Dive-Monster Rhoody

Oops, I forgot completely to finish my  trip-report to Angeles City with a side-trip to Subic. I think I stopped after we cancelled the second dive in the bay due to miserable conditions. After a cheap lunch in the “Not-So -Cheap” Cayman Beach Resort we walked 5 minutes to Ocean Adventure, a great Park with dolphins, sharks and sea lions, completed by a small aquarium house and a Monkey and Bird part.

The entrance fee is 500 Peso (if I remember right) and includes all shows and attractions in the Ocean Adventure Park. When we entered the dolphin show was close to the end. The Dolphins looked pretty healthy. In the middle of them a false Killer-whale.

Next was shark-feeding, what was in my opinion pretty boring but the girls were screaming and the crowd exited when there was a sharkish shape under the surface, but not really my thing. The Sealion show followed and I thought … WOW another sealion show, never saw that before…

To my surprise it was very well done and I caught myself laughing out loud plenty of times. We had  a quick run through the aquarium. It might have been interesting for others, but they had nothing there I haven’t seen in the Ocean and in the natural surroundings. But again for non-divers it’s great to see some Stingrays, Seahorses, Sharks of Pufferfish. 

Monkey-feeding was the next attraction what was similar to having lunch or dinner at home. The caretaker gave food to the monkeys and they surprisingly eat it… Nervertheless, it’s always fun to watch them playing and running around.

Then it was time to secure the seats for the dolphin show. It was great and the little Video I copied here doesn’t do any justice. We had a wonderful time and everybody enjoyed a lot.

After the Ocean Adventure in Subic we drove 20 minutes to our Hotel, the Dreamland-Resort on the other side of the bay. Dreamland Resort is a spacious Resort with a great pool-area and a good restaurant. After a nice dinner it was time to head towards the bar to explore the Nightlife in Subic. Sure it is not like Angeles City but very enjoyable. Due to the early closing-times there (3 am in the morning) we were forced to have a last one or two in “Fridays” the resort-bar of Dreamland.

That was also the point where I lost a bit track and next thing I recall was my alarm at 10:00am to get a quick breakfast. Around 11:00 am we entered the van to stand one hour in front of a bank and sweating out the rest-alcohol while Kim was inside the air-conditioned environment to do some business. Thanks mate, top job.

An hour later we were back in Angeles City and I enjoyed listening to the sweet whisper of the pillow in my room again.

For the other Parts of the Trip report you either scroll down or just use the links here:

Diving in Subic with Cayaman Beach Resort

Happy New Year From Angeles City

Angeles City - First Night out

New Year in AC or another local Drama

cheers

Rhoody

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…for whatever reason I sit again with Jenny at her bar and talking bad about anybody who comes into my mind…. hehe. But seriously, I like the place as it is very unique for the nightlife in Duamguete and is also run by  very unique person. Jenny and Gina invested quite some money into the renovation an created a nice atmosphere.

The prices are some of the lowest in Dumaguete and the food tasty. I was there now a couple of times and the guests are a great mixture. Whether some locals sitting shy in the dark with a Tanduay long-neck, Expats alone or in a group at the Bar, or couples having a bite to eat, everything usually comes together at one point of the time and the crowd talks drinks and laughs together.

Each weekend is usually a liveband scheduled. Coyotes opens in the morning until midnight and really hope that Gina and Jenny show a longer consistency than the owner before. We are in Dumaguete and things take a bit longer until they are known and run smoothly. I’ll be there this weekend and have a few drinks. This weekend are 2 bands one on Friday and one on Saturday. 

In the bar is also a Karaoke system which can run fairly hot if the crowd demands. The Disco is a bit different as the mirrors are on the Top what makes the dancing chicks looking better than in other places where they just stare at their feet.

For that reason I scheduled a appointment at Silliman Medical Center. They will replace my liver with a sponge.

