[Irishlad]

One of the best ever reports. thanks for taking the time out to complete it.

How plentiful were the virgins - would be my sort of thing.

[TravelHardcore]

20 Nation, big up on your great data sheet! We had an AWESOME time there, the words "epic" and "legendary" are definitely not out of place here. I don't have too much time to add to the thread for the moment as I'm rolling with Fisto and Science here in Thailand but you nailed it here. It's great to read and re-live some of the awesome times we had there.

This is definitely the Ultimate Philippines Data Sheet!

We collected some of the best memories and I'm looking forward to conquering the next locations with you bro!

[20Nation]

I went there because, I like the idea of having high exotic value. There are some ways it works against you, but I like the feeling.

I'm somewhere in the middle, I like the chase and the kill equally.

I had a lot of repeats in there. I had repeats with probably over a third of the girls. Especially the virgins and good girls. Or the girls I just really liked.
I had a few I did many times.

Hard to say who my favorite was. But I do have a top 3. It's because of a combination of having good face, good body, feminine, giving, and fun personality.

SEA is much easier than banging in USA. Although I live in the Mormon capital of the world, so I may be even more bias than your average American.

It has sapped my motivation to game american girls for sure. American girls are generally large, hairy, un-feminine, lazy, and entitled. Of course that's not all of them but the majority.. yes. You combine all that with the fact that you have to put in more work with them... and it kills your motivation.

(02-21-2013 12:41 AM)brianmark Wrote:  



Congratulations on the great report! It’s one of the best I’ve read.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the Philippines over the last several years and have been to 10 islands, but you still went to some places I’ve never been.

Why did you go to Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Butuan, because they are not destinations many people go?

What do you prefer more: the chase or the kill?

I couldn’t tell from your report how many girls you had repeats with or did try to NOT do the same girl twice? If you repeated a girl did you have any girls that you did many times?

Did you have a favorite girl? Why?

How does this trip to SEA compare to your banging life in the USA prior to the trip?

Do you think that your sex life back in the USA will be changed from this trip?

Again, thanks for all the great information. Keep on banging!

[20Nation]

When saying that Philippine hygiene wasn't the greatest, I was comparing it with Thailand, where I had girls who would brush their teeth 3-4 a day, and shower 5-6 times a day. Some Thai girls are as hygienic as it comes. But the two things that stick out to me with Philippine girls are 1. Not all of them take great care of their teeth, and 2. They very rarely do their nails, and sometimes let them get dirty.

I would only have unprotected sex with obvious good girls. I would judge on basically how difficult it was for me to get the lay, and their personalities, slut qualities, where and how I met them, etc.

(02-21-2013 04:49 AM)eldorado Wrote:  

(02-20-2013 03:10 PM)20Nation Wrote:  

(02-20-2013 05:58 AM)Nudge Wrote:  

Good stuff. Just wondering why you didnt check out Boracay?

Boracay is filled with hookers and rich tourists. It is exactly what I go to the Philippines to get away from. If you try to hook up with a local on that island, there is a such a negative stigma, that you will have to sneak around with her. It's expensive. However, if you have a girl you really like, I see no reason not to take her there for a nice vacation.

Could you give us more details about hygiene of Pinay girls?
Did you prefer protected or unprotected sex?
Have you got any STD like Gnorrhea Chlamydia???

[scotian]

Why I'm not a fan of Cebu: I've been in Cebu for the past four days and am leaving to Dumaguete tomorrow to do some more diving, in total, I've spent about a week in Cebu and am not really a big fan of the city and its nightlife. I admit that I haven't done much in the city besides hang out at malls and get drunk at night, I may go to Tops this afternoon though.

The thing I like best about Cebu is that since its a large city, its a gold mine for women, in just over two weeks in the Philippines I've banged the same amount of girls that I did in my three months in Thailand. Girls wise, I much prefer the Philippines to Thailand. One thing I also like is that it doesn't seem like its very hard to party with higher end locals and meet them at bars as it is in places such as RCA in Bangkok. We partied with some "Hi-So" people in Manila before THC and 20nation left and I really liked it, so I figured we'd try to do the same in Cebu.

