I've been in Cebu for a day now and I'll give a run down of the place so far.
Overall impression is that this place literally reeks with desperation like few other places in the world and by far the most I've seen anywhere. About 80% of the time when you pass by a filipino, you can see it in their eyes/faces, it is truly sad. Each time you pass by people or simply walking on the street, you're being analysed and scrutinized from head to toe by the people around you. It makes for a very uneasy atmosphere. While it appears to be safe given that outside almost every store, there's a security guy/policeman with a gun, bat and most time, a machine gun, I'm not sure whether these policemen would intervene or help if a foreigner were mugged or attacked by a filipino. Walking around is more a chore than an enjoyable stroll as you would in say Bangkok where you can walk in total peace of mind at any hour of the day. Here not so, or at least, I am not getting that feeling.
I've been corresponding and texting back and forth with a few girls from DIA and I met one at a club last night. In her pic on the site, she appeared sexy and cute, in person, she was nothing like that at all. I bailed after saying hi saying that I'm returning to my boys. Today, met another one that on the pic appeared very beautiful, so we set up to meet today for lunch. She texts me back that her mother and cousin will join us! Now, lunch for me is around 4-5pm and I forgot to mention that to her, so I got an avalanche of calls and text msgs from the morning with her wanting to meet at noon. At noon, I was still sleeping with the girl I picked up last night at a club where we had a wild night at the club before sleeping at 7am after hours of non stop sex. Anyways, I must have received a good dozen calls and another dozen text msgs from her. Finally texted her back that I'd be meeting her around 4pm. Again, before 4, another onslaught of missed calls and text msgs followed. I was really tempted to not even go as the desperation was too obvious.
So finally went there, she was waiting for me at the mall with her mother and fag-gay guy cousin. Once again, she was nothing like the pic on the site. But was cute enough, and since she had been waiting till noon, I didn't want to be an asshole and leave right then. They wanted me to go another mall in another part of town, I politely declined saying that I'd have a meeting to attend with a business partner in about an hour. So we stayed at that mall and went the food court to get a coffee/juice. On the way to there, we passed through a department store and I had in my mind those red signals that they would probably go on a shopping spree on my dime and was about to bail at any tiniest signal that they would buy something for me to pay. Fortunately, that didn't appear and we went straight to the food court. Had a juice, while they didn't drink anything despite me offering to get them juices. I couldn't wait fast enough to have this "date" or rather, interrogation be finished as it was obvious from the 1st moment that I have no interest in that girl.
Oh and I have another girl who wants to meet me at another mall later tonight. Again, the desperation appeared clear from the get go. As soon as I texted her, she replied back that she wants to call me at my hotel in my room as she wants to talk to me before we meet. Since I was out, chilling at a bar, I told her to just call me on my cell but she said it was too expensive to call my cell. Instead, I called her and there was no response. Very strange. Anyways, I think I'm going to pass on that one.
So far, I have not been impressed at all by what I've seen here in my first 24 hours in Cebu. The food is awful awful, that I barely eat as the only alternative is fast food. Compared to filipino food, even good old macdos appear gourmet food. And I have yet to find a good italian/spanish/arabic/indian restaurant.
The positives: yes it's dirt cheap, cheaper than Thailand. Last night, I chilled at a bar's patio prior to going clubbing, for a good 3 hours, lost track of how many drinks had there and the entire bill was 390 Pesos or about 9 bucks. Entrance to the club I went (Juliana) was 100 pesos or about $2.32 which included a drink (beer but no liquor). The club was a sausage fest, but I still managed to get a sexy little nympho with whom I had a great time both at the club and back in my hotel. So filipino flag captured the first night.
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To be totally honest, I can't wait to return to Bangkok as the more time I spend here, the more I get depressed about the overall experience. To all those wondering whether to go to Thailand or to the Philippines, let me simply say that Thailand blows the Philippines in every freaking category! If you must absolutely go to the Phils, or you just want to have say you've been there and get your UPI stamp on your passport, 1 week is way more than enough and spend that on the beaches. I'm supposed to stay here 3 weeks but I'm seriously considering cutting that short and returning to BKK next week. Other than that, it's a place better off simpy skipped.
I really have a hard time understanding the guys that spend years there just for the sake of easy pussy. That IMO is a sad state to be in, to sacrifice everything else just to have easy girls who are desperate. These girls are desperate precisely because of the fact that this place is a dump, for the most part. Sure there are some well off people and some nicer, richer and more developped areas in the Phils, but it's not a place I'd spend more than my time here, let alone years. Is (easy and desperate) pussy really all that matters to these guys? To me, chasing tail is the icing on the cake, not the main thing and I guess that's why I've been enjoying BKK so much as there is much to do while the night life is spectacular too.
Coming from Bangkok, it's really evident and in a very direct way in your face type of thing that you're coming to a 3rd if not 4th world country. BKK is truly in a different league than Cebu. I don't know about Manila, was thinking of checking it out for a week or so, but I'm seriously having second thoughts on that too. Have you guys who have been to the Phils had the same experience/feelings while there that I'm having? It's not like it's the first time I'm travelling to a 3rd world country. Even in the remotest and poorest parts of Brasil I didn't feel nor see that level of desperation and I'm talking the interior of Ceara and outside Brasilia and Goaias where it's pretty poor. Or maybe I'm staying in the wrong part of Cebu? I'm near the Robinson mall, and if anyone knows a better or the best area in town, as well as suggestions on other places preferably a heavenly beach to hit, I'd be grateful to them as I'm simply not enjoying it all so far.
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. The itinerary is as follows.
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