Davao

I've written a few times about the boom(let) in new restaurants, bars and other commercial enterprises now occurring in Davao. On Tuesday, we went to a new Bigby's, which had, at that time, been open all of four days. I don't know how many guys know of Bigby's which is a Filipino-owned mini-chain that features a sort of Tex-Mex menu. It started in CDO, and this is the second restaurant in Davao, with the first located in SM Mall.

The restaurant is attractive, very clean, and has a large outdoor eating terrace where you can smoke and from which you can people watch, and I think that perhaps the watching may be fairly good. The night we were there, the inside was packed when we arrived and the outside was about half full. There's also a new Bo's coffee shop next door, also with a large outside area and the pickings there may be fairly good as well.

This is also a decent place to take a lady for whom you want to buy a nice meal but on whom you do not want to spend a great deal. We had a lot of food and the total bill was less than Php. 750. The food isn't great, but if you're into Quesadillas, ribs, etc., it's not bad at all.

Bigby's is located on Jacinto Extension, about 500 meters or so north of the Venue complex, so it's an easy stroll down to the disco and the area that surrounds it.

GE

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I was recently in Davao for a month. I mostly took dates to the SM mall because the mall seemed to have the most variety of restaurants chains to choose from in one place. Just be sure to finish your meal and leave the mall before closing time. I spent 45 mins waiting for a taxi after closing time (on a Saturday).

My other regular eating spot was the the Damosa Gateway Complex and IT Park. (just ask the cabbie to take you to the Microtell Inn). There are many different styles of restaurants to choose from and the area is very clean and it's easy to find a taxi. The Swiss Deli is just a block away. There is also a 24 hour McDonald's there that delivers for late night snacks.

I don't think I ever spent over 1000 peso for a meal at eather SM or Damosa, and I'm a big boy.

[QUOTE=Bob Bowie]I was recently in Davao for a month. I mostly took dates to the SM mall because the mall seemed to have the most variety of restaurants chains to choose from in one place. Just be sure to finish your meal and leave the mall before closing time. I spent 45 mins waiting for a taxi after closing time (on a Saturday).

My other regular eating spot was the the Damosa Gateway Complex and IT Park. (just ask the cabbie to take you to the Microtell Inn). There are many different styles of restaurants to choose from and the area is very clean and it's easy to find a taxi. The Swiss Deli is just a block away. There is also a 24 hour McDonald's there that delivers for late night snacks.

I don't think I ever spent over 1000 peso for a meal at eather SM or Damosa, and I'm a big boy.[/QUOTE]My office is in Damosa, so it's an area I know well. It's true that with the various eateries, you can spend very little for food. Even the Dim Sum Diner at the end of the row of shops lets you eat lunch for well under Php300. With the exception of Dim Sum Diner however, and one of the other places, the eateries have no airconditioning and it can get quite uncomfortable during the lunch hour, with the press of people and the hot, humid weather.

Damosa is also, as I've said before, a pretty excellent spot for meeting the call center ladies, who throng to the various eateries during lunch hour. There are hundreds of them, and many will return smiles and make eye contact with little or no encouragement.

SM is building a new mall less than a kilometer down the road from Gateway, and Robinson's is building a new store about 2 clics in the other direction, so the area is just going to get more densely populated and better from the standpoint of meeting women. There's also a new coffee show directly across the parking lot from the eateries, and I've noticed a few tables of women sipping the coffee throughout the day, so this may be still another Damosa attraction.

GE

Guys,

I reviewed the old Davao Board for one of my very few times. The guy Sxxx, claims to have fucked one of the waitresses at Henny's De bonte Koe Restaurant. TOTAL BULLSHIT l! He has to be Joking, long removed from the Boards. With his lol (joking did this every sentence, just like this guy) and his rediculous claim to fucking a waitress at Henny's (Joking once posted he would go to Davao and fuck mine and GE's girlfriends). Claims to stay at Marco Polo Hotel when in Davao but has nothing to say about the rooms, interior of Hotel, Restaurants (6 counting the private Club on rooftop).just a lot of lol, lol and lies.

First, having known Henny for five years now I can comment accurately on many items. The waitiress DO NOT work from 11:00AM to 11:00PM. It closes from 2:00PM to 5:00PM and during the lunch hour has very few customers, meaning littleworkforthe girls. Sxxx (joking???) and his constant lol need to get the facts straight, instead of claiming hennyis breaking some labor law (like he would know).

If Henny is "not in sight" as this guy claims, he IS back in the kitchen. After "louie the Liar" made his "claim" I dropped by and spoke with Henny. He said he had been at his Restaurant whenever it was open for the past several weeks. I was in Davao when this "Louie the Liar" was there. Perhaps he IS the old fart (claims to have travelled to Davao in the 70's)who stayed at the $6/nt women's boarding house and carried his possessions around in a worn out bag.

As to Ground Zero, there ARE still plenty of women here, especially at 5:00PM when they get out from the Offices and the Hospital. The difference is that I wrote the Posts about Ground Zero beginning in Nov 2003. There are NOW more and better places to hangout in the evening, making this now an early evening stop for women heading home from College or work.

I do not go to Ground Zero, the Park, Venue's (was here 3-4times a week back in '04) simply because I do not have to now. If you read my posts here, I get far more than my share of Davao pussy. Same reason I visit Hot Legs 3 (tired of Hot Legs 1 and, at 6'4", much too tall for ceiling beams hanging down in Hot Legs 2); ONLY for a little visual fun watching the girls get nude on stage.

It was inevitable that this guy Joking would return. Not surprising that he makes the preposterous claim of fucking one of Henny's waitresses. Did he ever get laid at all in Davao City? lol, lol, lol.