Anyway so on Thursday night I met up with forum member Innuendo and we went to Mango Square, had a few beers outside and ended up at J ave. We got hammered drunk and ended up partying with a group of girls who were celebrating one of their Bdays. We went to a restaurant with them and then back to the bar, should have known that these girls weren't keen on hooking up but they were fun to party and dance with. I ended up going home alone because I was too drunk. I'm pretty sure Innuendo tried to pull one and she asked for money, so he just went home solo as well.

This is the problem with the Mango Square area and especially J Ave: too many pros, semi-pros, ladyboys and greasy old sex tourists. I can't really be there unless I"m hammered drunk because then I over analyze things and get depressed, its like that at bars in BKK such as Insomnia. Also, you can end up wasting time with girls only to have them tell you that they're working.

So last night we decide to hit up some higher end bars to get away from the riff raff. My buddy and I hit up Ayala mall at supper time and it was packed, went back at around 10pm with fresh gear on expecting the lounges and restos in the outside court yard area to be packed, wrong! They were pretty much empty and closed at 11pm, so we had a couple of beers then left.

We met up with Innuendo, who asked around and found out the best bars to go would be in two locations: Cross Roads and IT Park.

Cross Roads: This is a small strip of a few bars, we arrived by taxi and it didn't look very promising, very few people outside or in the parking lot area. We went into club Vudu where we were advised to go, the place was almost empty at 12:30, we paid 100P to get in and it included one free drink, a bottle of some kind of gross shit that none of us drank. So we left for IT Park.

IT Park: Went to a club called the Loft, which has another club in it called the Penthouse, cover was 300P so I went in alone to scope it out. It was definitely higher end and mostly Filipino crowd with a few Koreans but it had a lot of people sitting down with bottles at their tables so I made the decision to say fuck this.

Back to Mango Square, fuck!

It was around 1am and we didn't want to fuck around so we just went back to the square but decided to hit up the classier club to the right, I forget the exact name but its something like Alcoholism and it was packed. Lots of people dancing, decent mix of locals and foreigners and best of all, no middle aged burnt out white guys dancing like squirrels on meth.

I went outside after five minutes to buy a ticket to the VIP section so I could get faster drinks (at a cost of 100P, totally worth it) and saw Innuendo already leaving with a cute Filipina, good job man. Went back in and after a few minutes being posted up in a high traffic location, chatted up a cute girl who was leaving with her friend. I got her number quickly then she was gone. Hung out with my buddy for another half hour or so, had a few drinks then texted this girl, she happened to be outside with a new friend so we bounced from the club and met her outside.

My buddy and I had a beer with the two girls then I left with mine in a taxi, not sure what happened to my buddy yet. We got back to the hotel and I pounded her brains out then we fell asleep, woke up this morning and nailed her again and sent her on her way. I think we may meet up again tonight as its my last night here and I just want to chill and not be hung over as fuck on the ferry to Dumaguete tomorrow.

So Mango Square isn't all that bad and its a good place to pull ONS, I think its better to go into the higher end places there than J ave but that's just my opinion. Also, hanging outside is okay for a few beers but there's a lot of lady boys there and they're quite aggressive. One cool thing is that there's a convenience store where you can buy drinks there and they have tables outside to sit at, they always play dance hall music which is cool.

I tried to do the high end thing in Cebu and it didn't work out, anyone else have any suggestions for other venues? I'll definitely be back in Cebu again as I travel around for the next couple of months but don't think I could stay here long term.

[High Society]

Its a bit depressing to hear about a decent mix of foreigners in the clubs. These young white guys or older dudes?

Either way Mango Sq. seems like a LOCK for pulling ONSs. Im gonna spend about 2 weeks in Cebu and plow through as many girls as humanly possible when I make it out that way.

[scotian]

(02-22-2013 10:40 PM)High Society Wrote:  

Its a bit depressing to hear about a decent mix of foreigners in the clubs. These young white guys or older dudes?

Either way Mango Sq. seems like a LOCK for pulling ONSs. Im gonna spend about 2 weeks in Cebu and plow through as many girls as humanly possible when I make it out that way.

