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     Asia Guide STAFF EDITOR Username: Asia Post Number: 149 Registered: 10-1997 Rating: |
ABOUT CEBU/MACTAN ISLAND OVERVIEW Cebu is beautiful and clean, as compared to Manila. Nightlife is plentiful. Flights arrive from Thailand, Hong Kong, and Manila - and now Japan and Taiwan. Many foreigners travel to Cebu to relax on Mactan Island, a resort island just 30 minutes away. There are some 5-star hotels on Mactan Island, but few night spots. Getting There There are two ways to get to Cebu: by air and by boat. The boat trip takes 24 hours to get from Manila to Cebu. From the air: fly Philippine Airlines (about $85 round trip) to Cebu from Manila. Go to the new Philippine Airlines Domestic Terminal. Or, fly Cebu Pacific of Air Philippines to Cebu ($75 to $80 round trip) from the old Domestic Terminal. Tell the taxi drivers "Cebu Pacifc, Old Domestic Terminal." A Cebu Pacific ticket counter is next to the airport. Reserve a ticket via telephone (or have the conceirge at the hotel do it). Best to get to the ticket counter 90 minutes in advance. Getting Around From the airport to downtown Cebu City, you will pay anywhere from P150 to P200. Taxi Drivers want P300 for rides out to Shangra-La or Plantation Bay from downtown Cebu. If you are staying on Mactan Island, it is best to go to Cebu City, and bar fine a lady for a couple days, rather than go back each night and pay the taxi fee back and forth. Crime Crime is not as rampant in Cebu as it is in Manila. Still, near the boat docks (Super Cat and Ocean Jet-Piers 4 & 1), you can run into pick pockets, or thieves who will rip your jewelry right off your neck. Travel smart, and do not expose gold jewelry. Also, beware of street children who can surround you, overwhelm you, and go for everything in your pockets. Scams Beware of free-lancers who come in late in the evening. Some may look good, but they could be runners. These are women who agree to long-time, but only give you short time and then take off. They will usually complain of a stomach ache, or claim that their parents don't know they do this and they must to get home before morning. Before you pay, make sure you will get the services you requested. LODGING Cebu Pensionne Plaza North Escario St., Cebu City (6332) 254-6300 DeLuxe P650, Super DeLuxe P700, Supreme P800, Double Supreme P900 Fuente Pension House Hotel 13 Don Julio Llorente St. (6332) 253-6789 Only a few minutes' walk from the Robinson's department store and Max's Chicken. Comfortable rooms at $20 per night. Add two dollars for upgrade room with cable TV. All rooms have air con, hot/cold shower, and telephone. Can bring in female guests with no hassle or surcharge. La Florentina Pension House 590 Pesos per room, with hot water and toilet. Maria's Pension Tourist Inn M.L. Quezon Avenue, Mandaue City (6332) 345-2211 Budget P395, Economy P550, Single Executive P650, Twin Bed P850 Midtown Hotel Located on Sanciangko St. off of Osmena Blvd., near Firehouse, Silver Dollar, Thunderdome, and Gaisano Country Mall http://www.montebellovillaHotel.com/ Daily rate: P1450 to P1800. Large rooms. Cable TV. Air conditioning. Internet access. Refrigerator in room. Hot water. Quiet, away from street traffic. Breakfast (juice, coffee, toast, bacon and eggs) is included. No extra charge for one companion. Extra charge for a 2nd companion of 550 PHP/night (about $11). BARS/DISCOS Coco Loco's Shangra La, Mactan Island Great bar with great bands on Mactan Island. P350 per drink. Infinity Located in Lahug, in the upscale part of Cebu City. Silver Dollar Barfine: 750 Pesos, 350 Pesos after midnight. Ladies expect a 1500 to 2000 Peso tip. St. Moritz Hotel Gorordo St. All taxi drivers know the location. P1200 and up for a room with double king size bed. No extra charge for female guests. Go-go bar on the premises. Drinks: P48, ladies drink is P140. Bar fine: P650, tip P1500. Fire House Located 1/2 mile from Osmena Circle Good line up. Bar fine: 750 to 1000 Pesos, 1500 to 2000 Peso tip. Thunderdome Located near Osmena Circle, behind the Robinson's Department store and Midtown Hotel 120 Peso cover charge. Drinks are expensive. Topless dancing. Women tend to be attractive. Popular with Asian tourists. Bar fine: 3000 to 4000 Pesos. Bai Disco, Cebu Plaza Hotel Busy on Friday and Saturday evenings. If you tip the manager, he will sit you in the Millionaire's Club: a sound-proof booth where you can sit and talk with your date(s). CASAS Ask a taxi driver to take you to Myuki, Happy Valley, or New World. The going rate is around P3000 per lady for an all-nighter. You need not tip the lady, nor do you have to buy ladies drinks until you pick the right lady. The cab will take you to