WorldTraveler wrote:
Congratulations MR2! I'm glad to see someone is living the life. It is so laid back over there. Everything you talked about brings back lots of memories. I was in AC visiting Winston about 8 years ago. You are braver than me, I've only driven a motorbike in the Provinces. What did you have to pay for your used bike? Have you met many expats living there? Is it crowed with tourist? Your girl definitely wants to move in and be your regular. I think it's good to have a GF because the smarter ones know a lot of inexpensive places to get food and can make traveling easier. I've been to 10 islands. I've gone with my GFs to many local places and had great food too. How big is your apt? Does it have hot water and AC? Is it in a complex with other expats? What do the utilities run? Do you have internet? If you rent out your condo back home will that cover all your expenses in Phil?
Enjoy every minute of it! 
I paid 38,000 php for my bike. It is one owner. My neighbors told me to buy new but I wanted a used bike that I didn't have to worry so much about getting stolen, and I was paying 300php daily to rent one that was a piece of junk.
My apartment is one bedroom, one bath, full kitchen with 2 ac. It is 14,000 php monthly. I am upstairs with only one neighbor next door. There is a hot water thing in the shower that you turn on and it works pretty well. Girls that come here just love using the shower, that is the first thing they want to do. I have seen 2 expats that live here. One is next door. I seen another guy who comes and goes downstairs. The rest are locals. I have not gotten a bill yet for my electric and water. There is free wifi included with my rent. The apartment is furnished but I had to buy a rice cooker, and a small toaster oven. I am about 1/4 - 1/2 mile from walking street. The entire apartment complex is fully gated with cctv. There is a guard in the front at night, and a guard in the back at night. I feel perfectly safe walking around this area all by myself at 3am. There are expats all over the place walking around, and most are way older than me. I do hear alot about the bars getting raided by the police here, and everyone inside goes to jail.(usually under age girls involved). I have only been to the bars here twice, and I don't stick around there for long.
I take my bike all over this area, but it is too small to get on the expressway so I will have to find another way to get to subic later on. Angeles is more of a hub for me. I can take a taxi back to manila, or a bus at the swagman and get on a plane without having to actually stay in Manila. I want to stay near the beach.
Some of the girls just look at me a certain way so I turn around and pull up beside them say hello, and use my hand to tell them come here. I ask their name, talk to them for under one minute, and then ask "can I have your number?" I still struggle with doing this though, as almost every girl here has an amazing body in shorts with half her ass hanging out or a skin tight mini skirt on. There are SO MANY girls here! I am so used to an extremely high rejection rate in America so being here has been good therapy.
The girls here make it easy too! If they are interested in me then they will let me know. They will stare at me with a certain look, and then smile. The rest is up to me. Some are professionals and want to be paid for short time/long time, some are seriously looking for a bf. They make their intentions clear pretty fast.
Is this p4p or did you just hook up?
that Roosh said the prettiest college girls in COLOMBIA, is enticed by The Phils.
...expect the bill to be around 5000 if you use refrigerator and air con.