Day-1
The plane ride went well to Manila. I went into the remodeled Dynasty lounge in Taipei and went downstairs to their main area. I didn't eat much since I was already full from the meals on the plane. I chugged a can of Taiwan beer in about 5 minutes. I had to rush to catch my connecting flight to Manila. I got on the plane early but it looks like all the Filipino people were carrying 2-3 carry-on each as the overhead bins were all full by the time I reached my seat. I had to put my carry-on under the seat but the person in front of me put her purse in my area so I didn't have much room for my feet. I arrived OK at NAIA. My suitcase came out early but I had to wait until the last luggage to come in before my box showed up. I was getting worried that it got lost along the way. I exchanged money at the airport money changer at 45.90 pesos to the dollar. I found the Swagman representative at the arrival area and caught the free airport pick up service to the hotel in Ermita. The economy room is priced at 2050 pesos for the night. I quickly unpacked and took a shower and changed my clothes. I ate a chicken sandwich combo at Wendy's nearby. I took a taxi from Swagman Hotel to EDSA for 200 pesos but I also gave him 50 pesos tip because of the traffic. At the entrance to the entertainment complex were security and there were 2 armed guards with shotguns. They frisked me then passed me through. I was looking around and trying to decide which bar to go to first. You should see all the door girls and guys trying to get my attention to go into their bars. I went into Firehouse first. Inside there was a stage packed of really nice looking dancers and none appear to be jollibees, either. I sat next to the mamasan who was pointing out the girls to me. A lot of the dancers on stage were either pointing to themselves or to their friends. I felt like I was a kid in a candy store. I took it easy tonight and drank only coca cola light. I finally picked out a dancer on stage and bought her a drink at 195 pesos. Mine was 110 pesos for the soft drink. I ended up taking her for short time. I wanted to check out another bar before heading back to the hotel. We went into Pit Stop and watched the dancers. After an hour in there we went and caught a taxi back to the hotel. I was able to get a taxi for only 120 pesos for the ride to the hotel. She was average but I sensed that she wanted to get it over with quickly. After the deed she left and then I got a call from the hotel desk asking if it's OK to let her out. I said no problem. In the morning I ate the breakfast buffet at Swagman which is 99 pesos for hotel guests. Next I took a walk to Robinson's but it doesn't open until 10:00 am so I went into the internet café. I'll try to pick up a phone at Robinson's if I have enough time otherwise I'll have to wait until I get to Angeles City on the bus that departs at 11:30 am this morning.
Day 2-
The bus for Angeles City will leave at 11:30 am so I have enough time to go to Robinson's Mall to buy a cell phone. I located a kiosk on the ground floor that sells cell phones. I took a look at the used phone at 2000 pesos but a new one cost only 500 pesos more so I opted for the new cell phone. I had my old sim card with me so I only had to buy the load of 100 pesos. After I went outside I went down Adriatico St. instead of Padre Faura and then a few young Filipinos were along the street and when I walked by one of them grabbed my hand. I had to wrestle myself loose and almost fell down. I quickly walked away and headed back down the right street. It's really weird since it was in daylight. I caught the Fly the Bus at Swagman at 11:30 am. It was surprising to see that there were only a few of us on the bus. This is the first time I had so much room to relax on the bus ride to Angeles City. I guess it's because it's so season already. So far no rain. It was cooler in Manila because of the cloud cover but in Angeles City it was hot. The bus ride was fast as it took only 2 hours to reach my hotel at Central Park. My room wasn't ready yet and it'll take about 1 hour since the person inside my room is waiting to check out and then it has to be cleaned. I got a quick hair cut for 60 pesos and then I took a walk to Field's Avenue and went inside an afternoon bar which was Gecko's. The line-up wasn't that bad but also not that good either. They can't match the EDSA dancers as far as looks are concerned. After an hour or so of watching the dancers and buying a few lady drinks I went back to my hotel to check in. They gave me an upgraded room with tub & DVD player so I'll have buy a few DVDs to check out the player. At around 7 pm I headed to Margarita Station to have the BBQ combo plate which now costs 185 pesos. The food is starting to become more expensive now. My first stop for the evening was Angels. It looks like the one in Makati but the girls look average compared to Makati. I went to La Pasha next and the line-up wasn't any better. I stayed in there for awhile and bought a few lady drinks so the girls won't think that I'm a cheap Charlie. After La Pasha it started to rain so I hopped into Lancelot to see the mamasan. I gave her a gift and now I'm ordering San Miguel light beer. The mamasan brings me a girl but she's not what I'm looking for but I still bought her a drink. I also bought mamasan a drink since she bought me a beer. The waitress was pressuring me into buying her a drink so I gave in and bought her a cup of coffee which is still at lady drink prices. It's getting late now so I have to decide whether to give in and take this girl or hunt some more for a better looking one. I decided to take the girl and I went outside to take some pictures of the door girls since they requested it. I'll make prints later on to give them. We went back to the hotel room and did our thing but I was so drunk that I forgot to use the latex safety net. She decides to stay overnight and sleep so I finally got my first long time on this trip. In the morning I went for round 2.
