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[quote=born loser 5]forgive me for my twisted take on taxi and drivers, but i don't understand why so much is being written on getting in and out of a taxi and being charged high, is it really being charged high or is it just male ego or its just visible that you are being conned.

not sure, why people are so bothered to get conned by taxi drivers for 20 to 30% higher than the actual rate and its not that, in every taxi you get in, you are gonna get conned, it is like 1 in every 20 or more trip.

i don't know, but if i look at the way, the government sucks 30% of my hard earned income plus, i pay for 1 million places varies surcharges and octroi from peeing to getting into the bed every f. ing day. that pisses me more than a taxi driver getting better of me.

the very reason, i being able to come to cebu, was not paying those mafia governments who prey on my money and i could not do anything to stop the day light robbery and even if i complain. i would be put into jail.

for every 100 i earn, i have to give 50 to the government mafia one way or the other. why bother, when you come all the way from that and you cry for your peeny being taken away from some folks. who are trying to make a living and atleast they drop you from point a to point b. what has ever, the mafia done to me ever.

it also does not justify, that i should freely distrubute the money to everyone. but it helps to put things in perspective. its ok, if you get conned infront of your eyes once in a while, there are bigger cons happneing to us, every day, that even though we are aware of it, can't do much about it.

i have given up, its time to move on. i just do the usual talking, smile and get in, have a good talk and get out, i have being conned some 3 or 4 times in cebu for around 100 taxi trips on a two month period. it was some 20 to 30 percent more than the usual trip to my hotel from bar.

if i look at the bigger picture and take these collateral damages into account, my trip was as blissfull as living in heaven with my body in it.

the most you will be ever conned in cebu over a period of time would not be more than 100 to 200 pesos for a 100 taxi trips. its not that every taxi driver will con you. you will find taxi driver that even refuse to take tip and believe it or not. once when i was dead drunk in viking bar at mango avenue. the taxi driver. looking at the state of my condition. dropped me for free.

i was more pissed at the charges for renewal of my visa plus the 500 pesos airport tax at cebu airport. that was the height. if you don't pay. you don't get in. folks that is the biggest con in cebu at the moment[/quote]thanks for that, not always 100% sure what your on about, and don't necessarily agree with what you say, but always like reading your posts, for whatever the reason.

you wear your heart on your sleeve. refreshing, and possibly another reason why you are able to make it with the ladies. they pick up on this, and like it.

your showing everyone, including your fellow indian mongers, what can be achieved with a positive mental attitude. referring to mainly previous posts , not your 'taxi' post , lol.

i'll be at paseo soon. if i see an indian with a bevy of girls around him i'll know its bl , lol.

[QUOTE=X Man]I can't really see what your point is. Is this just a rant?

Are you suggesting just get into taxis, don't bother insisting on meter, and then paying whatever you are asked for? Cebu taxis aren't usually a problem, but newbies need to be warned about the MNL taxis.

And we apparently define "con" in different ways. A clearly posted price such as an airport fee, is not a "con". I would agree with you if you said it is too expensive.

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I really hope people don't get put off by few negatives in Cebu, if there are any...

i went as wild as i can ......i trolled dead drunk at 2 am without any protection of knife or gun, i took money at 11 PM from ATM and at that time, only people look at you while u take money and you get suspicious..i went to casa and they closed the door behind me..and those guys could have done anything to an Indian tourist..who would care...On couple of occasions, i had to be literally taken off by couple of guys to put me in a taxi...i was that drunk..they could have easily taken my card etc...

I thought the law of averages of getting hurt would catch up with me, but during my two months of stay going ballistic with no sense of care..all i lost was my Job :( and for that i had to come back.

May be i was Lucky or Cebu is just special..i think later is more true, as if i did like that anywhere, either i would end up in a lock up or get in hospital....tell me a place...where you could go around with local girls with no guys abusing you or planning you to beat up.


I hope people just experience Philippines.

[QUOTE=Sxxxx]Thanks for that, not always 100% sure what your on about, and don't necessarily agree with what you say, but always like reading your posts, for whatever the reason.

You wear your heart on your sleeve. Refreshing, and possibly another reason why you are able to make it with the ladies. They pick up on this, and like it.

Your showing everyone, including your fellow Indian Mongers, what can be achieved with a positive mental attitude. Referring to mainly previous posts , not your 'taxi' post , lol.