Dragon Slayer

Well guys, despite all the (valid) snide remarks from DS, I’m back at it again. I planned a 2 week trip to the Phils and touched down in manila two weeks ago. Per the given advice, I had narrowed down the internet date site targets to a few QTs in manila and Cebu, with my main focus of about 10 hotties in Davao. This decision was based on my disappointment with the security issues in Cebu and my inability to effectively move around in manila safely. I was going to give up on the Phils, but GE convinced me that Davao is safe so I’m giving it another go. The problem is that, as many of you have noticed, Cebu is just so loaded with hot prospects, that even though I had planned on one day in manila, 2 days in Cebu and ten days in Davao, I just kept getting overwhelmed with "interest" from really nice looking ladies in Cebu. As before, my Cebu target list grew rapidly. Also, several of the hottest targets that I could not conquer on the last trip in March, were making it obvious that they would allow me to enjoy the true fruits of a close "friendship". I simply could not pass this up so planned on a few extra days in Cebu. I was really torn though, because soon after my arrival in the US from my last trip to the Phils, I started receiving yahoo IM’s from one of the best looking girls I’ve ever seen on cam or pix, and she completely let it be know that she was going to give up her virginity to me on arrival in Davao. Whether said virginity was true or not, I could not care less, but the fact that she was "good to go" and beautiful in cam had me obviously interested in getting down there ASAP. Decisions, decisions! Well, since I had definite first hand experience with two sweethearts in Cebu, I really needed to capitalize on the offer that they both extended to me, so I decided on a short trip to Cebu first. From my original post, my main Cebuanas are Tutor who is 19 and Sister who is 22. They are gorgeous, classy and both swear they are virgins. Both are really good girls that say they have never met (nor been corrupted by) foreigners before other than Sister’s long term exboyfriend.

I arrived in Manila and caught a cab to the Heritage. I wanted to stay close to the airport since I get bored in Manila and wanted a quick exit to all points south in the Phils whenever I felt the urge. I had stayed at the Copacabana last time. While it was cheap (about $70/night), it was run down and felt more like an old run down condo project. The rooms were huge and had kitchens, but I didn’t care. I wanted style to help impress the ladies and enjoy some nice ambiance. The Heritage fit the bill nicely even though it’s a little run down, and was almost as nice as the Marriott in Cebu. The price of $100 per night made the Heritage a reasonable bargain, although this was only obtained through an online agency so do your shopping. Standard rate at the front desk was about $200. The Heritage has a full casino, live music, several restaurants, a pool and a decent gym. Beware of all amenities including broadband connection (800 P/day). The breakfast buffet was big and not bad, but at $25 USD per person that seemed pricey for the Phils. Still, the place was nice and impressed the ladies, even though they seemed impressed by anything.

Prior to arrival, I had entered all manila contacts onto my Phils SIM card that was left over from last trip. Luckily the SIM cards stay valid for about six months after last use. This was important, because not only did several of the previous hot targets already have this number, but I had big plans to meet FF in Cebu as he was going to teach me the Mall Hunting Technique. I had printed 250 classy business cards with this old Phils cell number so I was quite happy it had not been disconnected. Anyhow, upon arrival in Manila airport I already had several missed calls from targets that were obviously trying to see if my number was active. I also started receiving texts immediately. I really limited my list for Manila since I don’t like the city or the girls much. The Tagalog tinged English is rather rough and the girls in Manila, at least the regular girls, just don’t doll up nor look nearly as good as the sweeties down in Cebu. Since I’m so picky on what I want (quality, not quantity) I had really tried to do my homework this time as far as doing cam-to-cam and collecting pix of these girls. I had settled on about 6 really cute ones that I was certain would fit the bill. I also spent a lot of time chatting on YM which was a pain but I hoped it would pay off. The first of the Manila girls (Cebu Transplant) was stuck in Manila from Cebu. She was supposed to have gone back to Cebu on a ferry, but after the last ferry sinking she would not travel that way and was waiting for an airline ticket. I called her quick, and she met me at the hotel lobby. She turns out to have gained a bunch of weight so I politely bail on her after about 10 minutes. Dang, my biggest complaint about the Heritage lobby is that there is no place to sit other than in the area where they serve drinks. The issue as that these drinks start at $5 USD a piece. I’m thrifty but not an ubercheapskate, but I don’t want to buy expensive drinks for every girl that drops by to meet me. I was stuck though. Every time I sat down with a girl, the waitress would come up and offer drinks. Bleh, this was going to cost me. Anyhow, the next one ("the Massuese") I wanted to meet was a really cute thing that was actually from Cebu also. She is an independent masseuse that had just quit her agency. She’s 19, lives with her sister, and swore that she never did p4p during massage and swore she was a virgin. She said she only charged 250p for an hour massage, which sounded great to me even if she was ugly! She also looked like a hot little spinner in cam. As always, I’m a poor judge of reality through the cam. She showed up at the hotel and while she is very pretty, she is not a spinner. She’s about 5’5", which was pretty cool! She also had some meat on her and was not the typical waif that I’m used to meeting. She is not fat though I consider her "just right" and I was happy. This is a nice change compared to all the 4. 5 foot tiny things that show up. We go upstairs and she gives me a fantastic 2 hour massage. It doesn’t take long to start the DFK and I’m able to get her shirt off that reveals the smoothest skin I’ve ever felt on a girl and a really nice big rack. Sorry, pictures were totally prohibited. She won't let me touch anything below the waist even with clothes on. I really like this girl for some reason even though she is really quiet. Maybe it’s the fantastic 2 hour massages! I spend two days with her and really enjoyed it. During this time I meet a few other DIA girls but get pretty bored with the quality as I’m looking for my definition of "totally hot", whatever that means. The other targets that show up just are not that great, and I pass on them even though I get the requisite follow up texts from all of them. Unfortunately I can’t hook up with all the girls I’ve promised to meet, but I’m getting antsy in manila and want to move on to bigger and better prospects down south. So I say goodbye to my Masseuse, swear to return, and head to the airport for Cebu. (If you private message me, I may give her number out to selected individuals of decently I'll repute, as long as you promise to pay for the massage, tip her decently, treat her well, and tell me if you can get in her pants! ). Of course, since I’m a seasoned traveler now (LOL, second time to Phils), I’m able to bypass all the taxi drivers offering "standard rate sir". I give all these guys a firm a look and say repeatedly "metro please". Its my new favorite phrase and seems to work well at saving me from getting ripped off.

