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[QUOTE=Stroker Ace88]GG,

Well, I don't know of any hotel outside of Japan where you can just walk in, insert your credit card and rent a room without having contact with a person. You will always have to present yourself to the front desk for check-in and get your payment and preference details settled. Forget about private entrances, as your main concern in the PI should always be security, and having to walk past the security guard should be the least of your worries. They have seen it all before anyways.

I do not know your standards or budget, or even what part of Cebu City you are looking for a room, but one of the most discrete hotels in the downtown core that might suit your needs is the Gran Prix Econtel located on the corner of Mango Avenue (Maxillom Avenue on most maps) and F. Ramos Street. This hotel can be hard to spot and is located on the upper levels of the building. Look for the red hotel sign on the second floor. This hotel is basic but clean and be aware that some of the rooms do not have windows. You can book this hotel online for just under 1000P per night, which is around $20-$25 US-Can. A good price for the location.

Book this hotel online and then print out the confirmation from your email and take it with you to check in. If you really do not want the front desk staff to give you and your "date" the look when you are checking in, check in first get your room key then go get your date and return later.

I usually stay on Fuente Osmena at the Crown Regency when I am with my steady GF, but since the front desk staff and the guards all know me there I booked a second hotel room for a few days at the Gran Prix for some afternoon fun with another girl I met online.

If you use the search button on top of this page and search for "Sogo" there are a few posts awhile back about this short time hotel. I have never stayed so I can't comment.[/QUOTE]


The Sogo is a "proper" short term hotel in that it specifcally rents oiut rooms by the hour/3 hour etc, so you can get afew hours for 500P ish. The room quality is pretty good, and its styled for sex, mirrors on ceiling porn on tv etc.

It's got a normal entrance and you have to check in etc obviously they are used to sex visitors. What's your concern with discretion? If its a question of the girl not wanting to be seen to go off with a foreigner the Sogo's not such a good choice as if people see you going theer then there is only one reason.

The Grand Prix is an economy hotel not specifically short stay. For discretion it may be the better bet as there is a massage and other shops in the same building so if people see you going in its not absolutely clear what you are upo to - as it would be with Sogo. Rooms are clean and Ok not many windows. Lacks the designed for sex aspect of the Sogo

[quote=sergeantray]it is so easy to look decent. get some slacks. wear a shirt with a collar. go short hair and clean shaven --if you go long hair and/or beard, then hygiene is even more critical.

take it up a notch --ditch the sandals and tennis shoes. get some loafers, which are dressier yet still comfortable.

it's insane to travel so far, to be surrounded by tasty treats, and blow it because you can't be bothered to shower, shave, and get dressed.[/quote]sr: this is only an opinion, but i concur. we dress even nicer in indonesia. the standard dress there (for most in public) is slacks, long-sleeve button-down collar (sleeves rolled up is fine) tucked, or batik untucked, loafers. they are the best-dressed poor peeps on the planet. the weather is the same in philipines. the difference is pilipinos dont dress as nicely as indonesians. for the gents who think dressing like they are on a caribbean beach (flip-flops, non-dress shorts, t-shirt) is fine, i can tell you the locals see you as a bum. ask your gf (not your barfine) or her mom. your slacks dont have to be fancy (painters pants or dockers), even denim is better than shorts, short-sleeve collared shirt is fine. sandals are fine, but leather with a backing, not just flip-flops. you are not at the beach, you are a guest in their country. the old-guy-beach-bum look is fine--if you are on the beach.

[QUOTE=Puerto La Cruz]And what about the rest of us that dress tastefully, pressed polo shirt, nice shorts, good baseball hat and flip flops during the day? We gotta adhere to a daytime dress code there? Nope. I don't think so. I have my girls set up already and they know me from day to evening clothes. A well dressed guy in shorts, etc., showered, shaved and smells well can do very well during the day.[/quote]

My comment was mainly a rant about guys who look like they have been drunk for a week straight, have not shaved, changed clothes or bothered to apply any kind of scented product what-so-ever. I mean if those guys like to live like that, then "ah salute" as Tony Soprano says. But the girls all take note of these things and the quality of girls you get is directly related to hygene and the way you dress. Most of these girls are very sharp, and they even notice what brand flip-flops you wear (slippers to them).

I also just wear a nice t-shirt or polo-golf shirts with cargo shorts and flip-flops on days when the Sun is high in the sky. I prefer to switch to a nice long sleeve Guess shirt, or long sleeve dress shirts with jeans or cargo pants at night when I go out. I think the key is just to keep it clean and look well put together and smell good at all times.

