Day 1-Caught the plane to Manila with a stop in Taipei. The airline is cutting back a little on some free items like no slippers and no peanuts this time. While in Taipei I took advantage of a free zen chair massage near the gate. It really relaxes you but make sure that you don't lose track of the time or you'll miss your connecting flight. Landed in Manila and found out the exchange rate is now at 50 pesos to the dollar. The airport pick up from Swagman Hotel was there waiting for me and it was a short ride to the hotel. I took the economy room for 1920 pesos a night. I booked the Fly the Bus for the next morning commute to Angeles City. I had dinner at Wendy's and the root beer really sucks. It taste like black licorice. Now it's time to head over for some nightlife. I checked with a taxi driver outside the hotel and he wanted 300 pesos to take me to EDSA but I was able to negotiate for 250 pesos. Being a Friday night the traffic was bad but I still wanted to get to EDSA. When I arrived there the security guard did a check of my belongings to look for cameras. The first bar I went in was Fire House. The line up was pretty nice and they had the best dancers of the smaller bars in the complex. I was there for happy hour so the beer was 55 pesos. After an hour then I went into Pit Stop and gave away all my chocolates there. I didn't see anything I liked there plus the GRO's were bugging me until they realized I wasn't going to buy them a drink. The next bar I went in was Bullets and Arrows. The bar was empty of customers so I was the center of attention in there. The mamasan brought over 2 dancers which I wasn't interested in but I bought them a drink anyway at 195 pesos each. The special drink price is 325 pesos so you have to be careful when ordering a ladies drink. The girl wanted 2500 pesos and I thought that was too high for an average looking body. I finally went into Cotton Club which is the biggest and probably better bar in the complex. The girls were all checking me out to see what kind of customer I was going to be. I settled down near the dance stage and it wasn't long before I was approached by a couple of GRO's. I brushed one away and concentrated on the prettier one. At first she wanted 3000 pesos but I negotiated for the 2500 pesos going price. I struck the deal and off we went in a 200 peso taxi to the hotel. I couldn't find any meter taxis outside of EDSA so not much I can do about that. I'll check out the breakfast buffet at Swagman for 99 pesos for hotel guests in the morning.

 

Day 2 Philippines-
Woke up early Saturday morning to eat my breakfast, exchange currency, and check out of Swagman Hotel. I got into the Fly the Bus 11:30 bus ride to Angeles. The bus was full and I got stuck in the back seat which was hot and felt cramped in like sardines. The bus ride was a quick 2 hours and they dropped me off at the Central Park Hotel. The hotel room rate went up to $29 a night. I changed clothes and then headed out to get a few items like water and a new phone. I went over to Saver's Mall and picked up a used cell phone for 2000 pesos. I had to also buy a sim card and a 100 peso load. The t-shirt vendors were all waiting for me to exchange t-shirts with me. I started out the night at the famous Margarita Station BBQ night. The waitress messed up my order and gave me someone else's order as I wanted the BBQ combo but got the ribs instead. My first stop was Bunny Ranch. The line up on stage was sub par. Nothing but jungle bunnies on the dance floor but the waitresses bugged me so I bought them some drinks due to boredom in the bar. The next bar I went into was Camelot and the dancers weren't that great either. I bought the waitresses some drinks at 150 pesos each. After that I hopped into Classroom 2 of the Thailand fame. They had a party tonight with sexy dancers and free Aussie BBQ. Now I wished I didn't eat at Margarita Station tonight. The line up is only about average. So far Angeles doesn't compare to the quality of girls at Manila. I bought some 50 peso flowers to give to the dancers which counts as votes to see who wins. The ones that show their top got the most flowers. Then the food came out and it was decent and worth the wait for it. It's starting to get late now and then I head over to the popular Champagne Club. Inside the place is packed with dancers and customers. I found a seat in the corner and gazed at the dancers. So far they had the best dancers of the clubs I visited so far in Angeles. I gave away some chocolates, bead necklaces, and light sticks to the dancers. I finally find one that I'll try to bar fine. I bought her a drink or two and then pay the mamasan 1200 pesos. After that I took her out for bar hopping at Brown Sugar. No prospects at Brown Sugar so I won't be going back there. I took the girl to my hotel room and all the drinking got to me as I couldn't get it up. So, I let her go early and gave her 200 pesos for the trike as she left.