I head to the manila airport, and go to the new terminal 3 for the Cebu departure. Wow! The place is brand new, huge, and awesome. I walk right up with no line, buy my ticket, breeze through the checkpoints and sit down in a huge lounge with plenty of outlets for cell phone and laptop work/recharging. They’ve done an awesome job in the new terminal. Sometimes things do get done here! Anyhow, I arrive in Cebu and head straight to my favorite hotel there, the Marriott. As before I pay a total of 105 USD for great service, a great gym and ridiculously expensive internet connection. I’m a health nut and spend hours in their nice but crowded gym. There is plenty of fresh fruit at the markets next door at Ayala Mall and I highly recommend the lean fish soup (Sinigang) loaded with fresh veggies at the Marriot for those that are health conscious. I do not recommend the Pork Sisig that is nothing but a huge plate of minced pig fat with buttered bread. I cannot believe anyone would eat that! They’re remodeling the hotel with much of it shut down, but its still nice. I immediately start hooking up with the old and new contacts. As previously stated, my main focus this trip is to get to Davao to enjoy a city in safety, but I need to score and set up contacts for next visit here in Cebu. I meet 4 girls for quick interviews. Odds have caught up with me at this point. Although they are all "standard mold" 19 years old, 4. 5 feet tall, 75 pounds, all of them are absolutely gorgeous keepers! As always, Cebu just seems to be the place to meet massive amounts of beautiful women. I don’t even know which one to choose. I can’t focus and not really interested in getting a quick one from any of these girls. They swear they are all virgins. True or not, this means it will take ME days to get in their pants; maybe not you. Besides, these girls are all 9’s and 10s. The biggest surprise is one that is just a plain worker that I thought would be boring. It turns out that she is the shortest girl I’ve ever seen but also probably the cutest and bubbliest. She looks all of about 12 years old even though she is 19. She is so much fun and so pretty that I will return just to see her. Subsequent texts are quite flirty so I’m confident I can make progress with her. All of these girls have told me about how other guys have tried to talk flirty with them at which point they cut off all communication. I have tried getting flirty with a few of these girls early on and they’ve warned me they will cut off communication if I continue, so I stop. The only reason I tolerate this is because they look so good. This time all the girls will be worth the wait. Waiting wont’ be a problem for me because I have my little Tutor swearing she’s waiting for me. As promised, Tutor shows up 6 pm. It only takes a few minutes for the clothes to come off. She apologizes for being "that time of the month. " After waiting for several months from the last trip and not scoring, my immediate response is "what makes you think I care? " It’s a bloody mess, and she’s definitely a virgin. Even after a gallon of Astroglide I can’t hide the sausage. Luckily the sage words of DS come to mind about getting the fingers in and opening her up. My index finger barely fits but I’m able to open her up over the course of an hour by adding fingers slowly. I think the last time I did this was 30 years ago so I’m outta practice. After many an "ouch" from her, and thanks to DS, I’m finally able to plant my pole in her love box. Finally! Aimless scores. Woot! Still, as she’s the typical 4. 5 foot 75 pound spinner, I can only go about 75% and I’m only average. Its fun and I’m looking forward to more. She’s kinda ruining it with all her "I love you" crap, but I go with it since I like her and I don’t want to hurt her. Later she starts getting demanding wondering why I don’t’ send her texts every 5 minutes. Oh well, it aint my fault. I’m polite but not her puppet. Maybe she’ll dump me, but I don’t care at this point. I got what I came for so its time to move on. It turns out that my favorite hottie "Sister" from last trip doesn’t text. Tutor is really attached and I don’t feel like getting in a web of lies juggling her while trying to bone the other QT’s I’ve met on this trip, so I head to the airport and grab a plane for Davao. This will work in my favor since I’ve noticed that days or even weeks of flirty texts to a prime prospect seems to really loosen them up for the next visit. I’m looking forward to coming back to Cebu in about 2 months so they should all be ripe for the picking.

Even though I know I’m too picky and a poor judge of photos, I just can’t help but request that my main chatmate in Davao meet me at the airport. I’m thinking this could be a huge mistake but she looks soooo damn hot in cam and I’ve been chatting with her every day to the exclusion of all others (bad idea). She swears she will give her virginity to me. I have many other chatmates to meet, but I feel the need to go "all in" with this one. This is definitely a typical case of the little head taking over all sense of reason. I get off the plane with serious anticipation. I walk up the departure ramp (passing all the drivers shouting "standard rate taxi sir"). Damn! I thought she’d be taller, but nope: my girls are all from the same stinkin’ mold! She’s 19 years old, 4. 5 feet tall, and 75 pounds. But she’s HOT! Just the right amount of makeup, cute clothes, and beautiful salon straightened hair. She’s got a perfect rack too! In the words of my hero (Family Guy’s Quagmire) "Dear Diary: Jackpot! " She’s all giggles and obviously happy to meet me so I’m all good. We check into the Apo view which is an overpriced dump. Still, the bed is comfy and it takes no time to start sucking her face and getting her bra off. Her rack is not huge but just perfect for her size. I’m in love. Any attempt to touch anything below the waist is met with a firm "no". It was a late flight from Cebu and I’m so happy to have a new hottie that I don’t care. I fall asleep scheming on how to conquer this little vixen. She swears her parents are ok with her staying with me so I go with it. We awake the next day and I arrange for the switch to the Royal Mandaya since the Marco Polo is full for a few days. Oh wait, the MP has a room for $300 USD per night, but no, I’m not going to pay that. If you can arrange things in advance you’ll be happier than me since everything I do is spur of the moment, but I like the flexibility. It turns out that the Royal Mandaya is much nicer in my opinion than the Apo view. The Apo is so tired looking and expensive. The Royal is fresher, nicer and much cheaper although a little austere. It’s a great deal as others have stated. I get a room for about 50 USD which includes breakfast and costs half of the Apo. The dinner buffet is really good too at the RM. There is free internet in a big lobby with many places to hide and type in comfort (which I’m doing now). I have had problems with the internet though as the connection has been spotty, but the staff is attentive and has had it fixed. My biggest complaint is no in-room safe but there are private safety boxes near the front desk big enough for my laptop. I only have credit cards in there and I don’t know if I would trust to keep cash in these boxes. Next day, FDH and I hang out a little and she takes off long enough for me to take care of some business. I’ve arranged to meet a fellow professional (female) that is old, fat, ugly but that has a bubbly personality. I’m looking forward to learning about my profession here in the Phils with a colleague. She shows up to meet me at the RM. DAMN! As usual I’m totally unprepared. She’s beautiful, and not fat. She’s 26, but looks maybe 18. I could go for this but she is so quiet I get bored to death. She seems to know nothing about our profession. I dunno, maybe she is lying. We plan on visiting various professional venues and I leave it at that since I already have a hottie and this one is boring me. I prefer my uneducated 19 year old so I dump the professional and head back to my room. My FDH comes back to the hotel and we head straight for the bed. She’ll let me play with her rack, DFK and dry hump her but she won’t let me touch anything below the waist. Hmm, ok, she doesn’t want me to touch her, which is fine, so I tell her I’m hungry and want to DATY, but I promise not to touch anything below the waist with my hands. The logic works! Of course the DATY is sweet and fresh like just about any 19 year old virgin’s, which she is upon inspection. She finally lets me touch her but I cannot get my finger in her even with Astroglide. My pole is a no-go as well, but we try until its obvious the whole thing is just hurting her too much even though she’s really trying like a champ. She even offers to get drunk which we may try. I need to give her a rest because she’s having trouble walking from hours of my pole knocking at the door. She heads back to her house to visit family and I arrange for a quick meeting with another chatmate. This girl turns out to be kinda cute but has a stunningly huge natural rack on her beanpole body. She’s not quite my type and probably not a virgin as she tells me about all the men she’s met that send her money even though she swears she never asks for it and has never slept with any of these guys. Yeah right. LOL. I kinda would like to do this one but don’t want to jeopardize what I have and don’t really like experienced girls. This one has experience. If I’m going to put myself at risk of being dumped for infidelity then I want the prize to be even hotter than what I have now, so after an hour of interesting chat, I say good bye to "the Rack". I’ve lined up plenty of other hotties to meet but have a lot of things to do. I have a week left so we’ll see what will happen. My main focus is to actually to score with my little FDH who is upstairs sleeping in my bed right now (and hopefully not rifling through my stuff). I may have to take her to Pearl Farm. I’m going to try Peoples Park tonight and try to hit De Bont Koe. I have not been to any bars and not sure I will, even though Hot Legs is across the street from the RM. By the way, if you enjoy touring a city and constantly worrying about not getting mugged, then Davao is your place. I love this city and will come back often even if its not quite the mongertown that is Cebu. Davao seems cleaner, happier and is definitely safer. Not a single taxi driver has attempted to leave the meter off and go with "standard rate sir". This city just has a great feel to it. Thanks to GE for all the advice on this.

