Angeles City, Philippines
or
Why would I leave Bangkok to get laid!?
by Don Ross
Photography: Dean Barrett
Living
in Bangkok
and
retired for the past seven years has been mostly great, although a number of
minor irritations are always at hand. Like all others in my situation -
single, financially ok, retired and living here, I love and enjoy carousing with
the lovely Thai ladies. Living in the Sukhumvit area I have easy and regular
access to the main venues, Soi Cowboy, Nana, soi 33, Beergarden on soi seven
etc. etc. All of these offer a fun-filled existence. So, why then
leave Bangkok regularly to get laid?
I usually depart BKK every three months for Angeles City in the Philippines. Many residents have to leave Thailand every two or three months for visa
purposes, so rather than do a quick border in and out I decided to go for a
total "Change of Pace." What is different in AC (Angeles City) to offer the
change--Asian ladies, go go bars, etc. etc.-same same; Yes, but not totally.
The change becomes apparent upon arrival at AC. Gone is the Bangkok
traffic. Although the town in the fun area is basically a slumlike
ambience, the traffic is minimal and all the action is within easy walking
distance if you stay at a centrally located hotel on or near Fields Avenue. The
women, Filipina ladies to me, in general are more fun than the current crop of
Thai ladies. (These are all relating to general averages, with obvious
exceptions to every rule). They seem to still have the childlike sense of fun
that I find diminishing rapidly in the Thai bar girls. In a physical
sense, most have good sized breasts that are not collapsed like a majority of
young Thai girls. I find them on average more shapely, although Thai girls
are usually prettier than the AC girls over all. As mentioned they seem to
be much more flirtatious and joking at present, a real sense of childlike fun.
The Bar Scene
The Fields Ave area, which adjoins the old Clark Air Force Base, is loaded with
go go, all within a five to ten minute walk of each other. The bars are in all
sizes and shapes, containing a wide number and astonishing variety of girls.
Some of the major advantages are: If you see a girl on stage you would like to
meet, you just wave to her to come down and she will leave the stage and join
you. None of the waiting endlessly for her set to end, which is required
in Thai go go's. Buy her a drink and she will remain with you as long as you
want, even though her dance group has moved back on stage. She is not
required to leave you to again dance as in Thailand.
If you wish to barfine her and take her out, the fee now ranges from 1000 pesos
to 1300 pesos depending on the bar. (Remember the peso is considerably less than
the baht to the other currencies). This barfine is split with the girl and
basically she will spend short or long time with you for just that barfine.
Most people will give the girl a small tip, 200 or 300 pesos after the deed, and
all I have known are very happy with that.
Over many trips and many, many ladies, I have never had one of these girls
mention money to me, unlike most of the Thai girls today. Most of the
girls like to spend a lot of time with you. If you find one that
you particularly like you can have a great time "Barhopping" with them, that
they love to do. One other thing about the bars is the way the girls
dance. The Filipina ladies seem to enjoy go go much more than the Thais.
In many places they will choreograph their own line dancing steps and it is a
kick to watch them
having a ball doing it. Not much of the shuffling and staring into a
mirror as in Thailand. Last thing about the bars, they are open all hours.
One bar, Dollhouse, is open and has girls dancing 24 hours a day. Most are
open until 3, 4 or 5am, and many open early afternoon. So the
entertainment hours have it over Bangkok big time. So in summary, fun ladies,
easily and readily available, much less cost and no time restrictions.
Sideline
There are two areas not mentioned yet. Up Fields Ave, a short trike
ride from the main area is a place called the Perimeter. This also is loaded
with go go's and is especially active and fun in the afternoon hours. Prices are
even lower than the main Fields area and the action seems to be even raunchier
than lower Fields.
Also, going down Santos St., off Fields Ave is famous blow row with BJ bars on
each side of the street. This area is changing though due to new hotel
construction.
Hotels
There are some great reasonably priced hotels right in the heart of the bar
area. My favorite is Central Park Hotel. It has great service,
really nice rooms, priced at $25.00 per night and a staff 2nd to none in top
notch service. Other nice ones are Orchid Inn, their new addition, Wild
Orchid Inn and New Royal Amsterdam. New hotels are now under construction.
(But the infrastructure of Angeles is very primitive, not like Bangkok, so don't
assume you can buy anything you want or that ATM machines are all over; because
they're not. But leave your Viagra and Cialis at home; those are
all over. Also, although there are direct flights to Angeles City's Clark
Airforce Base from places like Korea and Hong Kong, there is none from Thailand.
So you do have to fly to Manila and take a two-hour drive up to Angeles.
However, ask your hotel to send a car and driver which is quite cheap.
They'll pick you up at Manila Airport.)
Restaurants
Old famous standbys Margaritta Station and Kokomos are great places to eat with
a never ending crowd of tilacs to enjoy watching. Sitting "on the
rail" at Kokomos watching the ladies walking to work late afternoon is a must.
There are restaurants serving just about any ethnic type food you want in
abundance in the Fields area. There are a number of links you can search
to get more particular info re this area, transport, restaurants, individual
bars, etc. etc. www.Balibago.com is one
and there are many others i.e., Go to Phil.com, or a message board AC2.com.
So a great change of pace with a great and fun group of girls. Now you
know why I leave BKK to get laid. :))
(Editor's Note: This article is actually non-fiction, not fiction, but, as it is humorous, it is in this category)