 

 

Day 3-

  Got up in the morning after my disappointing night. I went to do the usual like changing money, eating breakfast, and checking e-mails. This morning I decided to check out the new Shoe Mart mall at Clark. It's a short walk from check point. The mall is really good sized and air conditioned. I picked up some pasalubong items from Goldilocks at the mall. Lots of stores and restaurants as well as a lot of shoppers. There's a movie theater complex of 6 screens. Maybe I'll check out a movie later. Next I went back to my room but fell asleep. My honey ko was suppose to meet me at the hotel this afternoon. It's around 7 pm already so I decided to go out for the night. Sure enough my honey ko was waiting outside since they wouldn't let her in since she didn't know my last name. I gave her some gifts to take home and then she wanted to go with me tonight. We went to get a shwarma and eat it in the first bar that we go into which was Classroom 2. The dancers look the same from last night except no party tonight. After that we went into Doll House. Lots of dancers but they don't seem too motivated-just standing on the dance floor. I was really disappointed with that club. I thought they would have a better show. Next we walked in the Blue Nile. The place was choked with dancers but they weren't too energetic. That club still pack them in though. We ended the night at Pasha. The bar is somewhat average with no real lookers on stage. Looks like I'll be stuck with the honey ko for the remainder of my trip.

 

Day 4-

  Got up and went to the money changer. The exchange rate went up a little to 50.10 pesos to the dollar. Ate lunch at Chow King and met up with the honey-ko. She wanted 7000 pesos to buy another cell phone. I just bought her one last year but she says it's broken. After she bought the new cell phone she showed up with her mother and son. We took a look at the new SM mall at Clark which is a short walking distance before the gate to the base. I was impressed with the size of the mall especially when compared to Jenra Mall, Nepo Mall, and Saver's Mall. They have all the stores at SM mall that you'll find in Manila. I went a little crazy at Goldilocks and bought some more pasalubong to take home. I had to buy some groceries for my honey ko's family. It's really hard to keep a budget with a high maintenance girl friend with a family in Angeles. I had to go to the money changer a couple of times today. It started raining hard when we were ready to leave the mall so we ended up taking an expensive trike to keep from getting wet. Boy, the trikes want 100+ pesos for a short ride. My honey ko went home for the afternoon and will meet up with me later on for bar hopping. We'll comunicate by text messaging on the cell phone. Met up with my honey ko at around 7:00 pm. The first bar we went into was Camelot. It was an OK bar with mostly average looking dancers on stage. After that we went into Roadhouse to listen to rock & roll music and have some popcorn. The dancers there look the same as last year. Our next stop was Las Vegas. This is where the start of my spending spree begins. My honey ko saw her cousin working there (the same one I bar fined 3 years ago as a three some) so she wanted me to pay for her early work release of 1200 pesos. There was lots of buying drinks and lady's drinks because my honey ko wanted to buy all the mamasans a drink with my money. We took the waitress from Las Vegas with us to Saikai Lounge out on Perimeter Road. It's a change from the girlie bars on Field's Ave. Here at Saikai there's a 2 drink minimum which they bring right away. The cost is 75 pesos for each drink. I made the mistake of ordering San Miguel Light. Later on I'll explain why. The girls dance one at a time to a single song. They are in various stages of undress sometimes topless and even nude. All of the dancers there had nice bodies and looked attractive. If only the Field's Ave bars had more dancers that look like that. The crowd there is mostly Filipino as I was the only non-Filipino there. Next, the girls dragged me into Micado club near by. Oh no, it's a macho dancer club. Male Filipino dancers were dancing around in their bikini briefs exposing their pubic hair. There's a 2 drink minimum here, too, but cost 100 pesos each drink. The girls were having fun but I was ready to leave at anytime. We finished up the night at Nero's Forum on Field's Ave. This is where my honey ko used to work 2 years ago. She had me buy the 3 mamasans a drink as long as a couple of waitresses that served us. These were not the usual 150 peso drinks. They were drinking beer which is a double lady drink price at 300 pesos each. I'm really fretting about the size of the tab as I know it's well over 1000 pesos already. My honey ko's friend is really drunk and putting condoms over the beer bottles and other silly things like that. I'm getting drunk myself as I well went over my limit of beer for the night. We finally leave at about 2:30 am and I'm still crying over my nearly 2000 peso bar tab. We sent off the Las Vegas waitress on a trike and then went back to the hotel. As soon as I opened the door to my hotel room my honey ko fell immediately asleep in the bed. So much for a night cap.