I'll be at Paseo soon. If I see an Indian with a bevy of girls around him I'll know its BL , lol.[/QUOTE]

Good Luck with Paseo mate...Some people, get their adrenaline rush from parachuting from planes or climbing mountain, well for us..being in the bar and feeling the babes and space is the rush :)

add to it..Philippines is like mt. everest of mongering...every monger has to climb it once :D

Born Loser 5,met a guy on the plane last year,cathay pacific transiting through HK en-route to Cebu,he was going to fetch his wife back to UK,his wife met him at the airport and we shared a cab to the marriott.This guy was great fun but a total p**s-head,that night I came back to Marriott with a lady I had met in Robinsons fuente and his wife was sitting alone in the foyer,husband had gone out for a drink.
Next morning my lady friend and I came down for breakfast and the guys wife was STILL there,face puffed and streaked with tears being comforted by her sis and brothers,the UK guy hadnt came back to the hotel.

I met him later that day,he had got totally smashed,went to a few bars bought drinks for EVERYONE,did a runner without paying his bill,had a decent fight with some guys,was taken to a police station and allowed to sleep off the booze,the cops then took him to the hotel and wished him good day.

Cebu is as safe as anywhere else,great city.

Is it upstairs? I don't remember that. I got in an hour late courtesy of PA. I walked around a bit trying to buy a phone card (was unnsuccessful) and ended up in the hotel/casino you mention below. Then, having given up on a phone card, I asked where the taxi stand was and was unnsuccessful with getting that question asked.

I eventually found a taxi and the engine conked out just before the bridge. AHHHH. Eventually, I got my ride, got my card, a hotel room and off to Silver Dollar.

It was closed! The whole gang was at a beach resort for their Christmas shindig. I was in a foul mood by this time! Luckily, I found someone to comfort me later that night - from Exotica of all places.

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[QUOTE=Hornygeorge]Cebu taxis ........You can avoid the airport surcharge by walking UPSTAIRS and across the street.

PS: If you have time to kill and want a nice meal, walk across the street to the waterfroent Hotel's restaurant. Not like the one in Lahug AKA mini Las Vegas, but WAY better than the other food options at airport. A 5.10 minute walk brings you to a shopping center and cluster of foreign restaurants: the Thai place is good but the Italian one not so great.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=X Man]Is it upstairs? I don't remember that. I got in an hour late courtesy of PA. I walked around a bit trying to buy a phone card (was unnsuccessful) and ended up in the hotel/casino you mention below. Then, having given up on a phone card, I asked where the taxi stand was and was unnsuccessful with getting that question asked.
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When you exit the airport to the street out front, cross the little street and walk to the right. There is a long outdoor stairway really close by. Walk up it, and right at the top there are a bunch of metered taxis lined up.

Thanks KM, that is exactly the way I remember it.

No reason to go upstairs in the airport, but exit, cross the road, and go up a small flight of stairs. You'll get plenty of people to offer you directions and/or help you carry your bag before that. I usually refuse because then I might feel a twinge of guilt when i refuse their inflated price quote. Also, keeps me in control of my bag... I'm not worried about theft so much, but the hassle of trying to remove it from the trunk of some taxi driver that has adopted me.

And the best advice of all, which has been presented here again and again, and works in much of the 3rd world..... (old timers and visayan speakers need

Ask for meter, he will quote something like 300 pesos, say, "no thanks" and close the door. (If he says 200, see next paragraph) Then do the same for the taxi directly behind, who has most certainly observed this. He is 90% likely to use the meter. If not, repeat process.

Plan b is just to bargain to 200 pesos. I usualy pay meter plus tip, and that usually is 200 pesos.

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[QUOTE=Key Master]When you exit the airport to the street out front, cross the little street and walk to the right. There is a long outdoor stairway really close by. Walk up it, and right at the top there are a bunch of metered taxis lined up.[/QUOTE]

Cross the road,climb the small flight of stairs to the right,plenty of taxis,jump in one and say simply "Metro dong" (put your meter on mate)Its normally 130 pesos give or take to marriott).

This hotel has an attractive looking Internet site ([url]www.cebugardenresort.com[/url]) with plenty of photos. It seems to get good to excellent reviews though as always one never knows if some of them are hotel staff using pseudonyms (apologies for the cynicism). Has anyone stayed here, and if so, what were your impressions re location, facilities including the all-important swimming pool, GF and food. I surmise that it lacks a 'beach', and wonder how easy it is to get a metered taxi from it to Cebu city in what I imagine is travelling time of about 40 minutes.

[QUOTE=Hornygeorge]Cebu taxis are usually pretty willing to use meter even going to the airport. Bargaining with a bit of local dialect helps, as does patience. If first driver insists on fixed fare, wait a minute or two and you'll find another who will not argue about accepting meter. Meter to Fuente area from airport should be no more than 160P. You can avoid the airport surcharge by walking UPSTAIRS and across the street.