Day 3- Woke up in the morning and took a shower. I did the usual morning rituals like eat breakfast at Sub Delicious, exchange money at the money changer, and go to the internet café. I then headed to the Clark SM Mall to cool of in the air conditioned mall. I walked around the mall and took a look at the theater. The 2 main movies playing now are Transformer & Live Free or Die Hard. I chose the latter Bruce Willis movie because it should have a lot of action. The movie didn't start until 1:40 pm so I walked around the mall until the movie was ready for admission. I wanted to buy the hot dog & soda combo but they were out of hot dogs. The theater as well as the rest of the mall was really packed with people probably because it's a Sunday and it's hot outside. I enjoyed the movie and then I decided it was time to look for dinner. I ate the healthy chicken platter at Kenny Rogers Roaster. It was a healthy and satisfying dinner priced at only 150 pesos. I went to Goldilocks after the meal to buy some pasalubong for my work place. I went back to my room and I discovered that the bathroom light is out. The guard checked it out and said that it's probably the wiring so it won't be fixed until tomorrow when the maintenance guy comes to work since he already went home for the day. I stopped by Action Travel to book my final night hotel at Executive Plaza in Malate, Manila. I got ready at 7:30 pm to head out bar hopping to catch the happy hour before 8:00 pm. Along the way I brought my camera's media card to the photo shop to make prints for the photos I took of the door girls at Lancelot. I made the last call for happy hour at Coyote Ugly. It's a new bar but doesn't have any good looking dancers. I stayed in there for an hour to unwind. My next drinking spot was Honey Pot which is another new bar but also with the same tired line-up dancing. The girls really look bad in Angeles City compared to Manila. I headed into Champagne to see the mamasan and guess what the short time girl I had from back in March was there. She sat by me and she sure can drink. I had to buy her a couple of ladies drinks in less than one hour. She also wanted me to buy her cousin a drink, too. The cousin looks younger and prettier than my girl but I can't change girls in this bar. I ended up taking the girl that I already knew out for the evening. Along the way to the next bar with the girl in tow I stopped by Lancelot to pass out the pictures to the door girls. We went into Heart Breakers and the girls are not much to look at. After that she wanted to go into Camelot. She's drinking Bailey's Irish (looks like milk and taste sweet) and a lot of it. It's more expensive at 150 pesos while my San Miguel light is 85 pesos. We ended our bar hop and went back to the hotel room. The bathroom light is still out so I had to leave the bathroom door open or else it'll be too dark to take a shower if I closed the door. I think I drank too much because I couldn't finish. She then watched TV all night and I couldn't get any sleep until she left in the morning. She costs me a lot that night. Not only in ladies drinks and the expensive alcohol drinks while bar hopping but she also used a lot of the expensive condiments in the room like the toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, bottled water, and who knows what else. I'll have to check out the tab tomorrow to see what the damage came to. I don't want to see her again on this trip but I still promised to bring the 3 Mamasan their box of chocolates.