Depends on the club, the better one I went to last night, Alcoholism or whatever, was packed with about 250 people and about 15-20 mostly young white people, I'd say it was evenly split between guys and girls. They're mostly backpacker types so competition isn't fierce and there's plenty of young Filipina girls to hit on. I didn't really notice any Koreans there and the Filipinos seemed more upscale.

J ave is a lot different. This is where you'll see busted ass old white guys dressed like shit and dancing like retards, its so embarrassing but whatever, they aren't really your competition but if they offer a girl who you want to shore $50, you can guess who she's going to go home with. I've seen a few lady boys in J ave as well but definitely less than there are hanging around outside. There's usually a lot of Koreans there, some of the girls are really cute but the Korean guys seem to be protective of them. I haven't tried to game any yet but I think 20nation did, maybe he can give some pointers. I wouldn't mind banging a Korean girl to get the flag and see what they're like, I imagine that their English isn't the best.

[DirectDanger]

@scotian
Good to hear a another perspective on Cebu and the philippines in general. Where all have you been in the PI so far? If you wanted to stay in one place for several months where do you think that would be?

[20Nation]

Yeah Scotian I really liked Alcholism, got two of my lays from there. To be honest though the old worn down white dudes actually help you get laid. You will look like the man in comparison to these old guys with no game.

[Acute Angle]

The club is called Alcohology

[scotian]

(02-23-2013 10:56 AM)DirectDanger Wrote:  

@scotian
Good to hear a another perspective on Cebu and the philippines in general. Where all have you been in the PI so far? If you wanted to stay in one place for several months where do you think that would be?

I've been here for three weeks and have been to Manila (Makati), Cebu, Malapascua (dive spot) and now I"m in a city called Dumaguete and will be visiting nearby Apo Islan tomorrow.

I still have over two months here I'm going to visit a couple of more places, mostly around Mindinao. To be honest I don't really like the big Asian cities so much, they're fun to visit and great for partying and chasing women but I much prefer a smaller, quieter city where I can easily jump on a scooter or motorbike and head to a beach or into the hills.

Actually Dumaguete is a great city, its population is about 100K and 30K of those are students at local unis and colleges, its right on the ocean with world class diving and its also surrounded by big hills with waterfalls, hot springs, zip lines, etc. Renting a house here is quite cheap and the scooter renal and diving is cheap too. I'll drop a proper data sheet after I leave.

[Vacancier Permanent]

Scotian,
My man, good stuff! Would be curious to read your Dumaguete data sheet. It's a city I've been wanting to check out when I get there. How much is housing there? I mean something decent, right in the action and not far from the beach?

Thanks man!

(02-24-2013 11:12 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:56 AM)DirectDanger Wrote:  

@scotian
Good to hear a another perspective on Cebu and the philippines in general. Where all have you been in the PI so far? If you wanted to stay in one place for several months where do you think that would be?

I've been here for three weeks and have been to Manila (Makati), Cebu, Malapascua (dive spot) and now I"m in a city called Dumaguete and will be visiting nearby Apo Islan tomorrow.

I still have over two months here I'm going to visit a couple of more places, mostly around Mindinao. To be honest I don't really like the big Asian cities so much, they're fun to visit and great for partying and chasing women but I much prefer a smaller, quieter city where I can easily jump on a scooter or motorbike and head to a beach or into the hills.

Actually Dumaguete is a great city, its population is about 100K and 30K of those are students at local unis and colleges, its right on the ocean with world class diving and its also surrounded by big hills with waterfalls, hot springs, zip lines, etc. Renting a house here is quite cheap and the scooter renal and diving is cheap too. I'll drop a proper data sheet after I leave.

[scotian]

(02-25-2013 01:14 AM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  

Scotian,
My man, good stuff! Would be curious to read your Dumaguete data sheet. It's a city I've been wanting to check out when I get there. How much is housing there? I mean something decent, right in the action and not far from the beach?

Thanks man!

(02-24-2013 11:12 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(02-23-2013 10:56 AM)DirectDanger Wrote:  

@scotian
Good to hear a another perspective on Cebu and the philippines in general. Where all have you been in the PI so far? If you wanted to stay in one place for several months where do you think that would be?

