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Flash Rat has become one of my favorite bars in Barrio Barretto. The location is great – it’s the second bar on the National Highway when I come into the bar area from Baloy Beach, right next door to Midnight Rambler.
I like the music, I love the girls, and the bar has a great hands-on manager.
The vibe in here is different. They play really good music, though the girls sneak the volume up when the manager isn’t watching. He always has to run over and turn it down, then admonish the sneaky entertainers. They don’t play Lady Gaga over and over, and they only play enough “girly” music to keep the girls motivated.
They also don’t have any of those disco or laser lights that end up blinding the customers. Nothing flashing except a couple of strip lights – you don’t even really notice them. It’s a very well lit bar, as you’ll see from the photos, with a good sprinkling of blacklights and colored lights. Visibility is great – you can see the girls from anywhere in the bar.
Speaking of the girls, they’ve instituted a new uniform; really teeny tiny denim shorts and tight white tops. The girls look so hot! The girls here are really upbeat and friendly. There’s a good mix of shy and crazy, and everything in between.
Another nice thing is that customers can order food from the entire Blue Rock Resort menu. I had “Baloy Chicken” at Flash Rat last night, and it was delicious. Baloy Chicken is chicken breast stuffed with cheese and nuts, wrapped in bacon, and roasted in a delicious peppercorn sauce. Fantastic! You do have to pay 40 pesos for the trike delivery, but it’s worth it. If you want to order, just tell your waitress or go straight to the manager.
Flash Rat has a few parking spaces right in front, or you can also park anywhere along National Highway, on either side.
Other bars in the immediate area are Midnight Rambler, The Office, Emu Tavern, Rosies, Rascals and Catwalk. This end of town is starting to grow, and in my mind, that’s a good thing. I’d love to see the bar strip filled out a little more. There’s still a big gap between the main bar area down around Del Pilar and this end of town, with only the Hot Zone and Wet Spot breaking it up.
Enough of all that – let’s get to the photos of the Flash Rat Bar. Enjoy!
Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: bar, dancers, flash rat, food, girls, lighting, music
November 28th, 2011 / 3 Comments » / by Barretto Bob
Paul, the owner, has been out of town, and hasn’t been “hands on” for a while since the bar opened. A few people contacted him and let him know about the DLD and EWR prices, and he absolutely condemned that practice. He stated unequivocally that DLDs and high EWR prices are NOT the policy of the bar, and there were a few girls pulling scams.
He talked to the mama san, manager and the general manager, and has told them this “&^%$#” can not continue.
The official policy at Bunny Ranch is 150 peso ladies drinks, no Double Ladies Drinks and a p1,500 EWR, right in line with the rest of Subic and Barrio Barretto prices.
I’m personally very happy to hear this. I’ve stated many times that Subic needs more quality bars, and that competition is good for the entire area. I’m happy to see that Bunny Ranch is turning out to be one of those quality bars.
The problem stemmed from bringing in girls from Angeles City. Girls that have worked in places where this kind of pricing scheme is official policy. I guess you can take the girl out of Angeles, but can’t take Angeles out of the girl.
It also sounds like the management needs to get stronger controls in place so girls can’t pull these scams. Of course, keep in mind that this is a brand new bar with all new staff, so things will take a while to “shake out”, so to speak. It’s inevitable that a few people will try to work the system.
Looks like those people have been caught, the problem has been corrected, and it’s time to party, party, party at Bunny Ranch in Subic! I’ll be going back for sure, and would love to see you there.
Posted in: Barretto News
Tags: Angeles girls, bunny ranch, DLD, pricing, scam
November 27th, 2011 / 9 Comments » / by Barretto Bob
Three new bars have opened in the past month, and everyone welcomes the new players to Barrio Barretto. All three bars are “rebuilds” of existing bars, and all have new owners and management.
Flash Rat Bar
Flash Rat is in the space once called Night Riders. Night Riders was an institution here in Subic. I remember going to Night Riders in 1983 when I first visited Barretto. Flash Rat is located right next door to Midnight Rambler, just up from The Office Bar.
The new owners are the same people that own and operate the Blue Rock Resort and Restaurant (and Floating Bar – coming soon). They have completely gutted the old bar and I can tell you the new place looks fantastic. Paul, the GM at Blue Rock, was kind enough to give me the full tour, and let me in on some upcoming additions and changes they have planned.
