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14-05-2012, 01:26 AM
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Bro Datou, I just noticed your signature.. you'll be leaving AC on the 13th of June and returning a week later on the 19th of June, is that correct? You're practically a Filipino already, spending more time in Philippines than outside Phil. Wanna go to Olongapo the next time I'm there? I also want to do a charity run.. That was very good fun.. maybe Brother Ziebart can organise one in Olongapo..
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14-05-2012, 01:29 AM
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14-05-2012, 01:50 AM
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US navy was stationed there at Subic, the City proper is Olongapo City, so maybe the confusion is because that Subic is more popular to tourist due to the American Navy... while their US Airforce was stationed at Clark, and their city is Pampanga... sorry for the mess up sentence... a little bit drunk hehehe
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14-05-2012, 01:52 AM
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In those days all the bars were in Olongapo City with the majority of the Girlie bars sited along Bar Barrieto. There were other clusters spread throughout the city. Gay bars, Lesbo bars, Sports bars, etc were all in different parts of the City. It was only after the Americanos left that bars started to spring up in Subic, mainly belonging to the Dryden group. Currently the bars remaining in Olongapo are mainly those located in Bar Barrieto although the odd one or two watering hole can still be found in the other parts of Olongapo. If you're going there just for barhopping, it does not matter whether its Subic or Olongapo you're visiting as they are within walikng distance of each other. But if you want to explore Olongapo City, then it is a different matter. I would not walk. Cars are available for hire.
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14-05-2012, 02:45 AM
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Thank you for the information.. I'll just have to go and see for myself to understand better... got a better idea after viewing Google Maps..
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14-05-2012, 08:48 AM
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14-05-2012, 11:56 AM
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More photos of Olangapo taken during our April trip. Credit to datou for some of the pics.
Olangapo Central Market for souvenirs and great seafood.    
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14-05-2012, 12:36 PM
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The Casinos generally r located inside Subic Bay FreePort Zone.... Oft confused with Subic City.
Quite a few Casinos exist.... To name a few... 1) legenda 2) Grand Seasons 3) Diamond 4) Oriental Paradise Casino 5) subic Bay venezia hotel There are many more inside the Freeport Zone There is atleast one outside the FreePort Zone that i know off viz., Casino Filipino Olongapo Quote:
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14-05-2012, 12:41 PM
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Nice bro,
I so miss Barretto. I must find a way to go there one more time. It a nice vacation there. Sun, sea, beer, food and gals..
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14-05-2012, 01:30 PM
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one more time only
?Barrio barretto n Baloy beaches offer an experience totally in variance with AC. Even without the NightLife so much more to do.... What i really like is waking up to the Sea n d really slow pace of life. Quote:
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14-05-2012, 01:36 PM
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14-05-2012, 02:01 PM
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Yes US airForce was at Clarke air Base which was closed post Mt Pinatubo.
On d other hand, Subic Bay Naval Base was a major Ship repair supply and most importantly the Major R&R facility. It was considered to be the CHEAPEST R&R facility anywhere in Asia I think Bar wise you are referring to the days of the US Navy.... Those were the heady days.... Thosevdays the number of Bars n Girls was humongous.... Today.... However most sailors call it a dump when compared with yester year Glory. You just cant compare the number of bars/girls in Subic with AC.... Maybe just the Dollhouse group will out number the girls in olongapo/subic/barrio barretto by a huge margin However Subic/olongapo has a charm of its own.... Ppl go to Subic for reasons Other than the crass commercialisation that AC has become famous for eg., double LD, ST etc Why? Its laidback Peaceful Lesser touts n pimps now wen compared with AC/manila....( However a lot more during the US Navy days) Less traffic Quiet. You feel you are transported into a different world Quote:
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14-05-2012, 02:32 PM
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Just to give everyone an idea of the kinda DisneyLand Olongapo was....