I've been here for three weeks and have been to Manila (Makati), Cebu, Malapascua (dive spot) and now I"m in a city called Dumaguete and will be visiting nearby Apo Islan tomorrow.

I still have over two months here I'm going to visit a couple of more places, mostly around Mindinao. To be honest I don't really like the big Asian cities so much, they're fun to visit and great for partying and chasing women but I much prefer a smaller, quieter city where I can easily jump on a scooter or motorbike and head to a beach or into the hills.

Actually Dumaguete is a great city, its population is about 100K and 30K of those are students at local unis and colleges, its right on the ocean with world class diving and its also surrounded by big hills with waterfalls, hot springs, zip lines, etc. Renting a house here is quite cheap and the scooter renal and diving is cheap too. I'll drop a proper data sheet after I leave.

I checked out a housing development in the city today and it was quite nice, about a 10 minute scooter ride to the water and also very close to the hills, here's the website: http://www.camellahomes.net/communities/.../index.html

As you can see, the homes cost from $40,000 up to about $130,000 and they are definitely livable, a bit small but very nice interior, A/C, appliances, etc. The only catch is that as a foreigner, you'd have to marry a Filipina to buy one, which the lady showing me the house said wouldn't be too hard to find, haha.

Its probably a better idea to rent anyway, and I asked an older guy at the bar last night about it and that's what he does, he has a nice furnished apartment and it goes for $300/month, his landlord offered to sign a ten year lease! I imagine that you could find a pretty mint place for under $500/month and probably a palatial residence if you paid $1000.

[cool]

I recommend going to Mati in Davao Oriental.

The views, the beaches...I felt like I was at the end of the earth. I didn't stay overnight, because I went with a few people who weren't beach people. I don't know anything about the nightlife in Mati City. Once the bus arrived at the station, we hired a couple a few motorbike drivers to take us out to Dahican beach.

The girls are darker out that way.

[scotian]

I've been in Dumaguete for 4 days now and myself and my 3 man crew, we're thoroughly enjoying it. We're here for another couple of days so I'll put together a data sheet on it after we leave. For now though I have a couple of lay reports:

Two nights ago we went to this nice restaurant (well, one of the better ones in Dumaguete, nothing is very high end here) and had a meal and some beers. When we arrived I decided to strategically sit next to a table of about 6 people, a young white guy and 5 girls. When they finished their meal, the white guy and his girl left then the 4 other girls crossed the road and were taking pics together. One of my friends says "man we should go talk to those girls", so I took matters into my own hands and walked over to them as they were getting into a truck and asked if they want to meet us for some drinks at another bar. They agreed and we met them 15 minutes later. The group date went well but nothing too crazy just a couple of beers, we each got a girls' number (the hottest one was preggo so none of us took hers) and we made plans to hit the beach together the next day.

So we spent the afternoon at Dauin beach, about 20 minutes from downtown. On our way back, I told the girl I had on the back of my scooter that I needed to stop at my hotel for a quick shower and a change of clothes, to which she agreed. I had already made out with her at the beach when we went for a walk and she was rubbing my weiner with her hand, so I knew she was down. I used some of 20nations trusty LMR buster techniques and tapped that in my room real quick then we went and met the group at a KTV bar. lay #1.

I bounced from the ktv bar because it was getting annoying, went back to the hotel and got online, set up a date for a girl at 8 near my place. She was nice, had a couple of drinks, but she had to go work at a call centre at 9, so off she went. I finished my drink and crossed the street to walk along the boardwalk next to the sea and literally 10 steps in I make eye contact with these two girls there drinking. I tell them I have two other buddies who are coming, so they got another friend and we all hit up this disco to play hooker snooker (not sure if they were semi-pros but, I'd say yes). This young cute one says, "I"m from an hour away and the last bus leaves soon, can I stay at your hotel", of course I say yes so long story short, lay #2.

Achievement unlocked: Doubled up. Now I know this isn't anywhere near as impressive as the stats 20nation and THC racked up here, but it was quite the feat for myself.

So, another plus of Dumaguete, plenty of gameable, DTF girls around too, I could stay here much longer!

[scotian]

(02-25-2013 06:42 AM)cool Wrote:  

I recommend going to Mati in Davao Oriental.

