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[QUOTE=Mr Durex]Hi guys,
I need to ask you all a favor.
I need to go cebu soon and need some hotel recommendations from you.
Looking for low to midrange hotel, just need a clean room with aircon.
Thanks in advance[/QUOTE]
Try Asia Hotel mid range price and close to all actions.
[QUOTE=The Rooster1]Just a heads up. I went to Sunflower last week on a Friday night with a regular girl and was denied entrance unless I bought a pair of 400 pesos socks. We were dressed very nice, and I just had on flipflops. I wasn't too worried about the 400 peso's, but I'm not wearing socks with flip flops. So we went to Juliana and had a great time as always. Will wear my regular shoes with socks next time.
Happy Hunting![/QUOTE]
You can buy socks for 50 pesos, just adjacent to the sunflower entrance where you pay the entrance fee, their is a girl who sells it and also keeps your belonging for security for a minimal fee. you dont have to go out of sunflower disco, may be the price has increased by last time it was only 50 pesos.
[QUOTE=Hanny]
And please some one share more action info on this CEBU sites?[/QUOTE]
Dont forget to visit all mango square bars and then also must go to Jaguar and Arena KTV bars, then go to Paseo disco to see how Filipinos enjoy on weekends, then go to pumps and sunflower to see how Koreans shake that thing.
Visit SM, Ayala and Robinson mall, try to go to bohol beach, if you have time.
if you visit these 9 or 10 places you will get a clear idea of how things work in Cebu and on its way, you would have taken more girls than you could imagine.
Dont forget to also have some regular girls dating from sites such as dateinasia and also filipinaheart.com, you will have more girls to keep you busy than you could possibly handle, still it is a good thing :)
Good Luck
Great post. More than a few people must have been tempted to write "RTFF", but BL graciously sums up Cebu in a few sentences. Well done.
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[QUOTE=Born Loser 5]Dont forget to visit all mango square bars and then also must go to Jaguar and Arena KTV bars, then go to Paseo disco to see how Filipinos enjoy on weekends, then go to pumps and sunflower to see how Koreans shake that thing.
Visit SM, Ayala and Robinson mall, try to go to bohol beach, if you have time.
if you visit these 9 or 10 places you will get a clear idea of how things work in Cebu and on its way, you would have taken more girls than you could imagine.
Dont forget to also have some regular girls dating from sites such as dateinasia and also filipinaheart.com, you will have more girls to keep you busy than you could possibly handle, still it is a good thing :)
Good Luck[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=X Man]It has a second deck overlooking the band, but this area is usually closed on weekdays.[/QUOTE]I've known the Pinoy manager at Sunflower for a couple of years and he was telling me they caught an American guy/Korean girl up there buns up and squealing a few months ago so they keep that section closed until needed.
[QUOTE=Born Loser 5]You can buy socks for 50 pesos, just adjacent to the sunflower entrance where you pay the entrance fee, their is a girl who sells it and also keeps your belonging for security for a minimal fee. You don't have to go out of sunflower disco, may be the price has increased by last time it was only 50 pesos.[/QUOTE]Thanks BL. Next time I will just wear regular club attire there. Was used to Juliana's where it doesn't matter much. Keep up the good info. The list you have for the new guys is a good one.
Also, don't forget at the malls the mass numbers of pretty filipina's that work in these shops. Its easy to strike up conversation as they have to talk with you. Then slip them your number and see how long it takes to text!
And I always enjoy the Vikings bar as I think it has gotten better the last few months.
Peace out!
This was my first trip to Cebu, but I am pretty sure it won’t be my last. I had such a great time there that I stayed there almost the whole time, despite plans for going sightseeing across Philippines. Or you could just say I was lazy.
Want to share info with you guys on ISG, because I intensively read and use ISG before I go to a new place. This post will be split up into practical info part and my rambling part. Would appreciate feedback or comments on the rambling part. Also keep in mind that this post is based on my experiences and might thus not reflex the reality or ‘as it was experienced’ by others.
My background
Just came back from my trip in Cebu, during August (2009) I spend about 20 days in Cebu city. Before deciding on Cebu I considered going to Thailand (Pattaya), and Indonesia (Bali). After feedback from ISG members I settled on Cebu, because I was looking for GFE and I wanted to see a new place. So far I have been to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Peru for mongering.