PS: If you have time to kill and want a nice meal, walk across the street to the waterfroent Hotel's restaurant. Not like the one in Lahug AKA mini Las Vegas, but WAY better than the other food options at airport. A 5.10 minute walk brings you to a shopping center and cluster of foreign restaurants: the Thai place is good but the Italian one not so great.[/QUOTE]

The girls will text the same drivers and the price starts to steadily go up. The little trollups love to act like high rollers with your money. In my case fares doubled going between Cebu town to the Mactan Hotels comparing arrival day to the 2nd day. I took this girl from the province to Cebu a year ago and after the first night I got a second room and brought girls back from the bars. Her behavior was deplorable. She was passing loads from my sellpone to her friends, and trying to take me on shopping extravaganzas and taking possession of some of my property. This little [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] poor (but bery fretty) spunkbucket was talking to me like she was Imelda Marcos talking to her yah-yah (maid). A Pinoy guy at the hotel said I was risking my life by doing the 2nd room. She was texting some Joe back in Manila to meet us at the airport. I found this out after wrestling my phone from her little paws and taking it to the guy in the esplanade mall that unlocked it for me. At the airport I got right back in the cab then took a flight to Clark the next day. She was going back without the 6,000pp I fromised. The cabbie was laughing when he heard her shouting at me and I told him the story and told me I'd better not meet up w/her ever again. At the time I was more scared of the slow death I might have gotten from doing her unbagged!!!

Just read your danger report about Ermita, and now this. Pretty negative stuff.

It the post below, you descibe a real btch, but you never explain where you met her? And how is it that she just happened to have the phone number of the taxi driver?

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[QUOTE=BuleDaddy]The girls will text the same drivers and the price starts to steadily go up. The little trollups love to act like high rollers with your money. In my case fares doubled going between Cebu town to the Mactan Hotels comparing arrival day to the 2nd day. I took this girl from the province to Cebu a year ago and after the first night I got a second room and brought girls back from the bars. Her behavior was deplorable. She was passing loads from my sellpone to her friends, and trying to take me on shopping extravaganzas and taking possession of some of my property. This little [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] poor (but bery fretty) spunkbucket was talking to me like she was Imelda Marcos talking to her yah-yah (maid). A Pinoy guy at the hotel said I was risking my life by doing the 2nd room. She was texting some Joe back in Manila to meet us at the airport. I found this out after wrestling my phone from her little paws and taking it to the guy in the esplanade mall that unlocked it for me. At the airport I got right back in the cab then took a flight to Clark the next day. She was going back without the 6,000pp I fromised. The cabbie was laughing when he heard her shouting at me and I told him the story and told me I'd better not meet up w/her ever again. At the time I was more scared of the slow death I might have gotten from doing her unbagged!!![/QUOTE]

[quote=x man]just read your danger report about ermita, and now this. pretty negative stuff.

it the post below, you descibe a real btch, but you never explain where you met her? and how is it that she just happened to have the phone number of the taxi driver? now bu

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i'm cool with ermita. the japs and koreans run it but i like the restaurants. too bad the mayor shut down baywalk as that was the only thing other than la cafe that would have me go there. to the pinoys i look like some old gangster. they joke and call me joe peche sometimes, although i am fat and way out of shape. i feel safer in most asian cities than i do in miami or nyc. i don't feel safe in ac or pattaya late at night on dark side streets because the groups of wee lads on shabu might knock your teeth out for grins. the girl i took to cebu and her friend were a couple of stray kittens sitting outside near the ermita robinson mall that said they missed the lrt to queson city. they were really broke and didn't know how they could've raised a quick $50 at the la cafe yet! my friend had been going to the peenze since the mid 80's and chatted them up, like he does all the time getting us some non-gros here and there . he is good at spotting and getting new recruits. they looked lost and we offered them some grub. they ate like it was their last meal. we ended up with them for a few days rather than having to hit the la cafe. a couple of very good prospects. they were so cute and green, but 6 months later they both became hard core la cafe ho'ze. again, i was taught to go with the local talent. i made the mistake of taking thai girls to other destinations and they always got flippy with me. this little one got the cabbies cell phone on the way downtown from the airport. i learned that in any asian country to always move on to different drivers and girls. once you get familiar with them they get pushy and/or obnoxious. this goes for thailand, indonesia, the pi, and s. american putas as well. i also learned that with no exception that cell phones get switched off from the moment they are in my employ to the time they walk out the door. i've never been robbed or anything outside the us, but have observed violent acts committed on others. that includes rio, lima and bogata. i'm going back to the pi st. paddy's day. the beers are so cheap and the girls have such a sweet way of talking and they are cool w/gulping the chowder! i enjoy their company more than any other p4p as they are entertaining.

