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Wow @EricV, you are amazing - you know everything about life in the Philippines. Have you ever considered curating the Philippines section of our gayguides.com forum? It is truly lacking in up-to-date information - as most of our forum members tend to contribute only to the Gay Thailand channel. Sure enough, exactly as you stated, there is a MR. QUICKIE, right here in the Cebu Ayala Mall - I would have never seen it - as I know the Ayala mall like the back of my hand after 60 days here. It is located in the sub-basement Level -1, down where the car parking is. https://mrquickie.com/ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1454118197944995&id=121503941206434&set=a.208386375851523 I see from Google that there are many more disbursed throughout the city of Cebu. Shame on me, as I was a victim of my own "ethnocentrism", where I thought - well they do these kind of repairs at the laundromats that I have frequented in Thailand - thus creating my false expectation, that the same should be true in the Philippines. I have lived in USA, Italy, Hungary, and now Thailand - and my personal experience has been that you can often get these kinds of clothing repairs done directly in the local laundromats - those where there is an attendant (mom & pop style shop) who is washing the clothes. For obvious reasons, this service is not available in those sophisticated automatic laundromat.

When I lived in Budapest for 8 years, there was a chronic problem of "bad" masseurs and money boys (MB). The local Budapest community dealt with this problem by creating 1 dedicated "fake" PlanetRomeo account where the profile nick was something like "be aware of" and all of us "users" of these services, we would enter comments into this 1 dedicated PlanetRomeo account to identify who were the bad apples to avoid, or were dangerous, or non performers, etc. In those years, there was NO support from the local police for this type of harassment - so we as a community organized ourselves to "self-police" ourselves to protect our community. Also, those masseurs and MBs who were good were also commented on in a positive way as well as expected pricing based on various sets of services. So, privacy in the West is important - BUT, the need for safety in this community over-rode the norms usually associated with the right to privacy. This is probably a moot point for this Asia forum, as it seems that there is not this danger nor concern in our forum (the Asian side of gayguides.com - however, the South American side sometimes has some alarming stories from a safety point of view).

BINGO - you hit the nail on the head. The void for this type of information is being filled by Thai administered LINE groups and the Chinese active review groups. There does not seem to exist an equivalent masseur review system for us non Thai/Chinese ?

I wish the MIMA Party a lot of luck - as they are competing with the many years of successful BIGGER event = - as attested by the many gayguides.com forum members who attended. https://www.instagram.com/crete_creative/reel/C_ZrELKPB4O/ but the massage guys organizing this new concept = MIMA Party, need to start somewhere as this is their FIRST event ever.