I find that when you do these simple things, then half the work is already done. A woman will decide to sleep with you within the first few minutes of any encounter. I am talking about just walking up to a girl in the mall or on the street, or when meeting a girl for the first time you chatted with on the dating sites. Working girls have standards too, but they crave your cash more.

I think what Spamhog posted has alot of merit. A month ago I was to attend a function with my GF. It was a Saturday morning and we were all dressed up. I was wearing black dress pants, a light blue long sleeve Hugo Boss collared shirt, just the basic office attire and she had on a dress and heels. We went to SM to get her hair and make-up done at one of the salons, and I was bored so I slipped away to walk around and get something to drink.

I walked around a few stores and I chatted with two very good looking promo girls that gave up there numbers to me with only minimal conversation, which was a first. Most promo girls think they are "special" and they wait to be given the guys number and they decide if they want to call or not, and this is only after she shows all the other girls at work I gave my number to her so she gets more attention as being above the rest of the other girls in the store.

The only change as far as I could tell was my clothes, so yes it does pay sometimes to wear nicer clothes when searching for the best looking women. A good test would have been to show up two weeks later dressed normally to see if I received the same reaction. Maybe next trip.

[QUOTE=Gogobarlover]I agree with Keymaster on this also. The 1700 pesos includes the BF and the girls tip. One of the girls who use to work at Vikings told me this also. 700 pesos to the bar and 1000 tip goes to the girl. From my previous visit to the bars on Mango, Vikings, BG, Erik the Red and Club Temptations all quoted 1700 pesos. Dimples and Lonestars BF was quoted higher. My friend who BF a girl at BGs bar next to Vikings paid 1700 pesos but, she didn't even ask for any tip the following morning.

Oh guys, I was wondering, my last visit to Cebu was back in Oct 2009. What are the chances of seeing the same girls at the gogo bars?[/QUOTE]Very high sad to say.

[QUOTE=Gogobarlover]Why is Julianas closed?[/QUOTE]I heard from a girl in a band that the owners were fighting over who is stealing from who LOL.

[QUOTE=Gogobarlover]Why is Julianas closed?[/QUOTE]

I was told it was for refurbishment


[QUOTE=Sharka]Hey Mortman,
You are indeed a very brave man to patrol this area at 1:30am. When I use to travel thru here, I was always a bit on edge with senses at full alert even by 11pm.

Shark[/QUOTE]

Shark
I have had to frequent much worse places than Colon Street or Jonquera so I guess I may be a bit desensitised. It certainly feels like a walk in the park compared to some of the real cess pits I have been in (including my own country). That said you are right to keep your wits about you, I enjoy a beer but never ever get drunk. Jonquera I have found very safe, it is merely the impression that is deceiving and Colon Street late at night is reasonably safe compared to many other "civilised" cities I have worked in or travelled to.

Thought I would write a quick report, just returned from Moalboal. My first visit over a week ago was too short and the travel done in darkness, however this latest visit was done at a respectable hour.

Firstly if you go to Moalboal make sure you take cash. I made the mistake of hoping to rely on an ATM card as I usually do, only to find that there is not a single ATM machine in the whole town. The nearest ATM machine is at least an hours bus journey to CarCar and it is not a very pleasant journey. Unless you get an aircon bus which are not very frequent, you will end up on a cramped old bus with probably standing room only. I was lucky to find a resort that took credit cards so was able to charge most of my expenses to my credit card.

Forget taxis, Moalboal as far as I could see does not have taxis. You rely on the local motorised trikes which can work out very expensive once you make a few trips back and forth.

I went to Moalboal for some relaxation, a nice beach and some fresh air. Unless you like diving avoid Panagsama beach. I don'k know why they call it a beach, since there a couple of pocket hankerchief sized strips of sand and the rest is rock. OK for swimming but nothing fantastic.

The nice beach is situated about 12km outside of town and is called White Beach. It is a long sandy pleasant beach with many overpriced beach resorts. I went to a rather basic resort, no swimming pool and no breakfast total cost 3500 per night. The beach itself gets packed with Pinoys at the weekend so it would be best to hit it during the week and away from public holidays. A trike ride will set you back 150 pesos per journey, just try doing that a few times per day and your costs soon mount up. I don't know if the beach ever gets cleaned, but I was walking barefoot and trod on numerous plastic forks and spoons, dicarded water bottles and other detrius. Filipinos seem to have a knack of ruining anything that looks scenic with litter.