Before I get into the layout and features, I want to describe the unique business model they’ve put into place. Most of the bars here, with the exception of the purely “daytime” drinking bars, are based on having loud music and a stage full of dancing girls. Flash Rat decided to do things a little differently. They have plenty of good looking girls, and they are playing rock music (70’1, 80′s, 90′s and some new music, but none of the girly pop that infects the other bars). It’s refreshing to come into a bar and not have to suffer through Lady Gaga 10 times an hour. The girls dance on the table tops, and are not wearing goofy uniforms. They do plan to put the girls in uniforms, and I think I was somewhat successful in putting a bug in Paul’s ear – to have the girls wear those sexy little denim short shorts and some kind of tube top or sexy halter. I love those little shorts! Of course, if you want to hang out with your friends without a girl dancing on your table, it’s not a problem to smile and ask her to step down. Flash Rat is a laid back back, no-pressure bar, and you will absolutely not get lady drink pressure, and you will never see “Double Ladies Drink” nonsense here.
The build-out of Flash Rat is gorgeous. The walls are painted sort of a dark blue-gray color, and the actually installed a granite tile floor. None of that painted concrete in this place! The ceiling is tiered into three levels – it doesn’t only look great, but it serves up some great functionality as well. They’ve built in some serious exhaust fans into the ceiling design. There are 9 in total, and they aren’t those little cheap white plastic ones you see in many places. Each tier has three fans, and with the ceiling progressing upwards from the outside in, the smoke from cigarettes is also pulled progressively higher and removed completely. I was there during their soft opening and the place was packed, with at least 2/3′s of the people smoking, and the air was crisp and clean. There were two guys smoking cigars, and I never smelled them once, except when I walked directly past their table. I’m a smoker, and I don’t enjoy sitting in a room that is cloudy with smoke – it sucks! I think Flash Rat will be one of my favorite hangouts very soon.
The sound system is dynamite! All brand new, with state of the art equipment, you’ll get crystal clear music at conversational volumes. Good solid bass, with strong mid-range and clean highs make it a pleasure to hang out for extended periods of time.
I really like the lighting design as well. None of the laser lights blinding you every 5 minutes. Solid, clean lighting with highlighted areas like steps and door openings, with subdued lighting in the seating areas makes for a great ambiance – you also feel like you have privacy at your table even though you are sitting among 40 other people. The steps coming into the bar deserve special mention. They are tiled in black, and have embedded LED rope lighting around the edges. When you push back the dark curtain and come in from outside during the day, and have night blindness, the individual steps jump out at you – no fumbling around or risking a twisted ankle or drunken fall here!
Changes planned for the near future include knocking out the (brand new) back wall and extending the bar much deeper. They’ve recently completed a lease agreement for the rest of the building, which will bring them all the way back to the water’s edge. Back in the old days, we would drink in the front, grab a girl, and walk out the back to go swimming in the bay at night. Let’s see if we can restore that grand tradition! They also now have control over the rooms, and are planning to create new apartments with quality furnishings and accessories. I can’t wait to see them. Barretto definitely needs more upscale places to stay and live.
Bunny Ranch
Bunny Ranch is in Mangoes, in the same location as the previous Kieth’s Place, and was once called Rock Lobster back in the day.Mangoes was recently purchased, lock, stock and barrel, by the owners of the Bunny Ranch in Angeles City. The owner is known as a very solid businessman, and is calm, cool and stable as well! There were instantly rumors floating around that he would bring Angeles City style management to Barretto, which most of us dread. I took a wait and see approach, hoping for the best.
Again, as with Flash Rat, they have completely gutted the place and rebuilt from the ground up. It’s a nice enough looking bar with very nice tables, and they have a pool table in a separate area on the right side. The full bar is located along the back wall, and one oddity is they have dancing girls on a stage in the very back of the bar. They seem pretty proud of this way of presenting the girls, but most of us are scratching our heads, as this removes any interactivity you would normally have with the girls on stage. Time will tell if this will be successful or not.
When I went into Bunny Ranch on their grand opening night, the place was packed, with a lot of people coming down from Angeles City to help usher in the new bar. The very first thing I noticed was how hot it was in the bar, and how thick the smoke was. I looked at the ceiling and saw a total of 3 little cheap plastic exhaust fans – not nearly enough for a space this size. Bunny Ranch is perhaps slightly larger than Flash Rats, and absolutely needs more AC and ventilation.