My only lament at this point is the absence of my mentor FF who was going to teach me the Mall Hunting Technique as the malls here are crawling with beautiful girls constantly giving me eye contact due to the lack of foreigners. Unfortunately my 250 business cards sit idle due to my stupid inability to approach strange women and ask them out.

Cheers,

Aimless

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This is the biggest, most festive week of the year for Davao, as the city hosts its annual Kadayawan Festival. I have no idea what, if anything, it commemorates, but it's a week of parades, street stalls selling everything imaginable, throngs of people in the street and impassable traffic. It's also the week during which everyone living in Davao goes to restaurants, be they the local Ihaw Ihaw places or the more expensive locales.

We had intended to go to Henny's or perhaps Claude's tonight, as we would typically do during a week end, but a call from a friend who was downtown dissuaded me. She said that the traffic was ridiculous and parking impossible, so we changed our minds and headed north instead, up Lanang to Damosa, where we ate a the Damosa branch of Tsuru's the bet Japanese restaurant in town. The food was excellent, but that's not really why I'm writing.

The entire courtyard in front of restaurant row was cordoned off, with plastic tables and chairs throughout. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of people sitting around, sipping San Migs, and watching the free music show (very loud). This was a mixed crowd of families, young people out on dates and, sprinkled liberally throughout, dozens of tables of sweet young things, looking to enjoy the festivities but clearly ready for the odd encounter. I was with my wife and another friend, but attracted lots of smiles, come hither looks, and everything but verbal invitations. The choice was large and the ladies were, I'm sure, willing.

This is an event that comes but once a year and it's over on Sunday, so for anyone who is not already here, you will have to wait till next year. However, for anyone who is here, and thinks that the opportunity for "normal" woman encounters are limited to the usual places on Rizal, or Venue or the Auto Shop, you might want to think again.

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GoodEnough,

Thankyou for your Fiesta input. I was there in 2004 for the fiesta in Aug '04 and found it a real pain in the ass with the traffic and crowds. There are more ladies about at this time. The crowds and traffic will test your patience.

Aimless,

Thankyou for again posting here. I enjoy your posts and I am sure the guys do. I sometimes hand out the professional business cards of my Firm with my filipino CP# written on the back. I do not think this works much. Better to "exchange" phone numbers. I have them enter theirs into my phone with their name. I hit on gorgeous women everywhere. I just walk up, say "hi" and introduce myself. I smile a lot, always dress nice and just ignore the onlookers ([url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] on them).

What are my percentages? About 50% give me their number and meet me later for lunch or dinner. Of this I fuck about 50%. So I fuck 25% of the ladies I walk up to ANYWHERE in the Phils. I will try it in Hong Kong and China also soon. I did this at my medical specialist's office in Davao but erased her CP # before hitting the ADD button (am I fucking stupid???). Yes she has my CP# but doubt she will call ever. She would expect me, having given me her number, to initiate the call. Not having done this, she thinks I am not interested (rather than a fuckup).

Guys,

I will be initiating several Posts on the "FILIPINAS, OPINIONS AND ADVICE" Board. You should read them if only to be entertained. I will relate some of my experiences and WHY I firmly believe the ladies would: A) much prefer a filipino man their own age and, B) want us primarily (80-90%) for the VISA and MONEY ($$$ or YYY). This comes after my recent 7 week Trip (2nd longest ever) and from numerous experiencesover the last 20 years travelling from 4-6 times a year in Asia (18 years in the Phils).

I will take a dozen or more Posts over the next week to do this.

Dragon Slayer

Aimless:

I was just about to retire for the evening when I decided to check the board and saw your novella. Quite a read and very entertaining! I'm glad you like Davao--many do not since the P4P scene here is not at all as well developed as in Cebu or Manila, but as you're discovering, it's got lots of other attractions.

I'm somewhat surprised you got a room at the last minute during Kadayawan, and I thought that most of the hotels would be full. Since you're here however, during what is without doubt the nutsiest time of the year in this city, you might want to consider checking out the "standard" Rizal St. bars sometime tomorrow. I mean Bar 183, Swags, and the others on that strips the names of which I do not know. However, you might get a kick out of Rizal Promenade which is jammed with people on the week ends.