a residential area and drop you off at the casa. Walk inside with your taxi driver to see the line-up. Looks range from 5 to 8, but the ladies seem to be responsive to almost anything. Monet Located behind Capitol Bld. Tell management: "No commission to taxi driver, I told him to come here." Don't pay at the Casa. Pay the girl in the hotel room. Price per session: P4000 and up. Myuki Located in the central area of Cebu Prices run about P2000. New World Near the Ayala Center Price is lower here, around P1200. VIP In Lapu Lapu City on Mactan Island, near the Mactan Bridge Expect to be quoted P3000. Can possibly bargain down to P2000. MASSAGE PARLORS Venus Health Club Holiday Health Club TRIP REPORTS Click HERE (Private Access Only.) | ||
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The first time I visited Cebu City back in Feb. 1992, my friend, who lived in a town nearby, and I went to the various bars ranging from the upscale in the Osmena Circle area down to seedy in the older Carbon St. area. I just wanted to drink San Miguel beer and watch girls strip and could've barfined any girl I wanted, but my friend who was also my guide, advised against it because she had a better place in mind to take me. She took me to one of the many casas in town. She knew that if all I wanted was a quick lay or a companion that I can take anywhere for the whole night, I could get it all right there in one place for one fee. There were no ladies drinks to buy, no act or special technique to put on, nor any haggling with the girl AND the papasan or mamasan. However, you do have to negotiate a little bit with the papasan if you want to save about 500 pesos. Most of the girls are between 18 and 21 years old and are just as attractive, if not more so, than the girls in the bars. Needless to say, the casa route is by far the ONLY way to go, unless you believe that you must spend time, money, and effort chasing these girls. All that is required is that you pay her barfine and treat her as if she was your long-time girlfriend. Anyway, I went back there in Feb. 1999 and to my surprise, very little has changed. The only change I noticed are in the girls themselves in that most of them now sport tattoos. Other than that, they're just as young and attractive as before. Although my friend no longer lives there, I remembered and learned enough to get around town without any problems. Armed with a Sony Hi-8 camcorder, I took nude videos (no sex whatsoever, but with close-ups) of five girls from various casas. I will travel there again next month to do more shoots and setup a website in the Philippines from which I intend to advertise the sale of these videos. I visited all of the casas listed below, however some of the girls I have on video do not come from them. As of Feb. 1999, the most popular ones are: Myuki: This is a fairly new place. Only one cab driver knew where this one was which was located next door to a restaurant downtown. If your cab driver knows where this is, you MUST come here. The girls here range from very pretty to outright gorgeous (7.5 to 9.5 range). Bar fine: 1,200 to 1,500 pesos. Happy Valley: Almost every cab driver will take you here by default. Located near Osmena Circle, the girls here range from average to very pretty (5.0 to 7.9). Bar fine: 1,500 pesos New World: Another well-known casa, the girls are similar in quality to those at Happy Valley (5.0 to 7.9), but goes down quickly after midnight. Bar fine: before 7:00 pm, 2,000 pesos; afterwards 1,500 pesos You can also try using one of the many guys who come up and ask you if want a girl. The safest way to use his service is to tell him exactly what you want and have him bring you 2 or 3 to choose from. If and when he does come back, you either pay 800 pesos for a short time or 1,500 pesos for all night. If you have the balls, you can have him take you to the girls. I strongly recommend that if you're going to go this route, that you and the guy travel in a taxi. More than likely you'll be traveling into the older part of town where you might get beaten and robbed if you went with him alone. The papasan, accompanied by 10 to 20 girls, line up outside a few feet away. From inside the taxi, take no more than a few minutes to make your choice. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES are you to give money BEFORE getting the girl. With the girl in your possession inside the taxi, you can now give him the money with little risk of being taken. The barfine is the same; 800 pesos for a short time, 1,500 pesos for all night. I have one girl on video from this type of casa. Until I go back again in April, this is the latest experience I have to offer. I'll update this report as soon as I get back and hope to have the videos up for sale by this coming fall. | ||
