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[Transporter]

Planning 1st trip to Philippines. So, so some basic dumb Questions. Manila / Angeles City / Makati. What are these 3 locations. All part of Manila metro? What is the best or rather the most optimal location for 3-4 day trip end of October- accommodation / girls / fun? Any particular differences between the locations?Assuming it is an easy mongering location like Bangkok??
Any hotel recommendations.Thanks.

Just 3-4 days, anticipate regrets. Although not my preferred playground, for any cherry trip, I would recommend AC. Since your trip is so short, just go directly from the airport straight to AC, and plan to do the same on the return.

[Docwiltro]

Planning 1st trip to Philippines. So, so some basic dumb Questions. Manila / Angeles City / Makati. What are these 3 locations. All part of Manila metro? What is the best or rather the most optimal location for 3-4 day trip end of October- accommodation / girls / fun? Any particular differences between the locations?

Assuming it is an easy mongering location like Bangkok??

Any hotel recommendations.

Thanks.

Manila proper and Makati are a part of the larger Metro Manila metropolis of approximately 20 million inhabitants. Angeles City is about an hour outside of Metro Manila and is located near the former Clark Airforce base. I would say a week at the minimum should be allotted for visiting these 3 areas, two weeks would be better. About the girls, imo, the entire country is a red light district: filipinas are available everywhere found in multiple locales: bars, clubs, on the street, in malls, and, of course, via the internet.

[Dg8787]

Planning 1st trip to Philippines. So, so some basic dumb Questions. Manila / Angeles City / Makati. What are these 3 locations. All part of Manila metro? What is the best or rather the most optimal location for 3-4 day trip end of October- accommodation / girls / fun? Any particular differences between the locations?s.

All great questions which thru the magic of ISG all your answers are in the respective forum posts. Please read the past posts and make your own decisions. It is all there.

[SBTiger]

Planning 1st trip to Philippines. So, so some basic dumb Questions. Manila / Angeles City / Makati. What are these 3 locations. All part of Manila metro? What is the best or rather the most optimal location for 3-4 day trip end of October- accommodation / girls / fun? Any particular differences between the locations?

Assuming it is an easy mongering location like Bangkok??

Any hotel recommendations.

Thanks.

[WestCoast1]

It goes down and up more than a Burgos street girl.

[Old And Ugly]

Another ferry disaster in the Philippines! Man!

https://apnews.com/article/philippin...7d93b8eece2aad

Rescue has been halted due to nightfall, and will resume in the morning. Typical PH bullshit, they never heard of flashlights, spotlights, or just floating blind around the burning ship? So dear survivors please hang tight until the sunrise!

WTF, they even have fisherman boats full of downlights for fishing shrimp and octopus at night, they do that every night close to my house.

Scary, I take the ferry to get to the mainland, and I always think of bad stuff every time I set foot on board.

I used to live in Turda where the accident happened some years back when I was together with a drunk model that had a house there, and I managed to stay alive not from the burning boats, but from her drunk driving, what a nightmare that was.

[The Cane]

Another ferry disaster in the Philippines! Man!

https://apnews.com/article/philippin...7d93b8eece2aad

[Old And Ugly]

....................................................As well the lack of customers has driven the girls to a point that they are more than willing to accept a much lesser rate than normal. ............................................................................

That's normal during the summer months.

[Beavis]

Sure. I wasn't disagreeing with you. Merely pointing out that we may be buying different things so noticing different changes in prices.

Enjoy. G.

No problem but the weakening peso is only lucrative for a few days. During the pandemic it was 46 so anything over 50 is good. The prices at the local markets reflect it. Fresh Tuna (while still very cheap compared to western prices) has gone from 320 per kilo to 500 per kilo. Still much cheaper but just justifying that the weakening peso isn't helping the local economy. SML is now 65 vs. 45 before at Alfa Mart. It's all working out, To benefit, jump on quick before the local economy catches on. But even so, still less than half of US prices including airfare. As well the lack of customers has driven the girls to a point that they are more than willing to accept a much lesser rate than normal. Offer less and agree to adhere to normal rate for great service can become a good approach.

[Goferring]

I live here full time and spend pesos every day. So whether you have noticed or not I have. The weakening peso isn't helping prices.

Sure. I wasn't disagreeing with you. Merely pointing out that we may be buying different things so noticing different changes in prices.

Enjoy. G.

[Beavis]

Are you a resident buying buying daily groceries, utilities etc?

As a monthly warrior, my biggest expenses are hotels, girls and food (in that order) and I haven't noticed a big increase in my USD cost. If anything, some prices have gone down.

This is in the last year or two. Yes, most prices doubled during / after Covid.

G.

I live here full time and spend pesos every day. So whether you have noticed or not I have. The weakening peso isn't helping prices.

[Goferring]

Not really dollar value has gone up 10% and prices of everything have gone up 20%. It looks good on paper but reality doesn't reflect it. Everything is more expensive now.

Are you a resident buying buying daily groceries, utilities etc?

As a monthly warrior, my biggest expenses are hotels, girls and food (in that order) and I haven't noticed a big increase in my USD cost. If anything, some prices have gone down.

This is in the last year or two. Yes, most prices doubled during / after Covid.

G.

[Yendappu]

Interestingly enough, I managed to get a rate of 62 at the airport. In most countries, though, airport exchanges don't give the best rates, so I didn't convert a large amount. In Makati, I checked several places and found a couple offering 61.50, while most others were at 60.5.

Things are looking better most everyday, 62.62.

[Beavis]

Things are looking better most everyday, 62.62.

Not really dollar value has gone up 10% and prices of everything have gone up 20%. It looks good on paper but reality doesn't reflect it. Everything is more expensive now.

[WestCoast1]

Things are looking better most everyday, 62.62.