Day 61 (27 February 2025) – What is my purpose in life? Slow wake up, as there is no planned itinerary for today. Eat a mini breakfast. Outside is a really beautiful day, after having experienced many overcast, and off and on rainy days -> this is a BIG relief. View from AirBnB condo balcony I prepare a bag of laundry to bring down to the Cityscape laundry service = D Washers Laundry Hub https://www.facebook.com/p/D-Washers-Laundry-Hub-61566968902776/ One of my favorite pairs of shorts, in the right front pocket, has formed the beginnings of a new hole. I ask the laundry lady if she can repair it. She looks at me like I am from Mars. She replies, “sir, we don’t do that here….” In my mind, this is a BIG missed business opportunity. Back in Thailand, they can do anything in many of the View Talay laundry services, including sewing and replacing buttons. I see the Thais as not wanting to miss out on the business opportunity. Anyway, this gives me a purpose for today, – as when you are a retiree, with a lot of free time on your hands, you often find yourself looking for purpose. I pay 187 pesos (~$3.22 USD) for my small bag of laundry, which will be ready before they close at 9pm – same day. I go over to the Ayala mall to eat my favorite corned beef hash egg breakfast at SBC: Afterwards, I go on the hunt for a sewing kit, and I head upstairs to the all too familiar Mr. D.I.Y. shop (I frequent this shop often back in Pattaya). https://www.mrdiy.com/ph/storeopenings/199th-store-ayala-center-cebu I am overwhelmed with the number of sewing kits to choose from. I pick a random one and buy it. I then decide to walk the perimeter of the CBP – Cebu Business Park, as it is truly a fresh and pleasant day. If you walk the Samar Loop, Leyte Loop, and Mindanao Ave areas, you can see and experience 85% of the CBP area and take in all of the parks, skyscrapers, and beautiful slightly windy sunny day. Google map of the CBP – Cebu Business Park area While walking around, I notice that the mini Sugbo Mercado in CBP, that I reported on in my Day 6 (3 January 2025) trip report update, is now defunct and an empty lot of gravel: Formerly the Sugbo Mercado of CBP I try to figure out which condo is my AirBnB while looking back at the Cityscape Grand Tower from the Negros road. Is it that one ? Head back to my room to write yesterday’s trip report update. Then I decide to make the 30 minute walk over to IT Park to eat again at my favorite WOLFLINK restaurant. Afterwards, I take a walk over to the primary Sugbo Mercado of IT Park (outdoor food market) and I can confirm that it is still open. I take the bus back to the Ayala mall – as it is now nightfall and I don’t feel like walking on the busy Archbishop Reyes Ave., as the sidewalks can be either treacherous or non-existent. In the daytime, it is easier to negotiate them. I noticed that while I was waiting for the Ayala mall bus – 2 buses departed for the Mactan Newtown township, and this made me sad and melancholy – as I felt that this is the place where I was the most happiest here in Cebu. I exit the bus at the Ayala mall and I decide that I want to witness with my own eyes the return bus that actually goes to IT Park (up to now I have never seen it) – that is required if one wants to use the bus transportation system to get from the Mactan Newtown township to the Ayala mall. I wait around 35 minutes at the taxi stand that is directly in front of the Ayala mall Luzon Avenue exit that is in between The Alcoves residence and Ulli’s Streets of Asia – and sure enough, with enough patience, the big CIBUS city bus actually does descend into the taxi area to let off and/or pick up passengers. My actual photos as proof in the pudding that this mysterious bus actually exists I return to my room totally satisfied. I self reflect on what gives me joy in my life and how that has changed. I went from a high stress career where the movement of money internationally was mission critical to being a gay elderly retiree who creates purpose by tracking down if an actual bus that he has never been seen actually exists – to solve a transportation puzzle. Wow how times have changed for me. Probably many of you reading this blog are thinking – oh how boring. I would agree, but how does one in retirement give purpose to his life ? As it is 20:45pm, I pass by to pick up my laundry. Back in my room I decide that it is time for more purpose – so I start to attempt to sew the hole in my favorite short pocket. Oh my GOD – after more than 1 super frustrating hour – I cannot get the sewing thread through the hole of the sewing needle. I then realize that the made-in-China sewing kit contains sewing needles where the hole is just too small for the given string. What the f%^k!! 🤬 Before going to sleep, I chat with my Thai boyfriend and he laughs at my frustration – as it is such a trivial matter that I allowed to raise my blood pressure. He is right. If I was back in Thailand I would have given these shorts to the Thai laundry lady and for 30 baht she would have happily repaired the newly forming hole in my shorts pocket. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 61 (27 February 2025) concluded – Purpose found for today.

As I order in my massages to be in my condo - I am very interested in the "service capability" - as I want it made clear that I am looking for S or SS fun with an emphasis on edging and I want to exclude H fun. However, if I am ordering in a 4 hands massage and the 2 masseurs want to have H fun between them then I am ok to watch them do that as long as my S and SS edging fun is honored. My primary emphasis is on service capability and immediately after that I like to see the faces, beautiful bodies and cock. If the cock is deformed or has been enhanced by inserting "mooks" -- small "pearls" under the skin - then that is a BIG turnoff for me and can even cause me to lose my erection. So, it is paramount for me to know in advance the status of their cock.

This aspect is VERY true. Many guys who work in the business that caters to our farang needs, often told me that they were selected by their Thai family - as the chosen one - to leave the rice farm and to be sent down to Pattaya to work in the "entertainment business", where the expectations were: send lots of money back to the poor family that needs to til the rice fields, don't tell us exactly what you do to make that money - as we need to respect the "image" of the family, don't publicize the naughty parts of your life on social media for all to see, if possible, bring back to the family a farang with you who is willing to relocate and live here.