If I can overcome my loathing of bumper to bumper traffic we may venture out to De Bonte Koe or to Claude's )Cafe de Ville) tomorrow evening, but the thought of driving all over the area to seek parking doesn't appeal to me, so I am not at all sure.

Anyhow, welcome to Davao.

GE

to readers of this dragon slayer davao forum i would like to compare some ds claims and opinions with the facts. it is important that the facts are not lost with the hyperbole of personal opinion.

let me focus on some specific recent examples.

[b][u]1. sxxxx (previously joking): [/u][/b]

[b]ds’s claim: [/b] sxxxx "he has to be joking, long removed from the boards"; and ds surmises sxxxx must have been previously using the name joking because of the regular use of the expression "lol". (ds posting 21 august 2008).

[b]the facts: [/b] in a posting in the official isg davao board (not this one) dated 22nd oct 2007 sxxxx clearly introduced himself by saying "time to move on. on 21st october i grew tired of joking. now more interested in sxxxx". all isg members are entitled to, every six months, change their isg name if they wished and sxxxx was simply for the first and only time exercising that right. all previous postings in the name of joking were automatically renamed by isg as sxxxx. hence he has never been removed from the boards.

[b]my comment: [/b] sxxxx makes a very strong, helpful and positive contribution to the isg boards. like many others contributing to the boards i value his writing, and his touch of humour and feedback and interaction with others. he has contributed many "reports of distinction". i haven’t time to count them but they would certainly far outweigh those of the ds himself (i cannot recall any).

[b][u]2. fucking a henny’s (de bonte koe) waitress: [/u][/b]

[b]ds’s claim: [/b] in three separate postings (21st, 9th and 7th aug) ds boldly says (i) "total bullshit" to sxxxx’s "rediculous (sic) claim to fucking a waitress at henny's"; (ii) "the fantasy related on the old davao board by ‘louie the liar’"; (iii) "i have never seen one of henny's waitresses talk to a customer, other than to get his drinks or dinner request"; and (iv) "posts by these lying losers will have a flood of creeps to henny's two restaurants".

[b]the facts: [/b] on the isg davao board (not the ds one) sxxxx’s posting of 6th aug said "ate at de bonte ko. luck struck on my very first meal there. only myself there, no owner, no nobody. so i chatted up a particular waitress. i will say no more, lol. " there was no mention of the word "fucking" and no mention that fucking took place at henny’s. but obviously sxxxx implies further follow-up with the waitress.

[b]my comment: [/b] last week i had a lunchtime meal at de bonte koe. i was the only one there in the beginning; 4 waitresses and henny in the background. the waitresses there are very professional and a cut above all other places i have been to in davao. it was no problem, sitting on my own, in entering into good friendly individual chats with the waitresses, and i did so. but you need to call one across otherwise they will respect your privacy. i have no doubt that it would be very easy to pass your phone number or a business card to a receptively inclined waitress. and knowing the phils this is a well-used practice often resulting in a high strike rate, whether it be ds’s (not sxxxx’s) claimed "fucking" or whatever. the meals at this restaurant are delicious. for lunch i had a mushroom soup and pate on fresh bread plus a coffee. this came to just over 250 pesos. thank goodness henny has not adopted ds’s (and goodenough’s) suggestion of a minimum charge of 250p otherwise i would have been in danger of being barred from a lovely meal (and chatting to the waitresses)!

[b][u]3. the "old defunct davao board": [/u][/b]

[b]ds’s claim: [/b] that "this is the main davao board" (16th june); and he repeatedly decries "the ancient davao board" and the "defunct" davao board. he has previously said he never reads the davao board and he reports that goodenough keeps him informed. he now (21 august 2008) says "i reviewed the old davao board for one of my very few times".

[b]the facts: [/b] the isg philippines main index itemises various cities of which davao is one. there is also a link on this page to the dragon slayer forum. a few clicks away you find the ds davao forum, for which the ds has editorial rights. to say that the ds davao forum is the main davao forum is no more than a personal opinion not backed up by reality. a few more facts: since starting in, apparently, january 2006 there are currently 653 postings on the ds davao forum, listed over 44 pages. during the same period there have been 1, 111 postings over 75 pages for the isg davao forum. (isg postings information)

[b]my comment: [/b] the facts speak for themselves. there is also a question of quality of content. i personally find the ds davao forum useful and very entertaining. but how far can you go with repeated stories about the top floor of marco polo, the wine club, the nypd nephew "kid", brad sightings, and jobeth (whatever happened to this "must see" lady? ! ) and other pet ds themes?

[b][u]4. the rules for the ds forum[/u][/b]

[b]ds’s claim: [/b] "i have only 2 rules here: no discussion of sex with **** women and no insulting or ridiculing anyone who posts here" (21st june 2008); and "anyone posting in my forum should be treated with dignity and respect always" (ds 26th feb 2008).

[b]the facts: [/b] that sounds fine and of course ds has editorial rights to kick off anyone who he feels breaches his rules, and he sometimes does so (-maybe me for this posting! ). a pity that the host does not apply these principles himself when he calls people liars, creeps, and regularly makes name-calls like: "the rodent", "louie the liar" "fake scottie" "serial antagonists", "cyber mike", "bottom feeders" etc. ds also claims (hopefully tongue in cheek) "i hate always being right" (3rd and 4th feb 2008)!

[b][u]a few personal concluding comments: [/u][/b]

i have said it before and i will say it again that i am prepared to contribute positively and add value to any forum. and i try. i have made postings to the ds forums, and have just added a contribution to the ds mindanao board. however the flame-throwing and name-calling by the dragon slayer in contravention to his own rules is, sadly, likely to burn off intended contributors to his threads. it is particularly ironic that dragon slayer uses his own forum to respond and criticise items posted on other forums without using the reply facility to respond on those original forums

kongking

KongKing,

Okay now I DID get it correct! It was Joking! I rarely read any of the other forums. Also, I had Joking blocked over a year ago. As I told GE, the writing style (not just the lol) was what told me. Those years in Post Graduate Study taught me little at least. Shit but I AM always right!

I am NOT retired and I DO have my own Firm to run. So I read ONLY what interests me here, besides moderating my Forum. I do not know you and we will never meet. GE told me a bit and you are for one, old enough to be my father. You have a little too much time on your hands. Need a job or something (woman perhaps???).