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I have recently gone to the Philippines, both Manila and Cebu from 3March to 9March, and would like to add one or two things to these fine (and for the most part accurate) reviews. 1. Don't bother looking for any action in Manila. Oftentimes is you are Western (and especially American), they will add a zero onto the prices. I myself was conned into a 600 (P48=US$1) peso cab ride (which would be fine, but everything in America is about 5x more expensive than in Manila). And into buying a fairly unresponsive P6000 (US$120) girl for the whole night. It seems that she was more interested in sleeping than other things. Japanese men have driven up the prices there more than in Cebu. 2. While in Cebu, you should pay no more than, say P1500 for a short time, and P2000 for the whole night. There are bars, but do not go into them. They are a , asking for P4000 for a "short time," which is 4 hours. Sorry, but there are girls at other places that can do the same thing for 1/2 the price. There are also the options of the casas (particularly Happy Valley), in which there are about 20-30 girls for you to choose from for about P2000 each. Really, it's supposed to be P1500, but it's not worth your time to haggle with the Papasan over P500. You are not always able to tell the level of enthusiasm of the fuck that you are going to get, but it doesn't cost more than the P50 ride to get there if you leave with nothing, which is unlikely. 3. The third option, mentioned in NONE of the reports is the best, IMHO: At the hotels there is always a bellman/ porter there that you can have bring you a girl to you room. Tell him that you want about 3 to choose from and tell him *what* you want. And mention to him that you are interested in paying about P1500 (and not whatever he adds on as markup). I found that out after one time the hard way, by paying P2000, when the girl told me that I had paid too much. As a courtesy, I always give the girl at least a P500 tip, for which she is *very* grateful. That is between 2-5x what the locals are in the habit of giving her. Try to have a couple of towels and some soap for her, too. The Philippine girls are very hygienic, and will *always* like to wash their tails before having sex. And they will expect you to do the same thing. Also, I find that these girls tend to be a bit more enthusiastic about their work than the casa girls, who are not happy about being there and don't try to hide the fact that they are doing this of economic necessity. Two other points: Do not book an hotel over the net. If you pay more than, say P800 for an hotel room nightly, you are paying *too much.* My hotel, directly across from the Ayala mall, was P795/ night, and was more than adequate for what I wanted to do. And the front desk woman told me how much I should expect to spend for a girl, AND directed me to the bellman to have him set it up for me. Second (and most important): Treat the girl like an human being and she will love you for it. I had a girl stay with me for "short times" of four hours because she was thrilled with my treatment of her and my tipping. She was a very hard worker after the first night. As with many others, if you like her after the first few times, you can just book her for the whole night right then. She will call her papasan and set it up, and you are not in the position of having to pay in advance for a whole night for someone that might be a lousy lay. Because many of these girls work in houses which house many girls, you can also ask for her number is you want to request her a second time. Make sure that you always make the taxis turn on their meters, because they will sometimes "forget," and stick you with a much higher fare than necessary (which should be no more than, say P60 between any two points in town). Happy Hunting! | ||
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I've made three trips to Cebu this year. In late spring, I stayed at the Cebu View Tourist Inn on Sanciangko St. off of Osmena Blvd. It's within walking distance of Gaisano Metro Mall. It seems that anybody could be a pimp on that street. There are two men and one woman who were particularly persistant. One was a psycho who followed a mamasan and myself for several blocks. Women were about 1,000 pesos. I once paid 2,000 for a very petite girl who needed the incentive for a blow job. She posed willingly for the camera and seemed to have experience. Most girls were intrigued by my Polaroid I-Max mini pictures. I could take one, offer one, and take a couple of more. Most girls appeared to 20-ish. One girl turned out to be all bra padding and no