I agree. However, I could not find any hirise condos that accompany the above mentioned 2 beautiful beaches. All of the hirise condos were back in Makassar city. wah...

She may have told me the name but I do not recall the Boyztown name. In fact, I am not even sure that the name = "M Bar" was used/existed in Sunee Plaza. She was reacting to my question to her about her journey from Sunee Plaza to the Jomtien Complex. The only inflammatory parts were related to what has already been stated many times here in our gayguides.com forum: too many bars were working with underage guys which was attracting a bad element to Pattaya, various NGOs were made aware of the above item #1 and they spilled the beans in the media on the world stage and consequently giving Thailand a bad name, local police were told to take care of this, the turf war distinction about who controls Sunee Plaza, Boyztown, and Jomtien Complex - as in which factions of the local Pattaya police versus the military, she reiterated several times that she never employed underage guys in any of the places where she worked. I would encourage anyone reading this and wanting to know more to pay a visit to her M Bar in Supertown and have a chat. She reminded me of the famous historian, Bangkok Pat, who always has a wealth of historical information to share. https://www.youtube.com/@BangkokPat

If you go to the M Bar in the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown) you can give your thanks to Madam M, the owner, as she is still alive and she cultivates a warm and friendly family environment for the guys who work for her. @Olddaddy she can also answer ALL of your questions (she is super friendly) as to why Sunee Plaza died - which consequently was why she had to move first to Boyztown and then to Supertown. https://m.facebook.com/61554743396145/

But there are gazillions of AirBnB and Booking.com, and other short term rental sites, even including Facebook marketplace that are offering under 30 day illegal rentals. I am one of these types of customers. But even MBs (money boys) are illegal under the no prostitution is allowed laws.

Day 60 (26 February 2025) Wake up early and eat a quick breakfast and request a Grab car to take me to the Bureau of Immigration (BOI). As it is raining, and it is rush hour, it takes 20 minutes just to get a Grab car confirmed. I arrive at the GMall BOI office at 9:15am. I avoid the left side – as you all may remember that I encountered the “fixer” 1 month ago on the left side – as I reported in my Day 27 (24 January 2025) trip report update. So, I approach from the extreme right side, where the BOI Information Desk is and the BOI employee gives me the tourist visa extension form to complete. I complete this form and I return to the Information desk – but ***(this part of this trip report will be revealed and completed AFTER I am back in Thailand for safety reasons). At 10am, everyone stops working, stands up, and starts singing the “Lupang Hinirang” National Anthem song to pay respect to the country. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/328903/thrice-a-day-playing-of-national-anthem-in-malls-public-places-proposed Immediately, after the conclusion of the National Anthem my passport is returned to me with my new tourist visa extension and I then leave the GMall. At 10:03am my Grab car comes and picks me up and I go to the Ayala Mall to eat a nice breakfast at the 4th floor Roof Deck Garden at the beautiful 2 story Abaca Baking Company Here is a quick TikTok to describe this place: In all of Cebu city, the only other place similar is the famous Dean & Deluca, which we also have back in Bangkok, consequently I did not give much emphasis to Dean & Deluca – as I thought it would be better to simulate for a retiree choosing to live in Cebu, that he might want to give more emphasis to Abaca Baking Company – as it is a Cebu invention. Below is a TikTok view of the lovely Dean & Deluca in IT Park, which is hosted on the grounds of the elegant 38 Park Avenue condo residences. https://www.facebook.com/Official38ParkAvenue/ As it is raining and it is still early, there are very few customers, and so they place me in the extreme back of the restaurant (a part of this place that I have never seen before) that I really like, as it has a huge all glass wall that gives a nice high-up view of the many office towers of the CBP – Cebu Business Park. my usual eggs benedict with salmon While I am eating my scrumptious breakfast, I am itching to tell someone what happened to me at the Immigration office, so I convince Mr. B. to hurry up and join me at Abaca. He is quite surprised by my story and agrees with me that I should not publish it in our gayguides.com forum until I am outside of the Philippines and already back in Thailand. After our early lunch / late breakfast – we part ways (Mr. B. needs to go to his hotel job) and this retiree (me) needs to figure out what to do with all of his free time? Hmm – ah, I can write up our trip report update from yesterday’s visit to the safari park…. All of that writing worked up my gonads to be horny, so I request Jeff to come to my place at 18:45pm and give me one of his great signature titillating erotic massages. I tell Jeff all about my Immigration incident and I ask him what he would have done if he was me, and he can’t answer my question, because he says that they would never try to do that to a native Filipino. We get naked and start the massage. Each time that I meet with Jeff, he gets better and better. We end our meeting with great orgasmic explosions. He washes up and leaves. I wash up and then I order some falafels, hummus, and beef shawarma from the Shawarma Gourmet shop via the Grab food app. It was very good. https://shawarmagourmet.com/ Watch some YouTube, chat with my Thai boyfriend and call it a night. Day 60 (26 February 2025) concluded.