I took a cab from Cebu City total cost 1500 pesos but many drivers will charge 2500 upwards. Although it is two and a half hours journey by cab, the cost of LPG there and back is probably not more than 400 pesos, so for 5-6 hours work the driver is clearing 1000 pesos, not a bad wage for a Pinoy.

My journey started at 9am and I am sure my driver had a death wish. Late braking, no forward vision, swerving everywhere rather than steering, dangerous overtaking, constant horn beeping that drove me crazy, and driving way too fast for the road conditions. I had been out till 3am the night before and planned to use the journey to get some sleep before meeting my gf in Moalboal, but the driving put me in a cold sweat and constant fear of dying so I couldn't relax for a single minute. Some of you might comment that all cab drivers in Cebu are the same!

The final straw came about 40 minutes into the journey when the driver tried yet another unsuccesful overtake and nearly came head on into the path of an oncoming bus, causing the bus to slam on his brakes and my driver forced to swerve to the right almost colliding with another heavy goods vehicle.

I angrily ordered the driver to the side of the road, its times like this I wish I knew how to speak Visayas. Gave him a few choice words and made it clear to him that I wanted to arrive in Moalboal rather than not arrive at all. With the words "now for fucks sake drive more carefully" we set off again. My firm words managed to have some effect in that he drove marginally less dangerously than before and I just closed my eyes and accepted the inevitable trip by ambulance to the nearest hospital, but luckily for me we did eventually arrive safely.

If you do want to travel to and from Moalboal by taxi than make sure you get the number of the driver before he leaves. That way you can call him and tell him when you want to leave otherwise you will be at the mercy of the bus transport system and believe you me it is not pleasant.

There is some great scenery on the way to Moalboal but when you get there hire a motorcycle and better still hire a car in Cebu City before you leave. That way you can explore at your leisure. It is difficult to get around in Moalboal independently and if you have no transport you are at the mercy of the trike riders who inflate the price if they sense your need to be important. I didn't try the disco in town but there are numerous women offering massage along the beach. Some of these will perform extras but they are not widespread.

I didn't really enjoy my trip to Moalboal and came back early. I dare say if diving is your thing (and yes I mean diving underwater and not between legs) then Moalboal may be a far more attractive proposition

[QUOTE=Mortman]Thought I would write a quick report, just returned from Moalboal. My first visit over a week ago was too short and the travel done in darkness, however this latest visit was done at a respectable hour.

Firstly if you go to Moalboal make sure you take cash. I made the mistake of hoping to rely on an ATM card as I usually do, only to find that there is not a single ATM machine in the whole town. The nearest ATM machine is at least an hours bus journey to CarCar and it is not a very pleasant journey. Unless you get an aircon bus which are not very frequent, you will end up on a cramped old bus with probably standing room only. I was lucky to find a resort that took credit cards so was able to charge most of my expenses to my credit card.

Forget taxis, Moalboal as far as I could see does not have taxis. You rely on the local motorised trikes which can work out very expensive once you make a few trips back and forth.

I went to Moalboal for some relaxation, a nice beach and some fresh air. Unless you like diving avoid Panagsama beach. I don'k know why they call it a beach, since there a couple of pocket hankerchief sized strips of sand and the rest is rock. OK for swimming but nothing fantastic.

The nice beach is situated about 12km outside of town and is called White Beach. It is a long sandy pleasant beach with many overpriced beach resorts. I went to a rather basic resort, no swimming pool and no breakfast total cost 3500 per night. The beach itself gets packed with Pinoys at the weekend so it would be best to hit it during the week and away from public holidays. A trike ride will set you back 150 pesos per journey, just try doing that a few times per day and your costs soon mount up. I don't know if the beach ever gets cleaned, but I was walking barefoot and trod on numerous plastic forks and spoons, dicarded water bottles and other detrius. Filipinos seem to have a knack of ruining anything that looks scenic with litter.

I took a cab from Cebu City total cost 1500 pesos but many drivers will charge 2500 upwards. Although it is two and a half hours journey by cab, the cost of LPG there and back is probably not more than 400 pesos, so for 5-6 hours work the driver is clearing 1000 pesos, not a bad wage for a Pinoy.