Getting started
I flew in from Frankfurt to Manilla and onwards to Cebu, this cost me 580 euro return by Gulf air. Can’t really recommend this airline, but it was cheap so can’t really complain either. Booked a promotion ticket online and this I can certainly recommend, since the next available ticket would have cost 900 euro. So it pays to shop online with various airlines. Manilla to Cebu I used Cebu pacific: p2600. Going Cebu-Manilla I payed P2000. Tickets can be bought at the airport itself, terminal 3. You pay much more, but I had no choice as my credit card wasn’t accepted online. Keep in mind that you need to pay airport tax, which is p750 in Manilla for international flights which is a hassle if you don’t know. P200 for domestic.
I brought euro cash with me but didn’t use it as I was able to withdraw peso’s from ATM. Could withdraw biggest amount with BDO: up to p15.000 (perhaps more didn’t try). Other banks would let me withdraw only up to p10.000. Don’t know what would have been cheapest (withdraw or bring cash), but I felt comfortable withdrawing each time because don’t want to walk around with lots of cash. It is very easy to just exchange money.
Was worried about the raining season, but turned out that I hardly got wet.
At Cebu airport, go outside and walk up a flight of steps across from the terminal to the area of the casino, it is better to get a taxi up there than the lower level. The non meter taxis will below will try to charge you P300 to P500 for a 'contract' fare into the city. You should be able to get a meter cab for around P150-P170 to Eddies hotel, add a P20 tip.
Hotels
Eddie’s hotel: Decent hotel, good location, standard room p1400-1600. Liked this hotel because it’s right in the middle of the bars and has wifi. Friendly people.
West Gorordo hotel: Good hotel, had a deluxe room for p2000. No wifi. GF-unfriendly but as I booked into it with my GF-of the moment, it was okay.
Northwind hotel: Near sunflower disco. Ended up staying here most of my days. Liked it because it was cheap, standard room p1288 (low season), has good wifi and no hassle, friendly management. Very GFriendly. At one time I had 3 girls sleeping in my room and no complains or anything.
Transportation
I mostly used taxi’s. Paid between p50 short rides and p150 long rides. No need to worry about being scammed but insist on meter. Sometimes used jeepney, p7 but hard to know their route. Everything is pretty much walkable except for the heat.
Bars
Mermaid
This bar is on Mactan. Went to Mermaid once- lot's of girls, nice layout to watch the dancers. 50 peso entrance fee. Liked the place with shows but bit out of the way, as it is in lapu-lapu. Friendly girls. Full of Koreans.
Lonestar:
Mango bar area. Went several times. Always plenty of girls, number of guys varies. It’s a low season. Good place to start. Girls friendly and decent looking.
SilverDollar
Not really my bar, more for long term expats. Girls seemed to be more naughty. Cheap to drink, barfine p750
Viking Bar
A big space with lots of red sofas and plenty of girls. Girls not pushy and enough so you can find good looking one. LD are p150. liked this place.
Temptation:
Big bar with lots of couches and booths. Girls were fun and no push to buy LD’s. It was late, so not that beautiful girls.
Club Arena
Went here once, hardly any girls. But our guess was that the girls were doing a line-up in the private rooms. So didn’t stay. Entrance fee, think p100
Love city
Nice place. Plenty of pretty girls, but expensive. LD is p270 and mostly Japanese and Korean. One of the few places were I saw girls take of their top.
Jaguar
Same as Club arena. Big place with huge number of girls, so you can always find one you like. Not pushy, you can just sit and watch the show. Expensive if you want to get a girl or LD. Entrance fee, think p100
Clubs
Juliana
Spend a lot of time in front of Juliana. You can get a table and sit and watch the girls walk by. Busy on a saterday. Around 3 – 3.30am, a lot of the girls from the bars come here. So if you don’t want to pay the barfine but still want a girl, you might meet her here. A lot of the girl are available, meaning for a price you can bring them home. Good place to meet ladyboys too, if that’s your thing. You can get a beer set for p200 (5 bottles with ice)
Pump
Went to pump twice. Here you can also get a table and watch the girls. Plenty of girls and seems a lot of them are available, but I never picked one up. A fun place just to watch the girls and boys meet and flirt or get one yourself.
“Girlfriends”
While in Cebu I never paid barfines, but did buy LD’s. Got several girls from bars, as I would meet them later in Juliana and gave them taxi money between p500 to p1000. They never asked for money but I felt I should give them something as I had a good time and they need money for taxi anyway.