breasts to speak of. She may or may not have been under 18. The aforementioned petite girl could have been 20 or substantially less. The danger here is that the police are more than happy to set you up with an under-18 and then take all your money for "bail." The Cebu View Tourist Inn had no problem with girls in the room. The in-house massage service was okay as far as massage goes, but one girl wanted 5,000 pesos to fuck. When I told her to leave my room, she didn't. I opened the door, and even though she was naked and visible from the hallway, she still just stood in my room repeating "sorry" and "my family." Subsequent trips were to the Cebu Midtown. One trip was solo, one with my Thai mistress. Again, overnight guests as well as families were present. Cebu Midtown is off of Fuente Osmena Circle. Bars are down the street. If you pass Jollibees, you're going in the right direction. Or, ask a taxi for Dimples. With a 25 peso (50 cent) flagfall, you can afford it. There are two clusters of bars on opposite sides of the street. The bars had barfines approaching 2,000 pesos. For that kind of money, you can afford to go to Soi 33 in Bangkok. Bottom lines: Stay at or near the Cebu Tourist View Inn and let the women find you. Save your money for Angeles City or Phnom Penh or Asoke Plaza. | ||
| ppkoalaknee New Contributor Username: ppkoalaknee Post Number: 1 Registered: 9-2002 Rating: |
Boarding houses are one step down from Casas. There is no large viewing room. Contact is normally through taxi drivers, which raises the price. But once you get a "taxi girl" you can often learn how to contact her boarding house directly, and then save the taxi driver's "commision." One boarding house in Cebu I found is run by a guy names Tante. See photos and contact information at http://www.free-adult-hosting.net/tante/ I had personal experience with Babes and Rose. Rose is the most beautiful (IMHO) and she gets an A++ in "oral sex appreciation." She starts to moan just from sucking on her tits. Start licking her pussy and she will go crazy, calling out "Oh, Shit!" and "Oh, God." (must be a religious experience). She even managed to call out my name (and get it right) a few times. Some of this might be theatrically enhanced, but she couldn't fake the copious amounts of liquid generated in her pussy. After I licked her, she gave me a good BBBJ, without even asking. Babes also was very talented. She has good voluntary control of her pussy muscles, making appropriate "Snatch" and "Red Snapper." She also gave an unsolicited BBBJ. Her favorite position is "Cowgirl," and she did an amazing job of keeping my only semi-rigid dick in there for several minutes! When in Cebu, I like to hire a girl (or 2 girls in this case) for a week at a time, 24/7. This costs only $200/week/girl (10,000 PHP). It isn't just sex, but they also wait on you hand and foot, pampering and spoiling you outrageously. Help dressing and undressing, help in the shower, massages. They even hand-wash your clothes in the bathtub! | ||
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I stayed at the Waterfront hotel in Cebu, and I took a taxi to the Thunderdome. The day I arrived, Cebu Island was feeling the effects of a typhoon that had hit ferociously other islands. There was a lot of local flooding the two days I was there (early November, 2001). The Thunderdome was closed, as was the companion bar right next door ("Volvo"). (My driver had not heard of Cobra, and claimed he could not find it.) This had something to do with the typhoon. The driver took me to another placed called "Arena," which looked like a small theater. It was cold and unhospitable. I only ordered mineral water, so that must have marked me as a loser, and I could not get any girl's attention. Even the mamasans let me walk out without a struggle. Part of the reason was a couple of tables full of well-heeled Asian men, so there was not much hope for me. The show was somewhat interesting, and the girls were attractive (there were about 10 girls in all, and two were movie-star quality). The next day, another driver told me about a place called "Club Harem," on the Mindahue Highway. We went there at 8:30, but were told that no one shows up before 9:30. I went back to the Thunderdome, and it was open this time. I did meet a girl I liked a lot, but the prices were outrageous (P$4,000 bar fine, plus tip for the girl P$100). As mentioned in "Panties Down Before Money Down," you have to expect an admission price (P$50). I took the girl out anyway, and did not regret it. She was great fun. Just for fun, I must admit that I enjoyed myself a lot in "Jiggy's" which is in the lobby of the hotel. There were bands, and all the help were friendly and funny. |