The second thing I noticed was how loud the music was. I walked over to talk with the new manager and honestly could not hear what he was saying without moving my ear directly in front of his mouth. Awkward and uncomfortable for sure.
No sooner did I find a place to sit, back in the pool table area, I was flanked by two half-way attractive girls who immediately asked for ladies drinks. I didn’t even have a drink of my own yet! I politely turned them down and ordered a drink. Both girls walked away, and didn’t even mention my lack of alcohol to any of the waitresses, who were all at customer’s tables enjoying drinks of their own. Finally, the mama san saw me searching for a waitress and came over to take my order. Just after she left to get my drink, two other girls latched on, physically grabbing me from both sides, and asked for ladies drinks, while one girl pointed at the stage in the back and said “you take girl”. I just smiled and looked at the girls and asked “how long did you work in Angeles before coming here?”. Both girls smiled and said about a year.
I slammed my drink, paid, and got out of there. Not comfortable, not fun, and not enjoyable for me in the least. I’ll revisit and re-evaluate, of course, as I won’t make a final judgement from one visit, especially on opening night.
Since then, some very disturbing information has reached my ears. Early Work Release (EWR) pricing is said to be php3,000 in this place, with ladies drinks at p300 for a San Miguel Light beer (SML). SML costs the bar about 22 pesos, so this is a ridiculous amount to charge. It’s also one of the tactics that everyone hates about the bars in Angeles City. I’ve heard the reasoning behind this is that a bottle of beer holds roughly three ladies drink glasses, so it’s fair to triple the ladies drink prices for beer. I’ll not tell you what immediately pops into my head when I hear that, but it has two words that start with the letters “F” and “O”.
In the Subic area, including Barrio Barretto, Baloy Beach and Calapandayan, the usual EWR price is p1,500, with a few places being slightly cheaper, and only one place being higher (that I know of). Some of the local bars in Calapandayan charge a higher EWR price, but those aren’t really bars that foreigners visit, so I don’t count them. Ladies Drinks in the area are usually 120 – 140 pes0s, including beer, with no notion of DLDs (double ladies drinks). If Bunny Ranch doesn’t adjust their prices to the area norm, I fear they’ll not do very well here. People on the message boards are already complaining, though I don’t really know if that will have any effect on how this bar, or other bars, respond. My biggest fear is that the bar will do well, and the other area bars will follow suit, making Subic into a “Little Angeles” with all the rip-offs that go with it. I don’t know this will happen, and I really rather doubt it. The bar owners here know the area very well, and they know what pricing structures the area will accommodate.
This isn’t the first bar that has tried these tactics with their pricing structures and pressure sales techniques. One other place comes to mind, a place that has two grand openings in the last year, and closed their doors both times in dismal failures. That bar was Rascal’s Pub. They had similarly high EWR rates and Ladies Drink rates, though they didn’t really push the Ladies Drinks that hard. I really liked Rascals at first – the layout is gorgeous and they had some very hot girls. When they first opened, they charged prices that were very close to the area averages, and the slightly higher prices were ok, given the layout of the place and feeling you were in a higher end bar. When they got greedy and jacked their prices, everyone went away, and they had no choice but to close. I don’t know what they were thinking the second time around, but they opened with the same high prices, and even brought girls in from, if memory serves correctly, Puerta Galera, and charged much higher EWRs for those girls. Well, they didn’t learn much from the first disaster, and sure enough, history has repeated itself. Let’s see if they go for a third run at it, and if they’ve learned anything from the second failure. I hope so, as I believe Barrio Barretto needs more good, solid competition.
I think Bunny Ranch needs to study the Rascals Model and learn a little. This is not Angeles City, and the customers here vote with their wallets and their feet. There are not enough ‘one-week millionaires” here to support that model, and I have a feeling they will be adjusting their prices (and practices) pretty soon.
Emu Pub
Lastly, there is one more new bar in town, the Emu Pub. The Emu is just down the street from The Office Bar, on the same side of the highway, and is located where the old Firefly Bar used to be. They have rooms upstairs and have their own restaurant. I don’t know anything about this bar – I’ve never been inside. I drove past the other night and saw the lights on and doors open, with a couple girls sitting at one of the outside tables, but as I had plans to meet some people I couldn’t stop and look into it. I’ve seen the lights on before, followed by weeks of darkness, so I really don’t know if they have opened yet. I’ll keep an eye on it and get in there as soon as I can.