Day 4-
It's past the half way mark of my 6 night trip to the Philippines. I only had a couple hours of sleep because the girl watched TV all night long. It is mid day already and I needed to get the bathroom light fixed. I went to the front desk and asked them to check on the light. I also had them reconfirm my flight back home on Thursday. In addition I had them book Fly the Bus for my bus ride to Manila at 500 pesos which is cheaper than the 2300 pesos price of a taxi. I'll have to catch a taxi at Swagman Hotel to the Executive Plaza when I get to Manila. I ate breakfast/lunch at Chow King past Margarita Station. I had pancit bihon & won ton mein there. Next I went to the money changer and it's still steady at 45.90 pesos exchange rate. I saw the DVD stand next to the money changer and decided that I check out what's available to buy. They have all the latest movies on discs that the modern world doesn't have out yet. The new thing now is the 12 movie collection on one DVD disc. I didn't know that they could fit 12 full length movies on one disc. I bought 3 of the DVDs to check it out on the DVD player in my room that way I can find out if it works or not and if it doesn't then I can return it back to the vendor for an exchange. I also bought one Japanese adult movie just to see how the quality is. They cost 150 pesos each. After that I headed to the internet café to check up on the news and e-mails. I went back to the hotel to check on the quality of the discs and the Japanese one wasn't even Japanese but with white people in it so I brought it back for an exchange. I got another Asian disc and guess what it's the same thing so I gave up and won't buy adult movies from that vendor again. While I'm waiting for the maintenance guy to fix my broken bathroom light I went out and got a one hour massage at Imee Massage on Field's Ave. near Misty's. It's a combination regular massage and foot reflexology. It costs 500 pesos and I gave the girl 300 pesos tip. I got the girl's e-mail address and business card from the massage. I might check her out for a private massage at my hotel tomorrow but out call is 700 pesos for one hour. They finally fixed my bathroom light when I got back from an afternoon bar visit to Dirty Duck. It was nice and cool in Dirty Duck and they gave some snacks. The dancers looked OK for the afternoon shift. After a quick shower I went to eat at Kokomos. The food is still expensive there but at least it didn't take long to get it once you put your order in. My first stop was Typhoon. I both lady drinks for a dancer that I may come back for later on in the night & a couple of waitresses. I've got to stop being pressured into buying all the extra lady drinks since it costs 150 pesos each. I went into Champagne next to complain to the girl I took out last night about her using up all my load on my phone. She only left me 2 pesos balance. I have to recharge my load later on. I ended up buying some lady drinks at Champagne. I made a brief stop in Blue Nile and realize that the girls are snobby over there. After that I walked into Viper Room for a beer. It was so boring in there with no atmosphere to keep you in there for long. No wonder there didn't have any customers in there. The dancers were horrible looking. I stepped in La Bamba next. I was having drink pressure from the waitresses but I only bought a couple of lady drinks there. I stopped in Angel Witch and it's doesn't compare to the one at Nana Plaza in Bangkok. There weren't many dancers to choose from so I left after finishing my drink. I was walking back down Field's Ave and then someone calls my name from Doll House. It's the waitress that I knew from the last trip that was working at Cambodia but now she's working at Doll House. It's packed in there but there are mostly show girls dancing there and they go for 3000 pesos bar fine. I have a drink at Doll House and agree to take her to Manila on my final night in the PI. I'll have to go back to the hotel and change the bus reservations to a taxi since it'll be a more comfortable and direct ride. It's getting late like around 2:00 am so I quickly headed over to Typhoon to pick up the girl. I bought her a drink and also for the waitress. I shrugged off the other girls hustling for drinks. The girl tells me now that she's on menstruation now and so is the waitress. The dancer that I was suppose to take out introduces me to a substitute but I wasn't interested in her. The waitress then brought a dancer over and she was better than the dancer's choice. I bought the dancer a drink and quickly paid her bar fine. She's a short girl and not fat. She has the type of tummy that I like which is trim without stretch marks or scars. I took her back to the hotel room and we got it on. I was starting to have a hard time until she went on top and then I was able to finish. I was surprised that she didn't get dressed after washing off from our romp. She went back to bed and then we slept. Later on I was having a little problem breathing but I was able to survive the night. I must have over exerted myself that night. She left around noon to go to hygiene.