DIA
Most of the girls I spend time with, were from Date in asia. It’s a good place to chat with girls to see what they are looking for (more on this in part 2). My record is 10 minutes, between first contact and her being in the taxi on the way to my hotel. Didn’t have sex with her, but she gave me a decent massage. I paid for the taxi as she had no money. I spend a lot of time on DIA chatting with girls and trying to separate the freebies from the relationship-minded. I guess my hit-ratio between chatting on DIA and meeting in person was something like 20%. It could have been higher (like 50%) but a lot lived far away or I didn’t want to meet them (ugly, scammers). The ratio between chatting and ending up in bed was pretty low, something like 10%. That’s why I spend a lot of time on dia, you need to work the numbers.
A contact would typically go like this; chatting on dia, making clear that I only wanted to have “fun” and not a wife or gf. First meeting in a mall for dinner, while they bring a friend. Then either karaoke, drinking or meeting next day. Going to my hotel and into bed only if they felt comfortable and know you are a nice guy. They would be freebies, but I gave them p1000 for their troubles and taxi. I found that most girls are so-so looking but hotties can be found.
I also met several girls that wanted to spend time with me on a kind of girlfriend basis. Meaning they would spend time with me as we would visit other places or just go to disco and dinner. Not a bad deal for them, as they can have good food, free drinks or free trip while they can sleep in a nice room with aircon. I would be sleeping in the same room, so certain bedroom activities were understood and enjoyed. I had several candidates and picked one that turned out to be very sweet. Good deal for me too as we liked each other a lot, good in bed and all around good experience. She did ask for money (p1000 for 2 weeks) but I didn’t mind as I also didn’t want to have a gf or wife. So the deal was, I could see other girls and she would get free trip and some cash. Eventually I gave her in total p8000 for a period of 10 days spend together. Totally worth it.
Overall
Cebu turned out to be better than expected. Nice bars, clubs and plenty of available girls. Plenty of hotties or just sweet girls too. One of the best things for me was the English fluency. I like to get to know a girl before I end up in bed with them or I just like to have company for dinner so it works for me if I can talk to them. What is also liked was the attitude of the girls, not as hardened or business-like as pattaya but more sweet and GFE. Plenty of freebies or GF-material to be found.
Post Scriptum
Will post part 2 in “Filipinas - Opinions and Advice”. Feel free to send me PM if you have comments or questions.
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I did buy cialis at Osmena circle. I went there during the day time and it took the punters 5 sec to offer me cialis-20 mg and viagra 100mg. What they offer is packages of 4 pills in what looks the brand name. I am sure it's generic with fake package. I forgot what their starting price was, but could have been p2000 for one pack (4 pills). They will go down to p500 pretty fast, and if you insist they will go down to p200.
I tried the cialis and it works for me. so you don't need to worry about ending up with non-active ingredients.
[QUOTE=The Rooster1]Next time I will just wear regular club attire there. Was used to Juliana's where it doesn't matter much.[/QUOTE]
Juliana has much the same policy unless they did not noticed you.
My buddy was refused entrance a few months ago for the same thing!
We just went across the square to Autoshop!
[QUOTE=Mr Durex]Hi guys,
I need to ask you all a favor.
I need to go cebu soon and need some hotel recommendations from you.
Looking for low to midrange hotel, just need a clean room with aircon.
Thanks in advance[/QUOTE]Mr. Durex,
Try Apple Tree Suites. Located a bit away from the main road, but still close to Robinson's Mall. Because it's located a bit back in the streets, it's quiet over there, especially at night. I've stayed in a deluxe room: 1,398 Pesos per night, government taxes and all charges included. The deluxe room is small, but clean and good enough if you're just there for sleeping and showering. Has also a quite nice roof terrace where you can get a drink and/or breakfast, but need to pay extra. The whole building is quite new, just a few years old.
I also stayed in Sampaguita Suites, close to the main road, but the rooms at the front (street) are very noisy. The rooms are also a little bit dated, so Apple Tree Suites is good.
For further info, check this website: [url]http://www.appletreesuitescebu.com/index.html[/url]
Mike
I am sorry for being lazy,
I will be leaving to Manila in 10days and I have no time for research.
I will be staying in Manila for few days before I go to Cebu.
Somebody please tell me where can I change my dollars? (I am staying in Makati) after my arrival to Terminal 2?
Thank you
Indeed, you are being lazy.
Any airport, repeat ANY, airport I have been to so far has money changing booths right after you exit departure hall. I have seen them in Manila airport, just didn't use them myself.
[QUOTE=Hanny]I am sorry for being lazy,
I will be leaving to Manila in 10days and I have no time for research.