One thing I remember about Emu Pub. When they first started setting up the location, they put up some very big signs with a design that everyone immediately recognized. If you look at the Blue-Book advertising handout, and look at Blue Rock Resort’s ad, the one they’ve been running for years, you’ll see a super-hot babe standing on the beach in a very tiny thong, with her perky, pert rump calling to you.
Well, Emu took that exact picture and plastered it on their own signs, and even painted it on a large wall area. From what I heard, when contacted by Blue Rock, the new Emu Pub owner owner basically said “pound sand” and refused to change it. He must have had a change of heart, at least partially, as the design has changed. It’s still very similar, but does have a different girl and beach in the scene, and it’s no longer a photo but more of a crude painting. In my mind, it’s still an attempt to capitalize from someone else’s long standing, well known marketing.
Shame on ya, mate! Not a good way to ingratiate yourself and your new business into the relatively tight-knit community that is Barrio Barretto. You need the fellowship of the other bar owners and managers here – it’s a small town with it’s own rules and regulations, and if you try to stand on your own, the local government will be all over you like white on rice. The customers here are also very loyal, and won’t like the obvious rip-off of a very well respected establishment’s identity. My suggestion is to chill out, relax, come up with you own designs, and join in the fun. But, in the words of our lovely ladies, it’s up to you, sir.
Posted in: Barretto News
Tags: angeles city, bar prices, bunny ranch, dancers, DLD, double ladies drinks, emu, EWR, flash rat, ladies drinks, new bars
October 24th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Barretto Bob
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(See the full review and photo gallery of Club 20/20′s hot dancers at SubicBayBarGirls.com)
I stopped by Club 20/20 after the Sons of Bacchus Dance Contest at Bar Barretto. I was pleasantly surprised to see a whole new lineup of dancing girls, and some very cute waitresses. This bar has changed quite a bit – it used to be dull and lifeless, with no apparent on-site management. The few girls that were there would sit around texting and smoking in the front of the bar.
The owner recently found a new partner, and the new team seems to have breathed a new life into this club. The girls were very lively and playful, and were flirting like crazy. The owner walked over and said hello, and bought me a couple rounds of ice cold San Miguels. The music system seems to have been upgraded and there is new lighting through out.
I’ve added Club 20/20 to my barhop list, and plan to visit often. Being right next door to Bar Barretto is a huge plus – we need more quality bars on that end of the Barrio Barretto strip.
Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: bar girls, barrio bar, Club 2020, dancers
August 9th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Barretto Bob
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The Hot Zone Bar in Barrio Barretto, Subic Bay, Philippines is quickly becoming a regular stop on my barhops.
Hot Zone is one of the few remaining “old school” bars in the area. Not glossy, not glitzy, Hot Zone is packed with energy and fun. With a great group of girls, awesome music and good pricing, Hot Zone is another of the many must visit bars in the area.
Special Note: Check out the hot oil wrestling shows every Friday Night. It’s a lot of sexy, slippery fun! You can be one of the lucky guys that helps the girl coat her body in slippery oil. It’s a blast!
Check out the image gallery, and I’ll be adding a movie of some of the Hot Zone Bar girls dancing soon.
Full Gallery past the jump
Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: bar, barretto, dancing girls, gallery, girls, hot zone, image, photo, photos, SOBS, subic
June 18th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Barretto Bob
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This week’s Sons of Bacchus, Subic, Bar Girl Dance Competition was held at Rum Jungle, Barrio Barretto, Subic.
There were more girls at this event than I’ve seen at any of the others. Usually, a bar would bring three girls – tonight, most had 4 or 5, plus they brought their cheering sections with them. Of course, Rum Jungle has something like 90 girls working there now, so no wonder it was packed. There appeared to be a good turn-out of fans as well, though I don’t know the official count. The Judge’s Row at the dance stage was filled, so it must have been pretty good.
The events started out as normal, with the girls from all nine bars dancing on the stage together.