I grew up on Long Island - slightly south and a tiny bit West of @reader. I moved to Italy in 1999 to chase hot Italian guys, until my then employer sent me to Thailand - and then everything changed in my tastes. No doubt this forum also helped to change my tastes, with the many hundreds of fascinating stories that I read about all of your adventures. So much so, that I decided to retire here.

Thanks for the additional information. From a not deep search I see that the Jomtien equivalent type of beach within the Makassar city limits would be: Losari Beach ? would you agree? From the above map - Google AI is stating that both Pantai Biru and Pantai Tanjung Bayang beaches are beautiful with clean water and white sand. Google reports that they are only around 7km and 15 minutes away from the Losari beach.

Yes, me too. I was trying to play around with different ways that I could express that idea and related feeling that it gave me, when the safari park personnel insisted that we take umbrellas with us before we started our journey. I was trying to be overly optimistic that it would not rain on us, as the local meteorologists only anticipated a 27% chance of rain for yesterday. I just now checked in Grok if what I wrote is not stylistically correct - but Grok seems to say that it is ok in a weird way.

Day 59 (25 February 2025) – Safari day Wake up muy pronto to be ready at 7:30am to meet Mr. B. in a taxi that will take us to the Cebu Safari and Adventure Park. Mr. B. was crafty to convince the taxi driver who brought us to IT Park yesterday to bring us to this far away Safari Park. As this place is off-the-grid on the Grab app, it is impossible to arrange for it via the app. Mr. B. negotiates a fixed all day price of 4.000 pesos ( ~ $69.09 USD) for the taxi driver to: 1. drive us to the Safari Park, 2. wait for us outside in the parking lot, 3. drive us back to Cebu city. Driving time to the Safari Park was 1 hour and 41 minutes and the return trip took 2 hours and 13 minutes. The distance is around 50km and the last part is slow going, as it requires going up the mountain on a narrow road. The Cebu Safari and Adventure Park is an adventure and safari park located in Carmen, Cebu, Philippines, founded by Michel J. Lhuillier and Eduard J. Loop, and covers 170 hectares with more than a thousand animals from 120 different species. It is considered as the biggest zoological park in the Philippines. These owners supposedly also own the La Vie Parisienne restaurant, which we visited in my Day 24 (21 January 2025) trip report update. https://www.facebook.com/cebusafari/ Normally, I do not like to visit zoos because when I see the animals in their cages it makes me sad. However, I will make an exception for well run Safari Parks – and this Cebu version was well worth the money and time and effort that was taken to go and visit it. The majority of the animals were not in cages – except for the few large bird aviaries, where it was necessary to put high up mesh screening to prevent them from flying away. Even though it was a Tuesday, we had to pay the weekend rate of 1,300 pesos ( ~ $22.46 USD) per person, because in this part of the Cebu province, they were still celebrating the 88th Charter Day holiday for 2 consecutive days - instead of only 1 day back in Cebu city. Latest admission rates as of 01-Dec-2024 This place is enormous and can require a lot of pleasant walking. Alternatively, they have shuttle trams that can take you all over the Safari Partk. Above map is interactive at: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/67bd8cbeda.html One of the convincing activities that made me say yes to this trip was to have another chance to go ziplining. The last time that I was able to go ziplining was back in 2015, as reported in my Chiang Mai trip report at: At the admission counter, we needed to state what kind of package that we wanted to purchase and due to the inclement and raining weather, the ziplining was not permitted