Day 5-
The girl left at noon this morning and then I started getting ready to go out. I checked with the front desk at the hotel to change my Fly the Bus reservations to a taxi pick up for tomorrow instead. This will be my final night in Angeles City but I'm still under the weather so I'm not sure how long I'll be out tonight. I went to the money changer and the rates are still the same at 45.90 pesos to the dollar. I ate at Chow King for lunch. My next stop was the internet café and then after that I'll buy another 100 peso load for my phone. I didn't use any minutes on the last load because of the Champagne girl who used it all up. I'll have to pack up most of my things tonight for my trip to Manila tomorrow. I headed back to the hotel to rest up a bit and watch the Jackie Chan DVD that I bought from the vendor. About 4 pm I had to decide either to go to the dog house meeting at La Bamba with a 500 peso admission for all you can drink & eat party or get a room service massage with the same girl that I used yesterday. I opted for the room service massage which is 700 pesos. I called the massage service up and within 30 minutes she was knocking at my door. I stripped down to my underwear and she proceeded with the oil massage. It was a relaxing one hour massage. I gave her 300 pesos tip and got her e-mail address. I got a text from my old girlfriend that I met on the last trip. I told her to meet me at my room at 8 pm and then we can go out somewhere. While waiting for the girl to arrive I took a quick walk to get a swarma and then entered Rhapsody for a quick drink with my swarma. The dancer that I took out from here on the last trip is in the province now. I get back to the hotel in time to meet up with the girl. She's about 31 years old now but still looks better than some of the younger girls. She wanted to check out the Friendship side of town at the smaller bars there. We took a trike and she negotiated 90 pesos for the long ride there. Our first stop was Jolly Frog. We were the only customer in there and it was pretty dead. There were 5 dancers on stage and they didn't look so good. We stayed in there for a quick drink. We took a look next door at Luscious. Luscious only had one customer in there but the girls looked a little better and the music was better, too. My girl wanted to party so she had the girls on stage take off the top to liven things up a bit. I had to buy 7 tequilas for the dancers on the stage for the body shots. Three of the girls gave me the body shot but I did the body shots to the other 4 girls. A few more customers came in was delighted at the entertainment going on. My girl walked around talking to some people she knew outside so she got the girl with big boobs to sit next to me to keep me entertained while she was outside. I had to buy a couple more tequilas for that dancer while she sat beside me. I also gave her another body shot. The mamasan wanted me to take the dancer short time upstairs but I wasn't in any condition to take up the offer. A couple of Koreans came in later and they were buying rounds of tequila shots for the dancers. It was really rocking that night in this small bar in the middle of nowhere. One Korean was getting a blow job in the booth while the other girls watched. We closed up the joint way after the midnight closing time. We had a hard time finding a trike that wanted to negotiate the fare back to the hotel. We finally found one that brought us back for 70 pesos. I did the deed with my girl before sleeping in the wee hours in the morning.