The views, the beaches...I felt like I was at the end of the earth. I didn't stay overnight, because I went with a few people who weren't beach people. I don't know anything about the nightlife in Mati City. Once the bus arrived at the station, we hired a couple a few motorbike drivers to take us out to Dahican beach.

The girls are darker out that way.

Thanks for the heads up man, I looked it up on Wikipedia and this looks like the perfect kind of place for me to check out. How long was the bus ride there from Davao?

[Vacancier Permanent]

Awesome stuff Scotian!
Dumaguete I've been hearing and reading a lot of good stuff in that it can be a literal goldmine if/when one lives there. How far is the beach from the better part of town to stay at? And what would you feel to be a good budget to live on there if one were to live in D town for say 3 months? Nothing fancy, but a nice fully furnished apart with fast wifi, in a good bairo and near the action.

Cheers!

(02-26-2013 10:15 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(02-25-2013 06:42 AM)cool Wrote:  

I recommend going to Mati in Davao Oriental.

The views, the beaches...I felt like I was at the end of the earth. I didn't stay overnight, because I went with a few people who weren't beach people. I don't know anything about the nightlife in Mati City. Once the bus arrived at the station, we hired a couple a few motorbike drivers to take us out to Dahican beach.

The girls are darker out that way.

Thanks for the heads up man, I looked it up on Wikipedia and this looks like the perfect kind of place for me to check out. How long was the bus ride there from Davao?

[High Society]

Scotian, how much you think a scooter would cost to rent a month?

[Beyond Borders]

(02-24-2013 11:12 PM)scotian Wrote:  

I'll drop a proper data sheet after I leave.

Please do! Sounds like a sweet place and the pictures on Google Images are amazing.

[scotian]

(02-26-2013 10:43 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  

Awesome stuff Scotian!
Dumaguete I've been hearing and reading a lot of good stuff in that it can be a literal goldmine if/when one lives there. How far is the beach from the better part of town to stay at? And what would you feel to be a good budget to live on there if one were to live in D town for say 3 months? Nothing fancy, but a nice fully furnished apart with fast wifi, in a good bairo and near the action.

Cheers!

(02-26-2013 10:15 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(02-25-2013 06:42 AM)cool Wrote:  

I recommend going to Mati in Davao Oriental.

The views, the beaches...I felt like I was at the end of the earth. I didn't stay overnight, because I went with a few people who weren't beach people. I don't know anything about the nightlife in Mati City. Once the bus arrived at the station, we hired a couple a few motorbike drivers to take us out to Dahican beach.

The girls are darker out that way.

Thanks for the heads up man, I looked it up on Wikipedia and this looks like the perfect kind of place for me to check out. How long was the bus ride there from Davao?

VP, the better beaches are about 20-30 minutes outside of the downtown area. I think that you could get a nice serviced apartment here for under $500, so to break down what I would be spending in a week:

-rent: $125
-scooter: $60
-Meals (3 times a day at decent restaurant): $120
-Smokes (10 packs/week): $8
-Booze (8 beers/day M-F, 15/day weekends, plus 12 shots/cocktails): $120
-Random costs: night at movies, fishing, one day diving, entrance fees to nice resorts, massage, haircut, laundry. etc: $100

So that is about $533 per week which is $2132 per month, and you would be living VERY nicely in Dumaguete. Obviously, other peoples' costs will vary and I would say that a guy could easily get by on much less because I drink and smoke a lot and eat out all the time. By not going out and cooking at home, getting a cheaper place ($300/month or less) and taking the local transport, costs could be reduced big time, but this will give you a good idea of what to expect.

[scotian]

(02-26-2013 11:29 PM)High Society Wrote:  

Scotian, how much you think a scooter would cost to rent a month?

I pay 350 pesos/day which is about $8.50 USD, you could definitely get one cheaper on a monthly rate, probably $5.00/day.

You can buy a brand new scooter here for $1500 or a nice little dirt bike like a KLX 150 for about $2800. I may rent a KLX in a couple of days to go for a rip up this mountain to discover new places that the scooter can't go, but for in the city riding, a scooter is the way to go.