ANYWHERE you grab a taxi waiting outside a nightclub you are asking to pay well over meter. 200P from downtown to airport includes a generous tip. That is what I wil give if I like the driver and he does not haggle or refuse to use the meter.

At Manila domestic nowadays the police are MUCH more aggressive about protecting passengers from overcharging. Last trip I had a potential troublemaker whom I was just about to tell to start the meter or I would get out when a cop waived at him and said in a stern voice "metro". And the meter was 50Pisos to EDSA and Roxas which is the REAL price unless there is heavy traffic (waiting time adds up).

Also: Airport departure fee is now 200P domestic and 750P international and this is NEVER included in your ticket (unlike many countries).

Someone asked about the Merecedes Hotel in Cebu. It was the least expensive hotel I stayed in in during my 3 weeks in Cebu. The cost was about 7000 peso and was easy to book online. However, the only time I felt uneasy on the trip was when I was walking outside the Mercedes Hotel looking for some fast food, the nicest business place I saw was a huge theater, that turned out to be a porn theater.

I could not get the showere to turn on so I just gave up on it and decided to wash my face in the sink. I turn on the water for the sink and nothing comes out, but all of a sudden the shower was going full blast. (thought I was Punked or Candid camera). So I just took it in stride and was happy to shower.
The Hotel had a good TV with cable but no internet.

You can use the internet in a small cafe that is connected to the hotel lobby, so you never have to leave the hotel. Price was only 15 peso an hour.

The computer I chose alreayd had yahoo messenger running on it, some girl was using it and forgot to sign out. For a few seconds the little devil on my shoulder was screaming for me to have some fun with her friends, but I decided to just leave her a quick note that I had found it open and was nice enough to exit Yahoo messenger for. I was hopeing for a blow job or at least a thank you in return, but got neither. Oh well.

The most important criteria in a hotel for me is security and internet in the room. I ended up returning to the Diplomat Hotel with 4 diffent girls, because of the internet. Cost was 100 peso per an hour, and worked in the 4 diffent rooms I had.When I was not with a girl, I was online setting up dates.

To gaurntee one girl slept with me, I took her to Bohol. It was a good way to get her away from the family and cousins who would constantly be interupupting my game plan.
The cost was dirt cheap, about $15 for the fast ferry, on 2 hour trip.

I got a room in Bohol for about $40, same price as I was paying for the Dipliomat. [url]http://www.boholtropics.com/[/url] Bohol Tropics was a nice place and had a free van to the resort from the ferry port. They also had a free computer and wifi for a laptop in the lobby area. I would take my laptop to make some "business emails" while the girl of the day was resting in the room or watching TV.

I did try 3 times to stay at the Kiwi Lodge/Hotel. The clerk did ask if i was American and stated they were booked. The lady was friendly and I belive that they were truely booked. But I can be naive at times.

I got a room at Eddies, which was priced fair, but I have forgoten the price. They have free wifi in the lobby that I was able to use and also a free computer in the bar for customers to use. If you can get a room close to the lobby, the wifi may work for you. I saw the most white guys in all of Cebu around Eddies. I found out it is withing walking distance to many of the monger bars.I never had time to go to the bars, the ladies I met from CB and FH had consumed all of my time, and the bars were not needed. I plan to visit them on my next trip.

I read that Globe has a new service for WIFI that you can use over most of the Philipines, the only catch is you need to sign up for a year or two. The do recomend a service where you use your cell phone as a modem and pay 10 peso per half hour. Has anyone tried this? Do I have to buy a special cell phone?

If it works, then I can stay at just about any hotel. I like the freedom to move around in case of the pissed off boyfriend/father/brother or the girl stopping by the hotel to just to say "hi"'

Bob of Bowie, Maryland

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I will be in Cebu in a few weeks for my first overseas vacation and I'm looking for information on a good hotel with a large jacuzzi. I am traveling with my family and staying at Plantation Bay, so bringing someone back is not an option. My goal is to barfine someone from Jaguar or Arena, or perhaps a casa, and then take her somewhere nearby to spend maybe 4 or 5 hours before I go back to Plantation Bay. It's possible that I may just go buck-wild and get two or even three girls, since I don't know when I'll ever have this kind of opportunity again,

I've RTFF and done some searches but I didn't come up with anyplace that specifically has a jacuzzi that isn't a massage parlor. Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated, particularly if someone knows of a place with a jacuzzi that fits three or four. Price isn't really an issue. It would be a once in a lifetime splurge.

Thanks