Day 6-
I woke up early today at 8:00 am so I can get an early start so that I'll have enough time to do everything I need to do today before the journey to Manila. I went to the internet and sent out some e-mails. After that I ate the American breakfast at Central Park Hotel's restaurant. I also gave away some clothes from my old Korean girl friend back home to some strangers just to get rid of it. I'll be checking out at 11:45 am for my 12:00 noon taxi ride to Manila. I didn't go to the money changer today because I'm hoping that I'll have enough to pay for my Angeles City hotel, taxi fare, and my expenses in Manila. It's time to head back to the hotel and get ready for the taxi ride to Manila. I got my girlfriend from Doll House up and had her get ready while I finish packing up. I started having the runs so I took 2 caplets of imodium so I can endure the 2 hour trip to Manila. I checked out and found that it wasn't a free upgrade to Superior room as they charged me $33 per night instead of the $29 that I had requested when I made my reservations a couple of months ago. I had some mini bar bills to take care of, too, in addition to the 2400 pesos for the taxi. The taxi arrived 25 minutes late but we made up for it along the way to Manila arriving at Executive Plaza Hotel in 1 hour and 45 minutes. I checked in the hotel and had to pay a 2500 peso deposit for the 1850 peso room rate for the night. I quickly unpacked and took a shower to freshen up. We took a walk to Robinson's Mall a couple of blocks away. I also exchanged some more money along the way there to make sure I had enough money for the evening. We ate at the Food Court on the 3rd floor of the mall. We walked around the mall looking for a photo shop to develop my film but they all only can do digital prints which didn't help me any since I needed to develop a roll of film. After Robinson's we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the night out. First we walked over to Roxas Blvd. to take a look at the Bay Walk. There are food kiosks and entertainment stages along the strip. We walked around for awhile and then walked over to LA Café. It's really packed in there. We couldn't find a table there and had to settle for a small cramped corner table next to the pool table in a smoke filled room. Lots of customers and many more girls walking around looking for prospects. We stayed there for a couple of drinks and then walked down Mabini Street until we reached the Cowboy Grill. They have a live band which my girlfriend wanted but it was really loud in there and we were both getting a headache so we took off and flagged down a taxi to take us to EDSA. All the touts and door girls were calling us to go into their bars but we settled on visiting Casino first. There were lots of dancers on the stage and most of them look really good compared to the dancers in Angeles City. My mouth was watering watching the dancers but I already had a girl with me so I can only have eye candy. We next went into Fire House and there were wall to wall girls in there. My girl friend was pointing out all the best looking dancers to me and it was becoming a torture watching these sexy girls when my girlfriend is having menstruation now. We made our final stop at Samba and my girl wanted me to bar fine a girl and she said she'll go back to Angeles City tonight so I can have fun with the girl back at the hotel. I declined the offer in case she's testing me to see if I'm a butterfly or not. We took the taxi back to the hotel and I had a shower. It's really late now and I have to get up early in the morning for my flight home. I'll only have a couple of hours sleep. My alarm clock woke me up at 6:00 am and I took another shower and we headed down to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. I ordered the Filipino breakfast with longansia while my girlfriend had pancakes with coffee. The bill came to 400 pesos plus the tip. After breakfast we got ourselves ready to check out. After checking out we went outside to catch a meter taxi on the street. We stayed away from the overpriced hotel's taxi that was waiting outside. The bell hop put my luggage in the car and I tipped him. Some Filipino on the street held open the taxi door because he wanted a tip. It seems like whenever you catch a taxi near a hotel or store a Filipino will quickly run to the taxi and open the door for you and then ask for a tip. I hate that when they do that because they're only looking for a tip. You can't avoid them. They even catch you went you get out of your taxi as they open the taxi door for you and put out their hand waiting for a tip. I got to the airport and checked in and then paid the 750 pesos departure tax. After I got back home I had a bad case of the runs. It was a nice one week trip to the Philippines with more long time bar fines this time. I spent a lot more money on this trip due to the strong peso and also because of everybody wanting tips. I also gave in to the lady drink pressure by the waitresses. My girlfriend made it an enjoyable night at Luscious in the Friendship area. She got the girls to take off their tops and got them in the party mood with tequila shots (body shots) for the dancers. I did cost me 2000 pesos for that experience but it would cost double that in a Field's Ave. bar. I could have used viagra but I wanted to take precaution because of my health. I didn't get to make it to a Santos St. blow row bar but I did get BJ from a couple of my bar fines. I can't wait until my return trip to the PI.