today. I was really disappointed and this kind of put me in a mood to be disappointed with this Safari Park. But, I truly found it enjoyable, as the curators created it in such a way that the layout was divided into distinct zones that allowed you to see very diverse animals in their semi correct realistic habitats: Deer District, Tiger Turf, Orangutown, Stunning bird aviaries, Outpost area, African Savanna – where it was required to enter into caged in trucks where you were then driven into a very secure safari area, where the wild animals were free to roam around. --> This African Savanna zone was my favorite area – as it consisted of an area where we could see giraffes, zebras and some different types of different antelopes. Further on, we were able to see cheetahs, hyenas (which I hate this animal – especially when it laughs – that sound sends chills down my spine), and majestic lions – which was really special for me, because just before departing for Cebu, back in Thailand, my Thai boyfriend invited me to go see the Disney movie = Mufasa – The Lion King, in Pattaya. I generally am not a big fan of these types of Disney animated films – as I much prefer real life drama and action films. But, I have to say that this film left a big impression on me and when I saw the 2 lions and heard the 2 lions (Ben and Ken), in today’s Safari Park suddenly start to roar very loudly when our caged safari truck stopped near them (the lions were reacting to 3 other (I believe female) lions that were roaring in another part of the safari park) – which caused Ben and Ken to start roaring. I was like = WOW = I must record this and send it to my Thai boyfriend, as he just loves the Mufasa movie. I said to him, “why are they roaring so much?” He replied, “they want to know when are you coming back to Jomtien to your lion cub??” Mufasa_Lion_King_Ben_Ken_25Feb2025.mp4 Ben and Ken roaring in the Cebu Safari Park on 25-Feb-2025 A very touching response, which made Mr. B. and my safari adventure much more endearing. Unfortunately, the intermittent rain made some parts of the exhibitions very annoying – especially in the 2 large bird aviaries – however, the birds were very happy and making so much noise and a big fuss – so it was worth it to get used to these big accumulated rain drops, which would form on the mesh nets, and then fall down on you and then bounce off of your head. Yuck - so wet. The park did supply us with these really BIG park umbrellas – but we were not allowed to use them in the bird aviaries – as they would scare and upset the birds. The safari park provided us with gratuitous umbrellas - which saved the day After many many hours of walking around we take a break at the Michelangelo Pizzeria and eat our lunches. We call our waiting taxi driver and ask him if he wants us to bring him any food from the restaurant, but he tells us that he already ate in the park canteen. Then we worked our way back to the main entrance to see the parts of the park that we had not yet seen, and then we finished at the principal roundabout of the park, for some photos: I include the below 2 links to some external information about this amazing safari park – as I do not want to bombard our gayguides.com server with too many photos. https://www.judethetourist.com/cebu-safari-and-adventure-park-2023/ Returned our 2 safari park umbrellas (included in the entrance price) to the front desk and we enter into our waiting taxi for the long journey back to Cebu, requiring 2 hours and 13 minutes. Mr. B. exits at his boarding house and I exit at the Ayala mall to go and eat my dinner at Gianni’s. Then I go back to my condo room, browse the internet for a while, watch some YouTube, chat with my Thai boyfriend and go to sleep by 10:30pm, as I am very tired from all of that walking and I need to get up early again tomorrow morning so that I can go to the Immigration Office. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 59 (25 February 2025) concluded