I still have PMs from Joking where he insulted , threatened and ridiculed me. I do NOT like being insulted or threatened by this guy. He stays at the Marco Polo like I own the Hotel. The guy is a fucking liar. And it was GoodEnough who first read the post where the guy claimed to "score" a waitress at Henny's. He was so outraged that he phoned me at the airport as I was waiting for my flight to Davao.

I spend a lot of time in Davao City and I like it. I do not want some guy making a false statement that will bring more weirdos to places like Hennys. As it is I frequently dine in the private club on the rooftop of the Marco Polo to avoid running into some of the weirdos who have begun sitting at the Bar or an outside table at Henny's, nursing a beer or icewater for hours while hassling actual customers like me and the ladies we have with us. We have ENOUGH of this already.

As to the other Davao Board, who the fuck do you think founded that Board?? I came on that Board five years ago. It had exactly twelve (12) posts over nearly four years. I took that Board to as many as 50 posts in a single week. It was insults by Joking and two other guys that had GE andmyself leave ISG until Jackson brought us back with this Forum. Get your comments straight Kong.

I cannot believe you think the prices at Henny's are rediculous. Yes, higher than the carendairias where filipinos dine. Obviously, you are on a very tight budget. Ever dine at Tosca's inside the Dusit in Makati? Or just about any decent restaurant in Hong Kong? At Henny's De Bonte Koe two people can have an excellent dinner for P1000 ($ 22 US). This is nothing. Much cheaper than lunch for two in my city.

I guess you will NOT be walking up to me at Claude's Cafe de Ville or the diningroom of the Continental Club in the Marco Polo.

A lot of guys like my Forum(I get tons of PMs telling me this) and what I write here. You do not like what I write here, DO NOT READ MY FORUM! Got it kong? The Wine Club is mentioned here ONLY because I get a lot of PMs from guys asking when Meetings will be held. Six ISG Members have asked to join. It is unrelated to ISG and only GE and I are among those from ISG so far.

You were way the fuck out of line with your last comments concerning my nephew, Jobeth and my Posts. I know you are much older than me and on an extremely tight budget. No reason to vent your jealousy here. Perhpas you should reconsider this personal attack on me.

Dragon Slayer

[QUOTE=Dragon Slayer]I cannot believe you think the prices at Henny's are rediculous.
[/QUOTE]
DS, now you got it wrong. AGAIN! :-D

Man, you are flaming the most correct, friendly and accurate person in Davao. Facts are facts, even if they are unpleasant. I truly appreciate your stories and sometimes amusingly disrespectful character. I visit your, in my opinion personal (as opposed to official), forum every day.

But without aiming to be he next target for your sometimes very rude attacks, I must say that you make even your present president come across as a ambivalent and friendly diplomat. If you feel hurt by Kings post, I truly believe you should take a deep breath and read it more carefully. He is addressing some issues and questions initially raised by ambiguities or unclarities in your postings. Questioning is not attacking, my friend.

I started posting reports in this forum a few times. To be honest because I thought it was DS: s AND GE: s forum. I figured. Any guy as helpful as GE must have THE forum to post in. And I wanted to give back. And this DS dude seemed like a cool guy to get to know and party with. I however soon found out that there is a complex way of measuring people in this forum. Age, position, money, "luck" with ladies, etc are weighted in. And of course how much you are willing to kiss the right ass hole (s). Similar to many other social contexts on this globe. Many ways to fail here, and if you do there is a great risk of being hit by an undiscriminated shit storm of truth, lies and misinterpretations. We can all be kings behind the keyboard.

DS I will for sure meet you some day. If not before in MP, so some time with friendly and always so helpful Mr GE (no ass kissing. Just my honest opinion). So with the risk of sounding like a peace mongering jerk. Be nicer and make Davao a better place for us few foreigners that come to visit or live there. Davao is a village, and villagers are better off when cooperating.

Over and out.

Barba

Barba,

Quit monkeying around. Your Pal, Kong King went "ape shit" on me and behaved like a big gorilla. Why, because I made claims that his buddy, Joking, on his first ever Trip to Davao was lying. Yes, my old pal Steve , rest his soul, would have made similar claims. On his initial Trip he would have claimed to have fucked at least two of the waitresses there AND the lovely Manager. Plus 2-3 girls working at Marco Polo. When I was out of earshot Steve would tell Henny, GE and whomever, that he got "the blowjob of his life" from my Rose and fucked my Jen while I was in Henny's CR taking a leak.

Sorry Henny does not have bananas at De Bonte Koe for Mr Kong. Claude uses them in "Bananas Foster" at Cafe De Villa. A bit costly I am afraid. But why you state that Henny's prices are unreasonable, I have no idea.gh

I told GoodEnough several months ago my feelings on EVER meeting you. I will PM you with them. By the way this IS GoodEnough's and Dragon Slayer's Forum. All are welcome. But no "bloodshed".

Dragon Slayer

Guys,

My original intent today was to post here to find out if anyone found a place in Davao City selling good quality viagra and cialis. GE and I discussed this two weeks ago.We both get ours in Manila. You can paery a lot for the real thing at a pharmacy with a prescription but we know of no place selling it at a discount price. Maurice used to sell it from his now defunct Bar but it was not cheap.

My other queary was on romantic, elegant places to take a lady. GE and I came up with Claude's, the Restaurant on the 4th floor of Marco Polo (do not know the name) and the Continental Club. La Toscana just is not quite elegant and with the group of gay transvestites in the parking lot gets real weird real fast.

The Kid said the restaurant on the cliff, Jack's Ridge, but the food here is not very good, mostly filipino barbecue with a nice view (like in the Continental Club dining room). The Kid (Mr Kong sorry I again mentioned my nephew) is NOT into elegant. The outdoor restaurant at Red Knights is just fine for him.

If anyone has comments on places to dine please input. Pleasse no insults, rude comments or other "monkey business".

Dragon Slayer

Thanks for response guys. Davao is really charming. I would not come back at this time of year due to the crowds though. I have been told by numerous people that Kadayawan celebrates the Durian harvest. Whatever the reason, it has been difficult to move around and book rooms. As you will see, I think the MP booking success was related to my contact at the MP, "Staff Girl".