The nine competing bars were:
- Wet Spot
- Angelwitch
- Lips
- Rum Jungle
- Hot Zone
- Voodoo
- Cat Walk
- Bar Barretto
- Surrender
Rum Jungle started first. Everyone was expecting to see a new routine, with new uniforms, and maybe new dancers. But no one had any idea what was about to take place.
Robert and Chris brought out two long benches, covering them with a red cloth material. As the dance routine began, four girls came on stage, in pairs, and sat down on the benches, facing each other. As the show progressed, well, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves! Rum Jungle was the clear winner with this erotic, amazing routine. Hot Zone came in second with a sizzling performance, and Angelwitch took up third, dancing hard in very sexy, attractive outfits with huge colorful flowers in key positions.
Here are a few pics to get you started. Don’t forget to browse through the complete image gallery.
Click to browse the entire Image Gallery
Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: angelwitch, bacchus, Bar Barretto, catwalk, gallery, girls, hot zone, lips, rum jungle, SOB, sons of bacchus, surrender, voodoo, wet spot
June 12th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Barretto Bob
I’m starting this new “feature” called “Bar Bits”. I want to round up all the little news items, rumors, events and small happenings in one post, rather than trying to create a new article for all these little things. There’s no schedule for these – it won’t be a weekly or monthly thing – I’ll just pop them out as the situation warrants.
1. Wild Orchid Resort in Baloy installed an ATM machine. It’s up and running and works great. It passes out php1,000 and php500 bills. I pulled 10k, and it gave me 9 php1,000 notes and two php500 notes. Nice to have a couple of the smaller bills.
2. Rumor has it that Dryden is working with a bank to provide another ATM machine. You may recall that Dryden had an ATM in the past. They were managing it themselves, and it turned into a nightmare trying to keep it full of cash, etc. Constant runs to the bank, carrying around a million pesos, etc.. This time around is sounds like they’re negotiating with a bank to provide the service. It would be GREAT to have another ATM. Currently, there are only two – one at ZamBank down by the market at 164, and the new one at Wild Orchid. Otherwise, you’re going to Subic City or Olongapo. Not fun in rain and traffic.
3. The next Sons of Bacchus Subic will be at Rum Jungle on Friday, June 17th. Doors open at 4:00 and the fun begins at 5:00. The php550 door charge gets you an open bar and finger food from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, and happy hour pricing in all the participating bars all night long. Pay a little more and be a judge! You get reserved seating right up front. I always take on the judge role when I go. Everyone is a winner in the drawings for discounts and special prizes, ranging from 10% off at area restaurants to 1/2 price EWRs. Woohoo!
4. Toga! Toga! Toga! This Saturday, June 18th, join the fun with a 6 bar Toga bar hop! Starts at Surrender Bar in the Lips Complex at 8:00pm, passes through Lips, Rum Jungle, Angelwitch, and Foxhole, and ends up at Wet Spot 11:00pm. If you wear a toga you get buy-1-take-1 all night long. If you bring a girl in a toga, her 1st drink in each bar is free. Drawings for discounts and free drinks, etc, will be held in each bar. Also, there will be a Best Toga prize awarded at Wet Spot. Panties and Undies are optional.
5. Looks like there’s a new bar opening next door to the General’s Command Post. No details yet, but I’ll ask around. If you know anything about it, please leave a comment.
6. There are a LOT of apartments available for rent now. Friends tell me that every year, at the start of the rainy season, people pack up and move, leaving a glut of apartments and houses for rent. If you want to move to Subic, or just rent a place for a few months, now is the time to do it. NOTE: Please don’t write and ask me to post details of what’s available. It’s nearly impossible to keep up, as they go very quickly. The best thing to do is come here and stay in a hotel/resort for a week and look around. You can not get a good feel for the place without seeing it in person. I wouldn’t even consider renting a place over the internet – way too many variables. As an example, my buddy just got a three story, three bedroom duplex on a side road off Baloy Beach Road. It has a huge sun deck on top, is about 100 yards from the beach, and has an incredible ocean view. It’s far enough down the side road to be nice and quiet – very few trikes, etc. Rent is only php20k per month. Can’t beat it!
7. Treasure Island Resort has a pool party scheduled for July 3rd, weather permitting. These are always a lot of fun, with around 100 girls from 6 or 7 bars.
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Tags: apartments, bar bits, barbits, events, news, rumors, tips, trivia
May 30th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Barretto Bob
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The Philippines Nightlife Guide has posted an image gallery and review of the Catwalk Club in Barrio Barretto, Olongapo, Subic Bay, Philippines.
