MBC versus anywhere in Thailand.
[QUOTE=Surfer500;1888970]If you had gone to LA Cafe in Manila in the evening you would have had a totally different experience in regards to available women and would have probably found at least something to your liking. The reality is that you generally can have a better GFE experience at a lower cost in the Philippines versus Thailand and most everybody speaks English as well. However as you noted, Manila is a pigsty of a City and disgusting.[/QUOTE]6 - 7 years ago MBS was SWEET, I met and made some classy hot broads there, now YUCK. Took my GF there to meet women and it was BAD.
Manila is truly a shithole of EPIC proportions. The lack of logic as Xion pointed out is LEGEND (wait for it) dary!
I have spent 3 of the last 7 months in the Philippines, I have work there so I have to go.
The ONLY thing better about the philippines is that you can date "normal" girls who are so easy to fuck it makes me think I am handsome. There are LOTS of normal girls to fuck and this is my preferred modia operandi! But the women are more attractive in Thailand and the PROS are PROS and you get what you pay for!
In Thailand fucking "normal girls" is a challenge.
Cebu is better than manila but in 5 years the traffic there will be almost as bad!
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Manila was great in its day, and still good, but without taking the time to understand how that insane city (and country) 'works' will clearly be to your disadvantage - - if Caveat Emptor ever applied anywhere, it has to be The Philippines as getting screwed with a smile is an art form. Insidious also comes to mind. But when challenged, they'll back off, but if you're stupid enough to fall for it, well as Gordon Gekko said 'a fool and his money are lucky to get together in the first place'.
NAIA Arrival. Do not think of taking anything but a metered taxi, which are more readily available in T1 than T2, and God forbid, T3. First option: Find the only way up (there will only be 1) to the departure level and get a taxi meter there, at T3 there will be a queue of Filipinos toward the end of the Terminal drop off, if some rent-a-cop tries to stop you, tell him you missed your flight. If you or your TA had a serious brain fart and arrived during December or Holy Week, well, Caveat Emptor. But most the time this strategy will work. DO NOT buy a transport from some uniformed goon calling you 'Sir' holding a price list dated circa 2006, PP1800 to Makati is absurd. Patience required. And if the departure level is fucked, well I've even waded out onto the street and flagged a taxi there. Just don't bring a steamer trunk and golf bag, otherwise you will be fucked. Also, if you are transiting to a domestic 'fright', allow 3+ hours break.
AirBnB Makati. With so many decent, 3*+ hotels around, screw this option. You will be surprised and lucky if you have hot water, water pressure better than a squirt gun, air conditioning lower than 30 degrees, 10 k 'broadband', and a shit lift that can only accommodate 3-4 maids who spend their entire day going up and down as many times as possible for their PP200 daily salary. Maybe the newer condos will be OK BUT again, Caveat Emptor. Try the City Garden Grand Hotel near Padre Burgos, about US $100 net. Or some of the other, newer ones nearby. Totally girl friendly. On other side of town, try Pan Pacific, not bad, or others nearby, even the Manila Hotel can be had at a decent price. Across from EDSA Entertainment Complex, where I've yet to catch the clap, or worse- the Heritage Hotel is passable. The new Hyatt is pricey. In both locations, your doormen can be a great resource, use them wisely. And you've thought you'd been knighted for how many times you'd been called 'Sir' in a day, after a week of that treatment back to the UK and bow only to the Queen. And your infectious disease specialist, if unlucky.
Padre Burgos. Straight from the Eastwood movie, there are some Good, Bad, and Ugly. Best value seems to be Rogues, also good during the day. Dimples been there forever, I always liked Rascals for quality, young, good-looking dancers. Ivory now closed for hiring unsuitable, I. E. Too young employees. Jools can be good, not all dancers in play. Avoid piling up LD's everywhere and being a hero, Caveat Emptor. Move around, drink slowly, grab some butt and check the goods on offer. On the street, some of the Massage Girls can be a surprise find and good value. Be nice and reward good service, and do not for bad.
More when I get there.
Used it to stay in Gramercy
[QUOTE=FictionalSpace;1893706]Has anyone used AirBnB in Makati / Manila? There are some great looking places (in the Gramercy for example), but I'm concerned about the building's security having an issue with guests. If possible I prefer to stay in an apartment style place where I can have more privacy than a hotel.
Anyone have any experience with this?[/QUOTE]Found the security to be overbearing even to the point where I could only sit in certain places outside of the building.
Room was OK though, pool was cool.
We had visitors no problems. Would not stay again because of the security.
PP.