The sheer nos.... The size..... Uncomparable even with present day AC. In the words of a US Sailor..... here goes.... The sun always seemed hotter in Olongapo than in any other West-Pac port. And when you crossed the bridge over the fetid Bajac River, the stench—the musty, rotten-earth smell of the place—was unmistakable. Olongapo during the war was the “work horse” of the Seventh Fleet’s liberty ports, and it had no equal in the claim of being the dirtiest, most degenerate port in all the Orient. With Olongapo, what you saw was what you got—the basics. Every sailor or ex-sailor knows what the basics are. Anyway, after 35 days on Vietnam patrol, it was our kind of place. I remember when we stepped off that bridge into town, we’d be overrun by Filipinos trying to sell us everything from monkey meat on a stick to their sisters. We’d push our way through them, taking special care to protect our wallets because we knew they’d try to grab them out of our pockets. And we laughed at the idea of eating monkey meat on a stick, which looked like a cross between beef jerky and barbecued beef to us. What kind of fools did they take us for anyway? (They told us it was chicken.) “We” were the sailors of the USS Wilhoite, which, without doubt, was the “baddest” DER in the fleet, and when we were in port, we were ready for liberty at the drop of a white hat. Olongapo was the consummate liberty town, made up of bars, bargirls, pimps, and San Miguel beer, along with an eclectic collection of beggars, hawkers, American copycat entertainers, and other human flotsam too numerous to classify. In other words, it was everything a sailor could ever want in a liberty port. Rizal Avenue with all of its bars was alive with activities geared to separate us from our money. Beyond the world of the Rizal Avenue bars, we saw very little else of Olongapo, because everywhere else was classified out-of-bounds. So we didn’t dare stray too far. We were there to have a good time, to unwind, and Olongapo fit the bill just fine—it was a great place for the sailors of the U.S. Seventh Fleet to blow off steam on their way to and from 'Nam, even if it was filthy, stunk to high heaven, and they sold you monkey meat on a stick pretending it was chicken. Jeepneys were the primary mode of transportation along the several-mile length of Rizal Avenue in those days. Charging along in these gaudy machines, we’d hang on for dear life as the drivers did their best to imitate NYC cabbies under the pretense of taking us to the best bars in town stocked with the best-looking bargirls, or so they’d claim. Baloots were right up there in a sailor’s heart with the monkey meat they said they’d never eat. Prominently displayed in most Olongapo bars, in large, fishbowl-like jars of pickled brine, as I remember them, baloots were fifteen or sixteen day fertilized chicken eggs that Filipinos considered a delicacy. Some sailors considered them a delicacy, too, but only after they’d had too many San Miguel beers. Most old-time sailors who visited Olongapo in their navy days would know what a baloots is; in fact, they may have even consumed a few, but I doubt they’d admit it now. They’d also remember Jeepneys, San Miguel beer, bargirls and monkey meat on a stick, because all these things were woven into the tapestry of the Olongapo experience during the Vietnam War era. We were no match for the citizens of Olongapo. Nor were we a match for the bargirls, the Jeepney drivers, or the street-hawkers. They were all trained in the science of separating us from our money, and we were in way over our heads when it came to dealing with them, powerless against their systematic technique of separating us from our money. On average, within three hours from the time we crossed that bridge into the city of Olongapo, we were broke, picked clean. I don’t know where I came up with this statistic, but I bet it’s true. At the end of the night, as "Cinderella Liberty" came to an end, we’d pour out of town, too drunk to give a damn, but knowing we had to get back to our ships or get in trouble. And, oh yes, we’d consume that monkey meat on a stick that we’d said we’d never touch; we’d scarf it down like it was the delicacy the street vendors claimed it was. In groups and individually, and in various degrees of sobriety, we’d head for the "cattle cars" that would transport us to the dock, from where we’d be taken via motor launch out to our ships anchored in Subic Bay. We must have presented a comical scene, something straight out of a Hollywood movie, as we emptied out of town to beat the midnight curfew—a parade of drunken sailors staggering along, scarfing down monkey meat on a stick. This migration of sailors out of Olongapo took place under the watchful eyes of the Shore Patrol, who were lined up on both sides of the road leading to the cattle car pens, ready to apply force if the need arose, which it usually did, especially in the cattle cars. Olongapo was buried under a foot of ash in the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, which devastated the city. Whatever is happening there today is going on without U.S. forces, including the navy. The Philippine government kicked the United States military out of the country for good in the early 90s. However Olongapo has evolved and rebuilt itself in modern times, it will never be like it was in the heyday of the Vietnam War when the U.S. Seventh Fleet reigned supreme, and we on the Wilhoite were in the thick of things. Then, it was a place that any sailor who ever pulled liberty there, including the men of the USS Wilhoite, will never forget. Last edited by The Lord; 14-05-2012 at 02:48 PM.
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