[cool]

(02-26-2013 10:15 PM)scotian Wrote:  

(02-25-2013 06:42 AM)cool Wrote:  

I recommend going to Mati in Davao Oriental.

The views, the beaches...I felt like I was at the end of the earth. I didn't stay overnight, because I went with a few people who weren't beach people. I don't know anything about the nightlife in Mati City. Once the bus arrived at the station, we hired a couple a few motorbike drivers to take us out to Dahican beach.

The girls are darker out that way.

Thanks for the heads up man, I looked it up on Wikipedia and this looks like the perfect kind of place for me to check out. How long was the bus ride there from Davao?

It's a long way from Davao City. It might take a half day to get there depending on if you take a proper bus or one of those vans across from G mall. The girl I was seeing had family in Lupon (between Davao City and Mati), so we stopped over there for a day.

I actually rode in the back of a pickup truck from Lupon to Davao City.

[scotian]

Mini-report: Malapascua

Malaspascua is a dive spot on a small, remote island at the very northern tip of Cebu island. It has a population of about 4000 and most of the people live off of tourism and fishing.

Getting there: From Cebu, go to the northern bus terminal and take a Ceres bus to the town of Maya (163 Pesos), the trip takes 4 hours and the bus will drop you off at the port where you can take a boat to Malapascua. Actually, you take a small dorey type boat (50P) to a larger boat (80P) to another dorey boat (50P) then after half an hour (in good consitions, can be much longer), you'll arrive in Malapascua. Make sure that you leave Cebu on an early bus as the boats in Maya stop running after dark, I found this out the hard way and had to spend the night in Maya.

There's nothing to see or do in Maya, no ATM's, no bars, no restaurants, just a small, shitty fishing village but we stayed at a decent hotel called "Skip's Beach Resort", it was owned by a cool retired American guy who has since passed away and left the business to his much younger Filipina wife and kids, lots of good info on his website: http://www.skipsbeachresort.com/

Why I went there: My buddy from Canada came to visit me for a month and we planned on diving as much as possible. We didn't make any advanced plans, so after a few days in Manila, we found ourselves in Cebu and we called dive shops in Lapu Lapu, Dumaguete and Malapascua and got the best response from Thresher Shark Divers in Malapascua, so there we went.

My friend did his PADI open water and ended up staying a couple of more days to do his advanced, I already had my open water so I just did my advanced.

Diving: This is basically the only reason to come here and I would rate the diving experience as mediocre. The instruction at Threser Shark Divers: (http://www.malapascua-diving.com/) was excellent but it was very pricey, 20K for open water and 16K for advanced, compared to 12 for OW in Dumaguete and 10 for advanced.

There are quite a few dive shops on Malapascua but TSD seemed the most professional so that's who we went with. I did 5 dives and saw a few of the thresher sharks, that was pretty cool but other than that the marine life was nothing special, a lot of damaged coral from dynamite fishing by the locals and the fish weren't plentiful or impressive.

Beaches: Once you arrive in Malapascua, you'll be in the main area, about a 200M walk to all of the hotels and the "downtown" village area. The hotels and dive shops are all along the main beach, which is decent and has white sand but is nothing special. There's a few decent restaurants along the beach.

Hotels: Stayed at Blue Coral resort which was about 50M from our dive shop and right on the beach, ideal location but at 2500 P/night was a bit pricey, like a lot of things on Malapascua. Plenty of other options but it looked like you'd pay at least 1500/night for something half decent.

Night life: Basically non-existent. Some of the dive shops have bars and restaurants that have tourists drinking in them at night, there's a bar with pool tables and karaoke but I forget the name. The town's only "night club" is the basket ball court beside the Catholic church, which they have open every night and a DJ plays music and everyone in the town from 2 years old to 80 is there dancing, its pretty funny but lame. I went there once and ended up dancing with some young cute Filipinas but it will be hard to pull (I tried) as these girls aren't too keen on going home with a random foreigner in front of the entire town. Also, I had to wake up at 4:30 am everyday so I could go see the sharks that only come out in the early morning so I was in bed each night by 10pm.

Basically, you're best bet is to hit on tourist chicks, which there are a few of, you can meet a lot of them by going diving or hanging out at the restaurants.