Coyotes Bar can be found 2 km after Robinsons south direction in Banilad on the right side. Look for the green lights. More information about: Coyotes Bar, Disco and Restaurant in Dumaguete 

cheers in advanced

Rhoody

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As most here know, I am part of the www.dumagueteinfo.com – Team. Next to hanging on the forum of DI to keep it free from spammers who wanna sell NOKIA and PLAYSTATION or deleting any kind of political religious or racial crap, I am in charge of our relationship with our local advertisers. Irwin Ramas-Uypitching called me some weeks ago to meet him at his family-owned Hotel Palwa. They want to be part of Dumagueteinfo.

While we met at the Hotel’s restaurant  we agreed on a hosted advertisement page. As no pictures were available I asked to come again to take some shots for the page. Adam, his brother welcomed me a few days later and kindly let me take pictures from each and everything I wanted to. The friendliness of the staff at Hotel Palwa is just overwhelming. The rooms were  spacious, clean and I felt a very warm enjoyable atmosphere.
After finishing the picture-taking, I could not help myself and hang around there at the frontdesk with the lovely ladies for another hour or so just chatting and laughing. Sad enough for me, that they are all married or engaged so I have to behave, that I don’t get in trouble with jealous husbands and boyfriends.

As the pictures on a DI page are limited, those here are some which did not make it to the advertising page but it shows the attitude of the staff there. ALL employees I met were a lot of fun.
As I was working the last five years in a dive-resort in the Philippines, I think I know the difference between artificial smile at work and when staff enjoys their working place.
So if you visit Dumaguete and need to stay in the city, have a look at Hotel Palwa.
The Hotel is in a central location and only minutes by foot away from shopping-centers, offices, hospitals, restaurants and the famous Boulevard with the mainpart of the Dumaguete nightlife.

Enough promotion, I just wanted to share my expierience on a routine working day as a part of the Dumagueteinfo.com team. I mean I also could have a job in a german factory and press the same button 8 hours a day and 6 days a week.
I will not get rich here, but nothing can take all the expierience I made here away from me.  

Moving to the Philippines was definitely one of the best decisions I ever made in my life.

For me it’s always enjoyable to make this part of the job after the daily online-routine to go out to meet great people and personalities in Dumaguete.

 All this pictures here are “stolen shots”. The smile and laughing everywhere in the Philippines is something what makes life here so enjoyable, as is is not posing, it is just part of everydays life here. I wish we “Long-noses” could adobt it only partially

Cheers

Rhoody

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… from a long night out we all needed a recovery day and a late breakfast. The day was almost over when Kim and me started to work a bit on the computer. This blog is one of the results by the way. As it took quite some time to upload everything and try yo get the right settings done I ended up deadly tired falling asleep at 4 in the morning in front of the notebook.

Our dinner  next evening was at C’ Italian  Restaurant. IMHO the absolute best Restaurant in the Philippines. Chef Chris is an absolute magician. As we were invited we followed the host and had a great fondue. I personally am not the biggest fondue fan but at the end it was again a great meal. It was a kind of business dinner, but with in very relaxed atmosphere. Leaving C’ Italian we decided to have some beer in town but this night I went home a little bit earlier.

New Years eve had arrived and the whole crowd got out for dinner to Swiss Chalet. A nice place with “Meat”-food, good sized delicious portions. I personally like the Salami-Cheese appetizer platter very much, but I guess one of the reasons is that I am from Dumaguete where you just don’t have this kind of cheese and Salami available. My Cordon Bleu with Swiss Cheese with very good and after paying we went down to 2 different Clubs before hitting Roadhouse at 11:pm.

New Years Eve in Angeles (and I guess in most City’s of the Philippines) means lasing people throwing firecrackers after you, so we were in the Club until 4 in the morning. Being known as one of the best Bars in Angeles City it the time was flying and the party a blast. You can’t compare the nightlife of Dumaguete or other Cities with Angeles. It is not only the GoGo scene, AC is sizzling when the night comes until the sun rises. Talking about sunrise… my memories were a bit foggy at that time so we went back home and had a long sleep to wake up just in time for a shower and New Years dinner at Fortune, a Chinese Restaurant. It was a great dinner again, the only disturbing thing was our neighbor table with 10 or so shouting Koreans. A kind of disgusting, why does nobody throw Fire-crackers after them…

Cheers for now

Rhoody

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