My journey started at 9am and I am sure my driver had a death wish. Late braking, no forward vision, swerving everywhere rather than steering, dangerous overtaking, constant horn beeping that drove me crazy, and driving way too fast for the road conditions. I had been out till 3am the night before and planned to use the journey to get some sleep before meeting my gf in Moalboal, but the driving put me in a cold sweat and constant fear of dying so I couldn't relax for a single minute. Some of you might comment that all cab drivers in Cebu are the same!

The final straw came about 40 minutes into the journey when the driver tried yet another unsuccesful overtake and nearly came head on into the path of an oncoming bus, causing the bus to slam on his brakes and my driver forced to swerve to the right almost colliding with another heavy goods vehicle.

I angrily ordered the driver to the side of the road, its times like this I wish I knew how to speak Visayas. Gave him a few choice words and made it clear to him that I wanted to arrive in Moalboal rather than not arrive at all. With the words "now for fucks sake drive more carefully" we set off again. My firm words managed to have some effect in that he drove marginally less dangerously than before and I just closed my eyes and accepted the inevitable trip by ambulance to the nearest hospital, but luckily for me we did eventually arrive safely.

If you do want to travel to and from Moalboal by taxi than make sure you get the number of the driver before he leaves. That way you can call him and tell him when you want to leave otherwise you will be at the mercy of the bus transport system and believe you me it is not pleasant.

There is some great scenery on the way to Moalboal but when you get there hire a motorcycle and better still hire a car in Cebu City before you leave. That way you can explore at your leisure. It is difficult to get around in Moalboal independently and if you have no transport you are at the mercy of the trike riders who inflate the price if they sense your need to be important. I didn't try the disco in town but there are numerous women offering massage along the beach. Some of these will perform extras but they are not widespread.

I didn't really enjoy my trip to Moalboal and came back early. I dare say if diving is your thing (and yes I mean diving underwater and not between legs) then Moalboal may be a far more attractive proposition[/QUOTE]

I've not been to Moalboal and after reading this write up it won't be high on my to do list.

For those interested to get out of Cebu I found Malapasca and Bantayan quite nice, I like Dumaguete -if you want to dive the area around Apo island is great and for the most beautiful beaches in Philippines take the 1500P ish flight from Manila /Cebu to here in Palawan. Of course in most of these places there isnt a superabundance of open minded girls, but there aren't so many guys hunting them either. All you need is a handful of cuties who are ready for action and its been a while now since I've slept with less than two babes.

[QUOTE=Mortman]I was told it was for refurbishment




Shark
I have had to frequent much worse places than Colon Street or Jonquera so I guess I may be a bit desensitised. It certainly feels like a walk in the park compared to some of the real cess pits I have been in (including my own country). That said you are right to keep your wits about you, I enjoy a beer but never ever get drunk. Jonquera I have found very safe, it is merely the impression that is deceiving and Colon Street late at night is reasonably safe compared to many other "civilised" cities I have worked in or travelled to.[/QUOTE]

Hi Mortman.

You mentioned in an earlier post not to pay more than 500P for a girl at Jonquera.
Did you take them to your hotel or a hotel in that area?

Are the girls allowed to go to your hotel for a ST?


Thanks.
TC.

[QUOTE=Tcvve]Hi Mortman.

You mentioned in an earlier post not to pay more than 500P for a girl at Jonquera.
Did you take them to your hotel or a hotel in that area?

Are the girls allowed to go to your hotel for a ST?

Thanks,

TC.[/QUOTE]In addition:

Do you pay this 500 php directly to the pimp or to the girl AFTER the deed is done.

I paid directly to the pimp and took the girl out from Junquera to my hotel, but I found out that it is wrong to give it to the pimp ahead the service.

Aöö Junquera girls wanted to leave after 30 minutes to 1 hr although 3 hrs have been agreed and they also refused BJ although it was agreed before.

Please. Give us some clarifications about this.

It has been some time since I posted on Moalboal so i will reiterate:

MB is NOT the sort of place one goes to find Girls, oh there are a few of them
around, you can score at the only disco open on ONLY Saturday night, the locals come from miles around to do just that. But it is better to bring your own.

Also, I recommend that you go by Bus, buss's rule the road in the Philippines
You can go to Citilink, just near Cebu city's E mall and get a Bus to "Berdian"
for about 50 pesos, get the airconditioned express bus and you get into Moalboal in about two hours. Taxi's are just too expensive and they drive like fools, same with those private cars that you can hire.

To my knowledge you can get a bus going south to MB and back again every hour or half hour.

Lots of great scenery going down to MB, some of the nicest in the PI IMHO.
I usually stay at Quo Vadis which has a nice pool.

