high priced IMO. I was quoted 74 PHP for a beer for myself, 305 PHP for a ladies drink, and the barfine was 4000 PHP plus 3 ladies drinks. Ouch. They offered only a modest number of ladies to choose from on a Sunday night, a few were pretty attractive. Infinity is connected with another bar called "Love Scenes" that I'll mention below. St. Moritz is at the other end of the price spectrum. They want only 50 PHP for a beer and 150 PHP for a ladies drink while the bar fine is only 750 PHP. Alas, quality is commensurate with price and you should not expect to find any stunners here.

I found one gal at St. Moritz that seemed adequate (and it was late, so I wanted to stop my exploration/hunting for the evening) and took her back to the Richmond a short walk away. What she lacked in looks she made up for in service. She liked kissing very much (so do I) and we had a very nice session. While no stunner, she had a nice ass. I paid as follows: 100 PHP for 2 beers, 50 PHP for some sweet rolls the girls at the bar wanted, 10 PHP tip for the bartender, 750 PHP barfine, and 600 PHP tip for the girl (Total: 1510 PHP). The 600 PHP tip was negotiated up front and I had to bargain hard for this as they started asking 1500 PHP and I kept offering only 500 PHP. However, I only paid the 600 PHP after service was provided. The gal seemed happy as we left and she told me it was the first time she was barfined. She wanted an extra 100 PHP after we were done but I declined and just paid the agreed 600 PHP. She said something about dropping by this afternoon (no pay, she said) and I would not refuse a freebie with her... but we shall see what happens.

On the way to Robinson's mall from Richmond hotel there are several places of note. Hotels include the well-known Eddies hotel (which I've not seen yet) as well as "Casa Rosario" which I stumbled across. Casa Rosario is at 101-E Ramon Aboitiz St, Cebu City, (032) 255-0525/ 257-2225/ 253-5134/ 412-6290 and [url]http://www.casarosario.net/[/url]. I looked inside Casa Rosario and it looked nice: clean modern bright rooms. Standard room with double bed is only 1000 PHP/night for 1 or 2 people. They also offer "Family" rooms with more beds at slightly higher prices. Breakfast is extra at about 100 PHP/person. A small modern strip mall next door offers some food shops and a cheap internet cafe (25 PHP/hour). HOWEVER, IT MAY BE THAT CASA ROSARIO IS NOT GF. I base this only on the fact that they talk about "family rooms" and ask "no charge for children under 8 years old" which suggests to me that they would not want blatant mongers. But you might try this place and just be a little discreet about things... I'm sure they want your money and expect they would turn a blind eye if you give them a chance to do so.

There are also several clubs en route to Robinson's Place/Mall from the Richmond hotel. If you follow the back roads (down F. Sotto and toward Queen's Road) you come to Lonestar Bar which was closed as I walked by at 10 AM Monday. Over on General Maxilom Avenue there is a cluster of bars including Love Scene, Pappillon, Black Hole, BG's and a few others. Most of these would charge 50-100 PHP for a beer and 150-200 PHP for a ladies drink while a bar fine would range from 1700-2750 PHP. On a Sunday night, I could discern no difference in quality or selection based on price. The best value seemed to be BG's which had a number of very attractive ladies and the lowest price. A customer who was leaving said that the bar fine of 1700 PHP is split with 1000 PHP going to the girl and 700 PHP going to the house; he also said the girl expects a tip and would be happy with 1000 PHP.

Mango Square is also in this area but I'm not yet exactly sure where. Some girls mentioned to me that its temporarily closed now because the ASEAN conference is in town. I'm not entirely sure what you find there. Perhaps some bars and some freelancers.

Robinson's Place is a small mall on Osmena Circle. I got there about 8:30 PM and they were to close at 9:00 PM so I made a quick tour. On the ground floor I encountered a group of 5-6 girls (freelancers) who quickly said hello and offered me their phone numbers as well as themselves. I took the name and number of the prettiest one. She said she had a Massage class at 7:00 AM Monday and I was still shopping (not yet read to buy) so I passed her by, but I may call her later today (Monday) for an afternoon session. She initially wanted 2000 PHP but quickly dropped that to 1500 PHP when I balked at the price. I would hope to get her for about 1000 PHP short time. I forgot to inquire about specific services. The other gals didn't interest me as much. One said she was the first gal's sister and, when I ran into her and a friend in front of Casino Filapina 30 minutes later, the two offered themselves for only 500 PHP each if I would take them both now. I do not often take two at once for security reasons (its hard to keep an eye on two girls at once) and the friend did not appeal so passed on this offer.

As far as I can tell, there is only one other mongering area of note in Cebu proper and I have not yet visited there. This is the area near the Northwinds Hotel which has JY Square on one side and Sunshine Bar, as well as Yo Latina bar, on the other side. From the map, it appears to be as far beyond Ayala Mall as the distance from Robinson's Place to Ayala Mall (so Ayala seems to be in the middle with JY Square and Robinson's Place at opposite extremes). I hope to go explore this area later this evening.

Those more familiar with Cebu may want to make corrections to my above remarks. As I said, I've been here less than 24 hours now and may be badly misinformed.

Yankee[/QUOTE]

Good post Yankee,

It's good to meet someone here who expends some shoe leather (rubber?) and finds out what he needs to find.

I'm looking forward to your subsequent posts. Hope you make it downtown. Last i heard, things were improving there.

X

How are your experiences with freelancers? I know a lot of people saying that there is NO reason to deal with them since bargirls cost the same amount, offer a better service and have a weekly health check.

Saw a lot of them during my stay in Cebu but was always busy. During my freetime (evening) I prefered to have a nice time in go-go bars.