Dive-Monster Rhoody

It has been three years now that the Waterfront Café served me with cold beer and great food; that I met my divers there and went to Apo Island or Dauin; that I was teaching diving academic or just met some guys in the evening as a meeting and starting-point into the (pretty limited though) nightlife of Dumaguete.

Well, the era came yesterday after three years to an end and the Waterfront Café at the Boulevard in Dumaguete closed its doors around midnight for the very last time. It has been a kind of strange situation, sitting there with my two girls, looking at all the packed-up and ready to move stuff, looking at Mike (the owner) who wasn’t in his sunny boy mood. All in all the atmosphere was a kind of down and the Pizza Mike ordered couldn’t make up for that…

It is actually not that bad as it sounds, as the Waterfront Café just moves to Dauin and continue it operation with the old staff at Mikes Beach Resort there.

What will happen to the place many people patronized in the last year?

The solution is not so bad; my fat Austrian friend Guenther from Casablanca takes over and will open a kind of Restobar in about two-three weeks. The new place will have the name Bogarts and has a slightly different concept, compared to the Waterfront Café. Bogarts will open early morning to serve breakfast to guests. So the regulars of the Waterfront Café won’t need to change location. Oven fresh bread will be baked right there for those who are just tired of the tasteless local thingies…

During the day Bogarts will offer Snacks and easy lunch dishes like Sandwiches some Pasta or Burgers also for Takeout.  In the evening the same dishes are available and the Restobar transfers in a kind of Pub where you get your cold beverages, having some snacks, listen to music and watch some Videos on the LCD screen.

There will still be a counter for the Adventure Diveshop where divers can  get information and book their dives in Apo Island and Dauin

Anyway, all the best for both, Mike and Guenther and Bye Bye  Waterfront Café and Welcome to Dumaguete “Bogarts”

cheers

Rhoody

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It’s been a year or so since Kim and Tom left Dumaguete City due to some ISP problems an some other reasons. After more than 12 month Kim packed Tom in his hand-luggage and carried him down to Hotel Palwa. They were in company with Mike (my Typhoon-diver) Lyka and Big C (who’s real name should not be mentioned).  

The first evening we met at “the fat austrians” place named Casablanca where we discussed the plans for the next 4 days. The problem was to squeeze in some diving between dining and drinking. As it was thursday night we decided to have a few cold ones at Why Not, where we got kicked out around 3 in the morning.

Girls just wanna have fun

Hungry again we went to Mama Marias Pizza and ordered 2 pizzas. It was probably the worst thing the boys and me ever tasted in Dumaguete. The cheeze they are using is one of the worst things you can imagine and kills the rest, whatever things you want on the Pizza. That in combination with soaky warm beer and noisy Philippino Drama from the Television….

Mama Maria… a absolute double NoNo !!!

Some good hours of sleep and late lunch at Coco Amigos. Kims typical order a Jalapeno soup and a Cordon Bleu.

Waitress : the soup first?
Kim: Yes,please.
Result: the soup came first and the Cordon Bleu not even 10 seconds later… next time he better orders with a time to deliver…

On the way there we met Will and Maureen, also two of my Open Water Students who joined us for a great night out. The 4 girls went to Why Not to have some fun without us old, fat, drinking guys. We remained at Mikes Waterfront Cafe and managed to drink all his SML.

 Around 2 am we joined the Girls in Why Not and had a few last ones before we all went home to get some good hours of sleep as diving is on the program for tomorrow…

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