I’m grabbing a few pictures to show here – please head over to Philippines Nightlife to see the full gallery and read the descriptions.
Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: bar, barrio barretto, catwalk, club, dancers, gallery, girls, photos, subic
May 28th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Barretto Bob
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Wow! The Sons of Bacchus dance contest events here in Subic just keep getting better and better!
This post does two things; presents the photos from the latest SOB event at Surrender bar, and presents the brand new Surrender Bar!
This week’s winner was Bar Barretto:
The competition was fierce, with 8 bars in attendance. The dance moves are becoming more sophisticated as time goes on. At this SOBS Event, the food came fast and furious, and was hot and delicious. I really loved the little meat pastries and the chicken fingers. It was easy to get a fresh cold beer, as Surrender must have had 10 waitresses running around. Speaking of waitresses, they have some real hotties there. It was hard to keep my eyes on the dancers.
Surrender is in the Lips Complex at the corner of Del Pilar street and National Highway here in Barrio Barretto. The bar is on the ground floor directly past Lower Lips in the back. It’s where the late night disco used to be.
The bar has been completely developed from the ground up. If you remember the disco, you won’t recognize the place. Check out the pics and you’ll see what I mean. One nice touch – are you getting tired of seeing the “ring the bell” sings all over, with a huge ship’s bell hanging inconveniently, threatening to bump your head as you stare at the girls? Well, this bar has that too, but they also added a big-ass gong on the wall. When you smack that thing, everyone knows – it’s loud! It’s also a lot more fun than ringing the bell.
Surrender has a great dance stage, good seating with great views of the dancers, a pool table and a really excellent sound system. I walked around the entire bar and couldn’t find a flat spot in the sound system anywhere, except around the corner in the back of the pool area. That’s kind of cheating – the system sounds great everywhere. They have a combination of round and rectangular tables, and padded bench seating along the back row. The lighting is pretty good. They are revising the lighting over the next week or two, and I expect it to be the best in Barretto soon.
I’d like to suggest less yellow and white lighting – it makes it difficult to take quality photos because it washes out the skin tones and throws an odd color cast over the girls. Anyway, that’s just me. The lighting is great for watching the girls dance, and that’s the entire point!
Here’s a few pictures of the new bar.
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For the complete Sons of Bacchus gallery, click the Read More:
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Posted in: Barrio Barretto Bars
Tags: bacchus, dance contest, SOB, sons, subic, surrender
May 9th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Barretto Bob
Tropical Storm Aere (international) / Bebeng (Philippines) is currently lashing out at the Subic Bay area of the Philippine Islands. Bringing rain and high winds, this is the first storm of the season for Central Luzon.
Damage here appears to minor, so far. All I can speak to is the Baloy Beach area – I haven’t ventured out farther than this. I may go for a drive later and see what’s up in Barretto.
The Blue Rock Floating Bar was was ashore early this morning. The Comfort Room is trashed, and there appears to be damage to the railings. It is currently stuck on the beach in front of the resort. The damage seems to be minor, but I’ll wager it won’t be going back into service until next year.
Beach Erosion and the Floating Bar – click the pic to see more photos and videos:
Blue Rock Washed Ashore, Beach Eroding
The Voodoo Floating Bar was pulled out early this year – looks like they made the right decision! I’ve heard the Arizona Floating Bar is ok, but the last I heard was a few hours ago.
Johan’s Dive Resort was able to get all but one of their dive boats over to the harbor at the old Subic Bay Naval Station. The boat that was left behind is swamped and upside down in the water, though the line is holding.
The beach is eroding very quickly. About half of the beach is gone near Blue Rock and Wild Orchid, and the area near the Nipa Huts is almost completely gone.
I’ve posted videos and pictures over on Subic Bay Living - the link will open in a new window.
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Tags: aere, baloy beach, barrio barretto, bebeng, damage, Olongapo, philippines, rain, storm, tropical, waves, wind
They also don’t have any of those disco or laser lights that end up blinding the customers. Nothing flashing except a couple of strip lights – you don’t even really notice them. It’s a very well lit bar, as you’ll see from the photos, with a good sprinkling of blacklights and colored lights. Visibility is great – you can see the girls from anywhere in the bar.