I visited Peoples Park at night and saw the Mayor, wandered around the malls and streets and saw the sites. It is very safe. Cebu may be the mongering capital of the Phils, but if you’re looking for real girl quality, and enjoy cultural immersion, then Davao is your place. Per DS comments, I really believe that if you dress nice and talk to girls at the mall you will score. I get so much friendly, interested, eye contact that its obvious there are infinite possibilities here.

I was able to obtain a room in the Marco Polo at a reasonable rate and was actually able to stay here for the next few days. I’ve been told that August is their high season so really have had trouble booking a room. It is so much nicer than the Royal Mandaya that I don’t want to go back even though the RM is less than ½ the price of the MP. I would stay at the Royal again though. The view alone from the Marco Polo makes it worth it. My FDH has been trying like a champ to give up her virginity to me. She is just too tight though. I’ve managed to penetrate her about 10% after using a gallon of Astroglide and getting her all hot and bothered. We go at it for about two hours every night. She seems to love the attempts but after 2 hours of this she starts to get sore and I stop. She’s so cute and fun that I really don’t care. I’m in Heaven. She spends the night, every night. We wake up late, and she goes home until about 9pm and then she always comes back. This free time gives me a chance to relax, go to the gym and meet other targets. She never asks for anything, but I’ve given her taxi fare and some gifts which she has accepted with resistance. I need to meet the parents soon, which should go ok. I’m still flabbergasted that her parents let her stay the night; either that or I’m going to get the crap beat out of me when I finally meet them! I’m quite surprised to learn that her parents are actually older than I am. I think this is a Phils first for me.

I’m honest with my FDH and explain that I’ve “promised to meet other chatmates”. FDH is ok with it but is very curious about the result. I have met a few so far and have been disappointed for the most part, except for the last one. Yesterday’s target was about a 9!! I can’t get rid of this new one since she’s just too hot. “Sparkles” has a charming, sparkling smile that I can’t forget. She’s taller than the others, 20 years old, with an 8 body, 9 face and nice rack. I broke my rule about letting family join in on the first meeting since I thought I’d get rid of this one quickly. As she’s sitting there in front of me, she was giggling about something with her cousin who came along. I asked her what she said and she looked me in the face and said “I told my cousin you’re so handsome”. She’s a great liar but has made it obvious I can have this adorable target, which I fully plan on. At this point I’m getting many texts from all the cute girls I’ve met around the Phils. They are all very nice, regular girls that require a lot of emotional maintenance so I really can’t keep finding more since I need to cultivate what I have. I’ve already noticed that if I don’t respond within a few hours to one of my QT’s texts then they get a little antsy. This requisite effort is the price I will have to pay if I want to hang on to them, but its ok. The final Phils tally on this trip is about 10 total regular but gorgeous girls that I’m interested in. All are under 20 years old, 8-9 in looks and there is a 95% possibility that all are the virgins they say they are. Physical examination has already confirmed this in a few.

This has turned out to be the perfect trip except that I have run into a very serious problem. Upon my arrival at the Marco Polo with my FDH, I had some issues with my room. One of the staff members repeatedly helped me. I’m not going to get into the details here because this situation is embarrassing, and anyone that has been to the Marco Polo knows exactly who this girl is. Anyhow, I found myself in long conversations with “Staff Girl”. After several of said convo’s I started to realize that I was talking to the most charming, the most intelligent and the prettiest girl I’ve ever met in the Phils! I enjoy coming to this country and playing around with the young ladies. I also enjoy being single and would never marry anyone again, but after spending hours talking to Staff Girl I have quickly realized that I would dump every girl I’ve met so far and marry Staff Girl! Am I in trouble or what? I am completely in love, but she is completely unavailable (says she engaged). Still, I enjoy my time with her and spend hours talking to her. Anyone at the hotel would recognize me and her since I follow her around like a puppy. She seems to enjoy it too, or is very good at faking it. I’m at a loss as to what to do. My only option is to keep up my attentiveness to her and hope that at some time she becomes available. I actually wish she would reveal some heretofore hidden character flaws so I can move on, because as of now, I’m totally captivated by her.

I have a few days left on this phils trip and can’t decide whether to stay, or go back to Cebu and/or Manila. Either way I’m having the time of my life!

I still meet some chatmates off the net. 50% of them are gorgeous. The others are disposable and I won’t call them again. They are all so quiet and shy that I’m getting bored stiff. I’m still completely entranced by Staff Girl, but the more I talk with her the more I realize she is nothing but a typical American girl that knows she’s hot property. She would be such a high maintenance emotional burden to be with. Still, if I had the opportunity I would give it a try. Its darn hard though with the parade of cute girls that come to my room under the watchful eye of Staff Girl. Still, there is something in the back of my mind that says that I may have a shot at this one at some point in time. As I said I would consider something permanent. Being so fixated on Staff Girl gave me a bad attitude to the point that when I woke up FDH for some midnight play, she did not act very interested and could not plant my pole due to lack of fit as before. I said “F” this to myself and booted her out the next morning. Hundreds of tearful texts followed begging me to see her again. After meeting some cute chatmates I relented and let her come back. Her attitude had changed and she was ready to ride the pony with diligence! She grabbed my pole and started rubbing her love box with it. This got her so hot and bothered that she forced me into her and rode me like a champ. Finally, after many days, I had finally nailed her! Woot #2 for Aimless! (took me long enough, no?) She tolerated this for a few minutes before she said it just hurt too much. Taking it out hurt much more. She claimed to not be able to walk the next day and hid in her room at home so her mother would not ask her what was wrong. I’ll give her a day to recover but I want more. This is way too much fun!

My professional friend ends up bringing me to one of the schools. I was given a tour, introduced to the teaching staff, and invited to teach a class. It was a lot of fun and removed some of the guilt I had associated with exploiting the little QTs of this town since I was now contributing something to society. Of course the school was full of QTs too, and I was introduced as “available” which was met with many a giggle from the young ladies in the class, but I just don’t feel right about mongering here. The malls are so loaded with pretty ladies that its mind numbing and I don’t really need to “shit where I eat” at this school since I want to come back and help out more. I suppose if I met one really worthy target I might partake on a long term basis but she’d have to be really special. Anyhow, FDH has been great, coming over every night for a firm pole planting session. She got in the habit of having an orgasm and then telling me she’s done. That was not about to continue on my dime, so I got in the habit of finishing up before she did, leaving her wimpering for more. Ha! Her problem! She graciously left after a few hours every day leaving me time to meet other chatmates in Davao. Staff Girl never says anything about my FDH so either doesn’t know or doesn’t care.