I will be staying in Manila for few days before I go to Cebu.
Somebody please tell me where can I change my dollars? (I am staying in Makati) after my arrival to Terminal 2?
Thank you[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Hanny]I am sorry for being lazy,
I will be leaving to Manila in 10days and I have no time for research.
I will be staying in Manila for few days before I go to Cebu.
Somebody please tell me where can I change my dollars? (I am staying in Makati) after my arrival to Terminal 2?
Thank you[/QUOTE]No worries. You can change right at the airport in Terminal 2, probably the hotel you are staying at, the malls, banks. No problem's. Same in Cebu. Safe to go to the banks. ATM's are all over the place as well. Just make sure you have a good amount before leaving the airport. Happy tails!
Peace out!
[QUOTE=Hanny]I am sorry for being lazy,
I will be leaving to Manila in 10days and I have no time for research.
I will be staying in Manila for few days before I go to Cebu.
Somebody please tell me where can I change my dollars? (I am staying in Makati) after my arrival to Terminal 2?
Thank you[/QUOTE]
If you have time to post this question, that implies you have time to come back here to look for responses which in turn implies that you have time for a few quick searches that would give you the answers you require. Heck, you could not even be bothered to post this question in a more appropriate thread. Which you could have searched first. Have a great day. And by the way, searches are a lot of fun, one never knows just what he'll find...
Arrived back in Cebu yesterday from CDO where I had more than an interesting time (see my reports on CDO under 'other areas'). I got ambushed at the airport by one of my DIA chat mates, her two kids and Cousin, all of whom had travelled to meet me. I am not quite sure how I made the complete and idiotic mistake of telling her my arrival time, but the damage was done and fellow mongers have permission to flame me for this. After some negotiations I paid the cousin for his efforts 250 instead of the 450 he had demanded to bring them to the airport and thought to myself "ah well I will have to write off two days at least'
Would like to say a big thank you to Spam Hog who helped me out at the airport during my negotiations.
She is 32 years old and though she has two young kids she has a fantastic body. She is actually a 2nd Dan Black Belt Karate instructor, dirt poor and ekeing a living out instructing karate in her local town and doing the neighbour's laundry. Shit she did not even have enough money to get a jeepney into town where I was staying and she lives in a one roomed house with her kids, her cousin and her cousin's husband and their one year old child.
Since my hotel has a pool I took the two kids shopping to buy them swim suits and bought dinner. Hell it starts to become expensive when you are paying for four of everything and I don't think I can keep this up for more than a few days unless things really take off. Have told her I am checking out to go home in 2 days, that way if I get pissed off I can send her home and check into a new hotel and if I am happy I will stay I have decided to stay longer because I love her so much. To be honest I really like her and despite her cousin trying to rip me off at the airport, in some ways I don't blame them for trying to make an extra few pesos here and there.
My first night with her was great and once the kids were asleep we got down to business. She is lovely, a nice firm body and small tits but definitely nothing really to look at facially. Out of all the girls I have met, she is probably the poorest girl and I feel sorry for her trying to raise two kids on no money. Shit yes I know this is a small reflection of what is happening all over this country but once you get involved it is much harder to deal with and remain untouched by it. I will probably leave her about 4000-5000 pesos when I go and keep in touch. She cannot even afford a cell phone and though I have a couple left in my suitcase, I am convinced she will only sell it once I am gone. When we returned back to the hotel last night she caught her sandal in a grill cover and tore the strap (her only pair) so I sent her in to town today to do some shopping. I actually gave her 400 pesos and she came back with armfulls of shopping from Colon Street market, mainly clothes for her kids. Its amazing what 400 pesos can buy and certainly opened my eyes.
I have checked into the Cebu Grande for a few days. I am an old regular at this hotel and got a reduced rate from them of 2160 pesos per night including breakfast and swimming pool. When I arrived at the airport I went to the desk where you can book hotels, located in the lobby of the domestic arrivals terminal. They quoted me 1800 pesos for the same room and it was highly amusing to see their faces when I told them I had already booked for 2160 direct with the hotel. They did try and contact the hotel to see if my reservation could be cancelled and rebooked through the airport agents, but the hotel refused to budge. It amazes me that they would not move on the price even when I threatened to go elsewhere and that they would rather lose a guest than negotiate the price. The agents at the airport can get some amazing deals and seems to be as good if not better than the other places on line such as Asia Rooms. Worth bearing in mind if you arrive here withouta hotel prebooked. I am not sure what their operating hours are, most likely the usual 9-5