Day 58 (24 February 2025). I did not sleep well because of the spicy Thai dinner that I ate last night. I have to wake up a couple of time to use the toilet and rehydrate myself. Since I am going with Mr. B. to Cebu Safari and Adventure Park tomorrow, I decide to move up my required trip to immigration to be today, as my already extended tourist visa will expire on Wednesday 26 February. At 8:43am I book a Grab car to take me from my condo to the GMall Immigration office. Cost was 119.48 pesos (~ $2.06 USD) and the travel time was 15 minutes, as there was very little traffic. This is strange for a Monday morning during rush hour. I tell the GMall security guard that I am here to visit the Immigration office and he kindly tells me that it is closed today due to a local Cebu holiday = 88th Charter Day anniversary. https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/106687/february-24-2025-is-special-non-working-holiday-in-cebu-city/story/ My bad. Back in Jomtien, I buy one of those annual calendars and I place it on my refrigerator and in early January I already indicate all of the expected Thai holidays, my USA estimated tax deadlines, 90 day reporting deadlines, and any other important dates that I need to remember. As I am simulating retiree life in Cebu – I forgot to perform this crucial step, and now I fall victim to my self-inflicted ignorance because I did not take the time to note my new host country holidays. I am not alone, as many other AFAMs (farangs) start arriving at the GMall to be told the same thing. So, I will need to go back to immigration on my extended tourist visa expiration date, Wednesday 26 February 2025. I book a Grab car to the Ayala mall – as I thought let me go and have a nice breakfast at one of my favorite breakfast places = . When I get to the Ayala mall, it is only 9:20am and the mall does not open until 10am – but I tell the security guard that I am here to eat breakfast in The Terraces and then he lets me inside the dark mall. The only other people that I see are the various shopkeepers who are opening their shops. I now know this mall like the back of my hand – so even in the dark I can find my way – except – when I arrive to the back exit to the exterior The Terraces, the sliding doors are locked. So, I try another exit point that is secured with a guard and I am able to exit. We are very few customers and I am happy. I am startled, as the waitress recognizes me and asks me if I want to order what I always order? I reply, of course. The Philippine people are so friendly and courteous. Mr. B. and I agree to meet up back at the Ayala mall later on at 1pm – as he does not work this afternoon and tomorrow. We had planned to visit the, La Tegola restaurant (Busay branch), up in the foothills, with stunning views of Cebu city down below for lunch – but it was closed. Not because of the 88th Charter Day holiday but instead because it is Monday. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1891364721076649/la-tegola-busay/ 1pm arrives and it is not nice outside and is about to rain so we cancel the idea to go up into the foothills that overlook Cebu city. Instead I convince Mr. B. to eat at WOLFLINK – my favorite restaurant over in IT Park. It was a good opportunity for us to try taking the bus – because to date I have not yet succeeded. So, I take Mr. B. to the Ulli’s Streets of Asia Luzon Avenue exit of the mall to wait for the bus underneath the overhang where the taxis are. This is what both the ticket conductor and a passenger told me the other day when I went to IT Park. Mr. B., like me, found it strange that a big city bus would enter into this taxi area main entrance of the mall. He asks around and most people don’t know where the bus stop is to IT Park and they send us to the around the corner, to the PUV Terminal (Public Utility Vehicle), but parked here are many many small jeepneys (bahtbuses) and small buses – none of the big normal buses that we find in the west. Consequently, we decide to just walk to IT Park as it should only require about 25 minutes – but as soon as we start to walk the skies open up with rain and we run to a nearby hotel and commandeer a taxi to take us to WOLFLINK in IT Park. This is now the 3rd attempt to find this f:&king bus. Mr. B. orders the 3 Little Piggies meal and I order my usual favorite Wolf’s Stew. I was super happy, as the Wolf’s Stew never fails to impress my taste buds and stomach. But I notice that Mr. B. is not too impressed with the 3 Little Piggies meal. Oh well, perhaps WOLFLINK is not for everyone. https://www.facebook.com/wolflinkph After lunch, I ask Mr. B. to let us take the bus back to the Ayala Mall so that we can solve for once and for all where is the appropriate spot to wait for the bus at the Ayala Mall to return to IT Park. Mr. B. asks the ticket conductor and she tells him that the bus stop is underneath the overhang at the Ayala Luzon Avenue exit. When we exit the bus at the MayBank bus stop on Luzon Avenue, she kindly indicates with her finger where the bus stop is. So, I do not need to amend what I wrote in my Day 56 (22 February 2025) trip report update – as now the mystery is solved. Furthermore, when the bus was waiting at the traffic light to turn into the Ayala mall Luzon Avenue street we saw the IT Park bus exiting the same street – so further proof that this is in fact the bus stop to return to IT Park. Amen. I convince Mr. B. that we should go and have cake at Treat Street Café https://treatstreetcafe.com/ as that is the place where we originally met for the first time on Day 5 (2 January 2025). Mr. B. gets the cheesecake and I get the avocado cake. Now we are stuffed like fat pigs and Mr. B. goes back to his boarding house and I go back to my Cityscape condo. I write yesterday’s trip report and chat with my Thai boyfriend. I watch some YouTube videos produced by my favorite vbloggers and then I call it a night as I need to wake up at 6am for our trip to the Cebu Safari and Adventure Park tomorrow morning. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 58 (24 February 2025) concluded.