 

 

Day 5-

  I didn't do much in the morning and just did my usual morning routine. After I got back to my hotel I took a nap for short while. I'm still waiting for my honey ko to come back to the room. It's getting late now in the early evening and she still hasn't come back to the room. She's only sending me texts that she's in the trike. She can't be in a trike for 6 hours. Finally she shows up as I was ready to go out myself at 9:30 pm. It's my last night in Angeles and I don't want to waste it away. We go and eat at Kokomo's. The prices have really gone up since last year. The bill for our dinners cost 300 pesos. It sure is expensive to take a girl along with you. It's much cheaper to go solo. My honey ko then comes up with a headache so she goes back to the hotel room and lets me go out bar hopping by myself. She tells me not to bar fine any girls but how can I if she's in my room watching TV. I hope she doesn't fall asleep and lock me out of my room. So now I'm free for the rest of the night so I start my odessey at Misty's. Not much going on in there and the girls are boring. I walked down Field's Ave. to Insomnia. It's really slow in there until some rich customers come in there later on. All of a sudden these guys ring the bell twice for the ladies. All the girls go on the stage and the papsan told them to all take off their tops. I ask the waitress what was going on and she says that the customer paid to close the bar for a private party. I was already in there so I got to stay. I watched the action going on like the guy taking off his clothes and the girls rubbing against him. The girls were all screaming and all the girl's attention was focused in the customer's direction. I was getting ready to leave already but stayed around for another 30 minutes. The lights were also dimmed as well. The next bar I went into was Bar Hoppin'. It sure wasn't hoppin' in there. There were only a couple of customers in there and it was rather boring also. They served free popcorn and had a giant screen playing the music videos. I watched that more than the girls on stage. Next door at Checkers the place was dead, too, as the dancers were sitting down on the stage due to no customers inside. It's around 1:00 am now so I decided to spend an hour in La Bamba before it closes at 2:00 am. Here's where I have my fun but it also cost me a bundle. I started out by giving away all my nuts and chocolates here to work up the dancers. There's one crazy dancer on stage dancing topless. Two of the dancers come over to me and I bought them each a drink. Then the crazy dancer comes over and I also buy her a drink. Next the waitress wanted a drink and then the chain reaction continues. Shortly another round continues and I have to turn the away the other sharks. The crazy girl is all over me and hustled me into buy the 3 girls a third round. This is really starting to add up. I also fell down when the 2000 peso bill came at closing time. I finally got some in the club pictures of the dancers I was with. It's 2:00 am now and I darted into Champagne to see if my previous bar fine was still there. I ordered my drink and ask the mamasan for the girl. I found out that she was a GRO tonight instead of a dancer since she had sore legs from dancing. The mamasan quickly approaches me to see if I want to take her out since I'll done it before. I have the honey ko waiting for me in my hotel room so that's out. I finally staggered back to the hotel then I find that the gate is locked and the security guard is inside the hotel lobby sitting down. Luckily I had my cell phone with me and the number to the hotel so I called the front desk to open the gate. I called my honey ko from the hotel's phone to make sure she's up. I'm lucky she is so I'm able to get into my room. I take my shower and am horny like hell and then I see my honey ko sleeping now. I didn't get anything tonight, too.

 

Day 6-

  This is the day that I head to Manila for my final night in the Philippines. I'll be going with my honey ko but I was in for a bit of a surprise. The taxi I hired from Action Travel for 2300 pesos showed up on time and I get into the cab with my honey ko. She then tells me she needs to go to her house to pick up her Mother and son. What!!! Now I have a feeling on how this is going to play out. We picked them up and head over to the Excecutive Plaza Hotel which had a special rate of 1650 pesos for the night. The clouds are starting to get dark and rain starts to fall due to the approaching of a typhoon that's suppose to make a direct pass over Manila. We arrive at the hotel and check in. We decided to take a walk over to Robinson's Mall. It's really starting to rain but we make it there before the heavy downpour. Looks like I'll be the one treating the family to dinner and such. My honey ko wanted me to buy her son a toy and then we walked back to the hotel in the drenching rain. We stay at the hotel for a few hours and I know that I won't be going bar hopping tonight until my honey ko says that she will go back to Angeles City with her Mother and son. We took the taxi to the Philippine Rabbit terminal for 150 pesos. Now I'm alone so I told the taxi driver to take me to EDSA. Now he wanted 300 pesos more to take me there. He drops me off at EDSA and I handed him a 500 peso note. Now I'll be looking for a girl tonight since my honey ko deserted me. My first stop in Pit Stop. Lots of potential but I want to look around some more. So I stepped into Fire House next. I see some dancers that I was interested in but I didn't pick one out. I finally went into Samba to see what's there. The bar is really small and also has a tiny stage but lots of girls around. I picked one girl with the help of the mama san. She turns out to be friendly and willing to go with me. I grabbed her and took another one of the over priced taxi back to the hotel. She gave me the full service and was well worth it. I won't be getting much sleep since I have to check out early for my flight out in the morning. To be continued as Day 7.......