So, I didn't get any bangs "on the island" but when I left after 4 days and took the bus back to Cebu, a girl got on at Bogo, about 2 hours from Cebu and she sat next to me. She was on her way to Cebu and leaving for a job in Manila the next night at 10pm, so I took her out for a drink after the bus ride and offered her to stay at my place after she complained that her motel was shitty. She declined my offer but showed up at my hotel in Cebu the next day at 8:30am, we spent the day at Ayala mall, went to a movie and I got the bang an hour before she had to catch her flight.

Anyway, overall, unless you're a diver and keen on seeing thresher sharks (they are cool), I would honestly pass on Malapascua, especially if you're after the local punani.

This video will give you a good idea of what Malapascua is like:

[High Society]

Scotian,

How is the night scene in Duma? Thinking about doing a month in Cebu, then a month in Duma. Although I am worried I might get bored with Duma after a week or so.

What is your thoughts on Duma after spending some time there?

[scotian]

(03-02-2013 09:37 PM)High Society Wrote:  

Scotian,

How is the night scene in Duma? Thinking about doing a month in Cebu, then a month in Duma. Although I am worried I might get bored with Duma after a week or so.

What is your thoughts on Duma after spending some time there?

Dumaguete data sheet: The city of gentle people

Overview: Dumaguete is a city of about 120,000 people on the island of Negros Oriental in the Visayas region of the Philippines, it has four universities and a student population of 30,000. It is a coastal city and the downtown area is right next to the water, with some excellent beaches about 20 minutes away. The city is also surrounded by large hills in the background where you can find waterfalls, rivers, hot springs and a zip line.

Getting there: You can fly direct from either Manila or Cebu, I went there by ferry from Cebu on Oceanjet, the one way cost was 1020 Pesos ($25 USD). The ferry leaves at 6am and 330pm.

Hotels: I stayed at Harold's Mansion which is located about a kilometer from the port and close to Silliman university, the price for a private room with WIFI and AC was 800P/night. This is a hostel so it attracts an international crowd and quite a few back packers, it has a nice bar and pool table on an open patio on the top floor. The hostel also has a dive shop, which is why I stayed there. After 2 days I was getting sick of the stinky hippies and the no guest policy so we bounced to a hotel in the centre of down town.

Hotel Nicanor: This is a pretty nice hotel and reasonably priced at 1300P for the "matrimony suite", a queen size bed. I stayed in the single suite (1000P) but the bed was small and not ideal for banging, so upgraded. Location is ideal, within a two minute walk to the water and the better clubs in town.

There's plenty of other options, especially out of town a bit (15-30 minutes), you'll find some nice resorts, but not much night life around there, not that Dumaguete has a vibrant night life though, more on that later.

Getting around: There are no taxis in Dumaguete, only "tricycles", 125 CC motorbikes with a side carriage that carries two people and there are hundreds of them, the city is flooded and its never a problem to find one, just step outside onto the street and within 10 seconds, you can flag one down. Cost is 9 Pesos to go anywhere in the city. Remember this when you arrive in town as they will try to hustle you, but not too bad, this is indeed "the city of gentle people".

I rented a scooter for the 5 days that I was there from a rental place at the "OK Pension", its on Perdices street, right across from the Shell station. They cost 350/day for an automatic, they're new and in decent shape.

Things to do: Dumaguete is a small city but its bustling during the day and people are everywhere downtown, although there isn't too much to do there. You can check out Rizal park to take some pics or take a walk along the nice waterfront area but your best bet is to rent a scooter or get a trike to take you to the surrounding hills to go to the waterfalls or hot springs for the day.

There's also plenty of beaches near by, the best one is in Dauin. I spent the day there at a place called Pura Vida, a nice resort with rooms for 3000P/day, the entrance fee of 200 went towards any booze or food consumed there.

I also spent an afternoon at Huiza pool, which is basically a mansion with a nice big pool, 150P entrance fee, it was okay but was probably a lot nicer 20 years ago.

Of course, you don't want to be going on all of these random adventures alone, so its best to find a cute Filipina tour guide to take you around, here's my advice on game there:

-Day game: This is your best bet, I met girls working at stores near my hotel and at the mall. I used the phone number on a piece of paper trick and also just approached and straight up asked for her number. Day game locations: EVERYWHERE!

