Quote: (07-27-2014 11:55 PM)Hamsterchoker Wrote:
Which city are you going to be in? iknowexactly?
I'm going to Manila first, but might not stay long, then to Cebu.
I seem to be feel most comfortable there as far as socially, able to strike up friendly conversations with locals etc.
there are still more chicks than I could ever get to know.
The 9+ chicks in Manila seem to be too much like Americans.
I kind of liked CDO if you stay out of town, city looked pretty dreary,
there's a city about an hour away-- Iligan-- that has chicks that are really primal, sometimes very sexy in a jungle girl sort of way. I'm speculating they are very easy, although I am not after notch count, just a spectacular hidden jungle girl gem who is stunning. my impression is Iligan is hellish, poor, polluted and not too safe; anyone with any brains would love to get out.
If I get the nerve up I might go to Zambo, but 100 people were killed there about a year ago when nut job islamists took hostages.
It wasn't just a skirmish, 100,000 city residents were displaced to camps and such. 15 cops and soldiers killed as well as 129 rebels... they're probably quite pissed if there's any left.
The above article mentions the nuts are really basically criminals using religion “They all started off — even Abu Sayyaf which is supposed to be linked to Al-Qaeda — as criminal gangs that support themselves with extortion and kidnapping, and find it easy to recruit as the region is so underdeveloped.”
Fisto, I think September will be the anniversary--could be more dangerous. Would be very interesting to get some interviews with locals and see what they think about the safety issue.
I met a cab driver in CDO who had moved from Zambo and liked CDO much more, he told me there was a lot of crime in Zambo, outside of the Muslim extremists, like cab drivers getting robbed etc. He did not want to go back, didn't like it.
I plan to be in Phils about three months at least. I thank the lord for the small passive income that allows me respite from American girls.