Lack of ATM's lack of TV cable and sparse internet service make MB rather taxing, but itis a great place for a weekend getaway with a special honey who can make all the bargains for you.

Spamhog




[QUOTE=GregLondon]I've not been to Moalboal and after reading this write up it won't be high on my to do list.

For those interested to get out of Cebu I found Malapasca and Bantayan quite nice, I like Dumaguete -if you want to dive the area around Apo island is great and for the most beautiful beaches in Philippines take the 1500P ish flight from Manila /Cebu to here in Palawan. Of course in most of these places there isnt a superabundance of open minded girls, but there aren't so many guys hunting them either. All you need is a handful of cuties who are ready for action and its been a while now since I've slept with less than two babes.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Tcvve]Hi Mortman.

You mentioned in an earlier post not to pay more than 500P for a girl at Jonquera.
Did you take them to your hotel or a hotel in that area?

Are the girls allowed to go to your hotel for a ST?


Thanks.
TC.[/QUOTE]

I have used short time hotels and also taken girls back to my hotel. The Sogo hotel is walking distance of Jonquera, my preferred short time hotel. However if it is late at night you may prefer to use a cab although it is only 5 minutes walk.
I have never had a problem taking girls back to the hotel from Jonquera, I even took one girl to the Waterfront Hotel and left her in the bar whilst I went to use the sauna. Great to see the looks on peoples faces as I turned up at the most expensive hotel in town with a gorgeous young looking, 19 year old 500 peso hooker on my arm.

[QUOTE=Spam Hog]It has been some time since I posted on Moalboal so i will reiterate:

MB is NOT the sort of place one goes to find Girls, oh there are a few of them
around, you can score at the only disco open on ONLY Saturday night, the locals come from miles around to do just that. But it is better to bring your own.

Also, I recommend that you go by Bus, buss's rule the road in the Philippines
You can go to Citilink, just near Cebu city's E mall and get a Bus to "Berdian"
for about 50 pesos, get the airconditioned express bus and you get into Moalboal in about two hours. Taxi's are just too expensive and they drive like fools, same with those private cars that you can hire.

To my knowledge you can get a bus going south to MB and back again every hour or half hour.

Lots of great scenery going down to MB, some of the nicest in the PI IMHO.
I usually stay at Quo Vadis which has a nice pool.

Lack of ATM's lack of TV cable and sparse internet service make MB rather taxing, but itis a great place for a weekend getaway with a special honey who can make all the bargains for you.

Spamhog[/QUOTE]

Good to see you back on the forum. Totally agree with your points, I wish I had hired a car or motorcycle, you are right the scenery and views are fantastic. With your own car at least you can stop whenever you want to take photographs, stop off and eat or get off the beaten track to explore and you will not be held to ransom in the resort itself by the local motorcycle trike taxis

[QUOTE=Rampana]In addition:

Do you pay this 500 php directly to the pimp or to the girl AFTER the deed is done.

I paid directly to the pimp and took the girl out from Junquera to my hotel, but I found out that it is wrong to give it to the pimp ahead the service.

Aöö Junquera girls wanted to leave after 30 minutes to 1 hr although 3 hrs have been agreed and they also refused BJ although it was agreed before.

Please. Give us some clarifications about this.[/QUOTE]
I have always paid 500 direct to the pimp, usuallly a papasan but not always. This normally gives you around 3 hours with the girl and I normally try to agree the service up front with both the girl and the papasan before paying. I have had some truly fantastic experiences from Jonquera and others not so great. If you decide to keep the girl till morning you will pay the girl direct for extra time. I am sure there are variations on this theme as you do get freelancers in the surrounding areas and some very down at heel lady boarding houses that double up as brothels (take out only).
Hope that is a bit clearer?

Yo guys, I'm in Cebu right now. The gogo bars on Mango seem to be slow right now. It's not as busy as how it was when I was here back in Oct 2009. Maybe because I was there at a later hour. My friends DIA contact also told us that Julianas is not just closed due to rennovation but, because of the fights that been occuring at Julianas. Not sure if she is right on this though. Also, Sisters gogo bar on Mango Avenue is going in renovation and expanding it to be bigger. It should be open in a couple of days. This place is too small to begin with. Prices of the beer, ladies drinks and BFs at the Mango bars are still the same from my last visit in 2009.

By the way, I forgot that most places in Cebu don't accept older bills. I was trying to exchange an older $100 american bill and several places did not accept. Do any of you know what places would take older bill currency?