Then a miracle happens on the day of my teaching session. I text Staff Girl to tell her about how I had a 100 cute girls staring at me at the lecture, making me nervous. Staff Girl tells me that if I’d like, I can seek solace by telling her about it over coffee after work. OMG, Staff Girl has asked me out! I rush back to the hotel and she’s 2 hours late but we go out for coffee. I have a great time with her even though I can barely keep my eyes open. I ask if we can do it again the next day and she says yes. The next day I’m involved in more teaching and get numerous texts from several QTs wanting to go out. Of course I decline because of plans with Staff Girl. I return to the hotel at the designated time, but she never shows up. I text, and after about an hour, Staff Girl texts back that one of the guests gave her some stinky fruit (Durian) and that she had to take it home so will not meet tonight. Crap! Now I’m lower priority than a piece of fruit? I let her know I’m not happy and tell her I’m terminating our friendship. She apologizes profusely, begs for forgiveness. Since I’m in love, I acquiesce. Still, I’m getting a little bored and don’t like being pussywhipped, so I tell her that I was so upset by her treatment of me that I have already made plans to leave (a convenient lie). I drown my sorrows by having FDH come over for a good pole planting session. Of course I get off and she doesn’t. That’s my revenge on all females for my mistreatment at the hands of Staff Girl. I’m bored with FDH as well and need some Massuese time before returning to the US the next day, so I say goodbye to everyone and head back to Manila.

I go back at the Heritage again. Massuesse comes over for 24 hours of massage and DFK. I’m able to get all her clothes off but she doesn’t want to plant my pole. She’s so tight I can’t get my finger in her even with lube. On questioning, she says she has had one sexual experience in her life with her exboyfriend who is a Pinoy Mariner. That kills the mood for me since Mariners have some of the highest rates of STD’s. I like riding bareback which I will not do with this girl considering her history. I get my last 1.5 hour massage and politely say goodbye forever. This last experience is the icing on the cake for me regarding my decision on coming back to Manila. I will not stop in Manila again. Its expensive, crowded, and not nearly as easy to meet quality ladies with all the traffic.

As I’m packing and going to the airport, Staff Girl has been texting about how I must promise to come back to see her and how I owe her another date. Since I’m completely pussywhiped by her, I will comply. Of course all the other QTs are texting as well and begging me to return. Life is good and I’m already making plans to come back to the Phils in two months. The only thing I would do differently, due to my ridiculously high standards, is to hunt girls in person since first person visual inspection is so much simpler than trying to determine what type of girl you have over the internet.

Cheers,

Aimless

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Hi DS,

My apologies if I got carried away and turned in to a shit thrower as well. I will refrain from such argumentative posts. No more flaming from me. The quality of the thread (s) just takes a dive, and no one wins. Point taken on the "meeting issue".

The small blue and Cialis I pick up everywhere. A bit cheaper at the drug store in the north entrance of Victoria, than down town. Never bothered to notice the price though so I have no info on that. Maybe 200-400 pill. And the pills have been ranging from 20-100 mg. This is really no info to share BUT the reason for posting is that I tried two alternatives that are very good. No side effects and no heart that pumps away. One called "In-"something" man". Incredible. Nope... I cant remember now. Yea I know, not much info to go on but I got one can by just knowing that and by looking at the options the girl displayed. A pinoy buddy I hang out with told me that his mate used them for 15 years without a problem. The mate of my mate is 55+ years and still going strong on those pills. The other one is "American Solider". Rocket fuel. You need to stand on your head when you take a [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] in the morning. Go to second floor in Victoria. Walk on the left side AWAY from Rockys barber shop. Keep left and after a while you see one jewelery stand and one "Chinese herbs" stand at you right. Small simple glass cubicles. Not along the walls but to the right at the rails preventing you from falling down to the first floor. Just opposite a womens clothes store with 6 girls normally giggling and eying you up. The girl in the jewelery store is very cute. Turned 18 this August (and I am going to Davao. What a coincidence) but she does not sell the pills. The Chinese herbs-lady have them. No side effects. One friend got a headache from the "in-something man"-pill, but I find them much smoother than Viagra or Cialis. And off course cheaper.

On the topic "restaurants with some level of ambiance":
I tried with Tzuru but many girls just feel that the Japaneses food is to weird (the most food conservative country in the world). Not to be considered even closing in to high class by an international or Japanese standard though.

The thai place on Torres GE mentioned before is quite laid back and gives a nice impression with the wine bottles on each table. Neither high class but with a definite twinkle of romance if your in the Asian mindset that evening. Take of you shoes and sit on the floor if you wish to be really Thai-inspired. They are hopefully coming off anyway sooner or later.

I eat everywhere without complaining. I am a simple man. But to be honest there is NOTHING in Davao that even comes remotely close to my definition of high standard in an international perspective. Unfortunately that goes the same for the romance-parameter. Acceptable yes, but always something that is not up to standards. A lack of putting in that last little effort maybe.

Well, this is old news so I guess I am wondering to if there is a really good restaurants.

All the best from Barba!

[QUOTE=Dragon Slayer]Guys,

My original intent today was to post here to find out if anyone found a place in Davao City selling good quality viagra and cialis. GE and I discussed this two weeks ago. We both get ours in Manila. You can paery a lot for the real thing at a pharmacy with a prescription but we know of no place selling it at a discount price. Maurice used to sell it from his now defunct Bar but it was not cheap.

My other queary was on romantic, elegant places to take a lady. GE and I came up with Claude's, the Restaurant on the 4th floor of Marco Polo (do not know the name) and the Continental Club. La Toscana just is not quite elegant and with the group of gay transvestites in the parking lot gets real weird real fast.

The Kid said the restaurant on the cliff, Jack's Ridge, but the food here is not very good, mostly Filipino barbecue with a nice view (like in the Continental Club dining room). The Kid (Mr Kong sorry I again mentioned my nephew) is NOT into elegant. The outdoor restaurant at Red Knights is just fine for him.

If anyone has comments on places to dine please input. Pleasse no insults, rude comments or other "monkey business".

Dragon Slayer[/QUOTE]