Thanks for your reply. What Surabaya would offer me is a starting point in Indonesia (as I already have a friend there) that is not Jakarta - for the same reason that I do not live in Bangkok and would not give consideration to living in Manila either. Bali would be a place to visit but I don't see my self retiring in Bali for the same reasons that I would not retire in Phuket. Thanks for this suggestion - as it sounds like what I would be looking for - similar to the gem that I found on Mactan Island in the Megaworld Mactan Newtown township. Can you comment if the beaches in Makassar are: open and free and walkable like in Jomtien? Unfortunately, it seems that 98% of the beaches on Mactan island are not free and consequently, not walkable for kilometers like the Jomtien beaches are. Is the sea water clean? clear? turquoise? swimmable? Is the sand rocky, crushed coral, natural, or like Boracay's wonderful white powder ? This is nice to know. It is not a requirement but an added niceness to being able to taste and play with variety.

That will depend on the Thai government officials that work over in the Government House in Bangkok.

I saw it announced on the @gaysupertown Twitter (X) feed.

In the 2 months that I have been gone - I see 4 new places on the recently updated Supertown Jomtien Complex map: Buenos Mexican Bavarian Boys Osaka Bistro Candy Bar https://www.gaysupertown.com/ Buenos Mexican menu:

and there is also this new place in the Jomtien Complex (aka Supertown):

Day 57 (23 February 2025) As these are my last days in Cebu – I go to eat at one of my favorite breakfast places in the nearby Ayala mall: https://seattlesbest.com.ph/our-menu/ And I order my favorite dish = Corned Beef Hash Skillet + Iced Mocha coffee: Afterwards, I take some time to go shopping as I want to buy a nice t-shirt for my Thai boyfriend. After scouring the entire Ayala mall, and not finding anything “special”, I go to the upscale department store = Rustan’s https://rustans.com/ and I find a well made designer fashion t-shirt at the BOSS boutique. The problem is what is the correct size. I ask the cute Filipino salesclerk what is his size and he responds = small. I take a medium sized BOSS shirt and I ask the guy if I can use his back to measure the t-shirt against his shoulders - as he is very accommodating to my request. My Thai boyfriend is slightly larger than this salesclerk. Consequently, I decide on size medium. Afterwards, I head back to my room and remain there for the rest of the day/night = boring day = what the life of a retiree can be on some days – as we are not always in hyper vacation mode. I am missing Thai cuisine and so I order Penang Curry via the Grab app and they deliver it to the lobby of my condo building. I eat it out on the balcony, and I realize that I inadvertently ordered it to be too spicy, and as is common when I eat something too spicy, I start to have a mild hiccup attack, and I manage to finish my meal and the hiccups stop after I finish eating. The meal was yummy – but too spicy. I go to bed early, as I need to wake up early tomorrow to go to immigration to extend my tourist visa for 5 additional days – to avoid any potential problems when I fly out of the country on Monday 3 March. No massages or extra-curricular activities today. Day 57 (23 February 2025) concluded

In addition to what you wrote above did they put a physical stamp onto one of your passport pages? 🙏😇👍

Day 56 (22 February 2025) After I wake up in the morning, around 8:30am I receive a “Goodmorning honey” message in LINE from my Thai boyfriend with a photo of him in his volleyball sport attire at Jomtien soi 12, as he has just finished playing several matches of volleyball. He is getting ready to go home to sleep – as Dracula and the vampires cannot tolerate the sunlight (it is 7:30am back in Jomtien). So, I am waking up and he is going to sleep – they say in love that “opposites attract….” I eat breakfast and as I am horny I reach out to Jeff, as he is lodging nearby in the Lahug neighborhood, which is right next to CBP where I am. We agree that he will come to my room at 1pm. He is all nervous about the security screening – as he has never been to this Cityscape building before and I tell him to relax as the security team likes me here and remembers my sordid details when I stayed here for almost 2 weeks back in January. At 1:32pm, my room doorbell rings and I see that it is Jeff. I take him out onto the mini balcony and I point out that I can see far away Mactan Newtown from my balcony where Jeff and I originally met: View from my Cityscape balcony of Mactan island I close the balcony curtains and we immediately get naked and Jeff starts his wonderful soothing massage. Each time that I meet him he keeps getting better and better. He is more confident with me and less shy so this time he teases me with some edging pleasure by bringing me to the edge and he can sense that in 2 or 3 more sensual jerks it can be Game Over – but he does not allow me which makes me more crazy. Then when I can’t stand it anymore, I jump up and I edge and blow him slowly until his intense orgasm. Then he finishes me off slowly and sensually licks my nipples while edging me to climax. This guy is definitely a keeper. I pay him and off he goes and I am so happy for that great session. I wash up and I decide to walk on the very busy Archibishop Reyes Avenue road to IT Park. It takes 28 minutes and like last time, there are a couple of areas where there is no sidewalk or side road to walk on so you enter into the oncoming traffic hoping that the cars will go around you. These 3 difficult areas last for about 30 seconds each, so I try to time them to be when there is a lull in the traffic. Cebu city really needs some better planning for consistent sidewalks if it wants to be a tourist city of the 21st century. I head to one of my favorite places to eat, WOLFLINK https://www.facebook.com/wolflinkph/ as I truly LOVE their Wolf’s Stew because it is mixed with smoked meat, sausage, egg, cheese, and spicy Korean kimchi – which all together is a perfect combination: Wolf’s Stew – so delicious I then decide to take the bus back from IT Park to the Ayala Mall for only 15 baht, and the travel time was like 7 minutes. I intentionally ask everyone how to get back to IT Park – as I want to correct the problem that I encountered in my Day 46 - 12 February 2025 trip report, When I could not find the IT Park bound bus from the Ayala Mall. I discovered that I was incorrectly waiting at the Luzon Avenue bus stops that are located on Luzon Avenue. Instead, the IT Park bus passes directly in front of the Ayala Mall Luzon exit that is next to ULLI’s Streets of Asia restaurant that is in the overhang where the taxis are picking up passengers just outside the security control of the mall. You can see a taxi in the below photo just outside of the security control – it is here that the bus back to IT Park stops. I go to the Metro department store – basement level to buy body wash, shampoo, and more coconut massage cream oil. You may remember that I bought body wash back in the Watson’s in Mactan Newtown – but I hated it (because it was a body scrub which contained sand like ingredients) and I gave it to Mr. B. I buy some take away food from Turks, that sells yummy shawarma wraps for takeaway, https://www.instagram.com/turksayala/ to eat in my room later for dinner. After I return to my room I promised Mr. B. that I would research where I would like to go during his day off on Tuesday 25 February. Initially, I fantasized about us going to beautiful Bantayan Island, but the logistics to get there from Cebu City are too complicated for only a 2 day 1 night trip, as it takes 4 hours by van to arrive at the port where the boat is that takes you to the island and then the ferry takes up to 1 hour to cross. So we decide against this idea. Bantayan island white powder sand https://guidetothephilippines.ph/articles/ultimate-guides/bantayan-island-travel-guide So, I fire up the Grok AI module and it gives us a list of possible places to go that are near Cebu City, and at the same time Mr. B. suggests that we go to the Cebu Safari and Adventure Park. I read up about this place and I like what it has to offer, especially the ziplining adventure, which I truly find exhilarating and good to pump my heart to excitement. I like this plan and we mutually agree to it. So, now we both have something exciting to look forward to on Tuesday. We also discuss transportation modalities as it is quite far outside the city and we decide to employ our Grab taxi off-meter strategy – as that worked very well when we went up into the mountains last month. I finish writing and posting Day 54 of this trip report. Eat my Turks shawarma dinner on the balcony, relax, chat with my Thai boyfriend, and then call it a night. Day 56 (22 February 2025) concluded