-Robinson Mall, not far from downtown, about a 5 minute drive. Its a newer mall, built about 3 years ago but still quite small, its crawling with girls during all hours of operation, has a decent food court and a cinema and of course, cold AC. You'll be hanging out there a lot, trust me.

Downtown mall, forgot the name but its very close to hotel Nicanor, on San Jose Street near the Jollibees, again, crawling with women and very cute/helful staff.

-Night Game: There's a few bars and clubs to hit up, most along Rizal Avenue right along the shore line in the downtown area. Most of the clubs are frequented by a younger crowd (16-24) so you may stick out a bit if you're over 30, seems like most of the mature crowd hangs out in restaurants with live bands or the bar Why Not (more on that later).

Internet Game: This being the Philippines, there's a ton of girls online, you can use DIA, Filipinocupid, Tagged, Badoo, etc and get results. I met up with one girl who I gamed off the net, it was okay but didn't get the bang.

Night life: Honestly its not great, there's a couple of decent spots to check out but I wouldn't describe it as vibrant. Here' some places I checked out:

Hayahay: You have to go here, trust me. Its a little ways out of downtown, maybe 2 kms but worth the trip. It has a tree house restaurant upstairs and live bands playing, food is also good. Each night we went there, there were probably 40-60 people, including some nice girls. I opened a set here and my buddy and I banged two of them.

Blue Monkey Grill: This is downtown, right on Rizal and next to the water. Good food and attracts a bit more of an "upscale" crowd, although I use that term very loosely as there isn't anything very fancy in the city, the place has plastic lawn chairs, haha.

Why Not: Even though this is where the pros and semi-pros hang out at, you will end up there, trust me. Its also on Rizal and stumbling distance to hotel Nicanor, its basically a big complex with a restaurant and cafe (both good) with two night clubs, a billiards room and a KTV room. Its filled with tourists so you won't stick out, its also full of hookers and the odd lady boy. I opened a couple of girls in the park outside across the street one night, took them in for a drink and ended up leaving with one, wasn't sure if she was a hooker or not but my strong suspicions were confirmed the following night when I saw her in the hooker club, oh well I didn't pay so I guess the hookers there are shoreable, although there are plenty of busted old foreign guys in there willing to pay 1000P to take one home

Sizzlers/Insomnia: Right around the corner from Why Not, this place is small and has a younger crowd, cheap drinks and to my delight, I discovered that they have Shisha at 120P.

Zanzibar: Next to Insomnia, went in for a drink but there wasn't a large crowd, samething as next door basically, younger crowd and small club.

Bar Rocks: Near Rizal park, probably the second biggest night club in the city, again, younger crowd but good on weekends.

Diving: I spent a day diving with Harold's Dive shop and did 3 dives out at Apo Island and it was fantastic and cheap at 3300 including lunch and all equipment rentals. Amazing coral, tons of nice tropical fish, eels, turtels, etc. Apo Island itself is quite nice but a 30 minute boat ride from the main land, so remote and only has 900 people on it. There are a couple of small hotels there but I wouldn't recommend staying there unless you get a girl from Dumaguete and take her there for the day or maybe one night.

Waterfalls/hot springs: These are about a half an hour scooter ride from downtown into the hills, head to Valencia and you can just ask for directions along the way. Entrance fee is 40 to the hot springs and 25 to the waterfall, both are more than worth it and great places to take a girl

You'll pass by a nice resort called "Tierra Alta", its worth checking out for the stunning view and if you want, there's an actual upscale restaurant there, although I didn't eat there, it looks nice. They also have a zip line there that you can do, check out the video on the website: http://www.philsouth.com/index.html/tierr...ubdivision

So I think that's pretty much it guys, I was there for 5 days and am actually going back there tomorrow (I"m in Bohol now), my buddy wants to spend a couple more days there before flying back to Manila to catch his flight home to Canada in a few days. Myself, I got this girl's number about an hour before I left the other day, so I have some unfinished business. I'll keep you guys posted and if there's any other information you'd like about this nice city, just let me know.

Here's a decent video on Dumaguete: