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Originally Posted by TimStone
sup boys,
planning to go to manila november and december and aiming for BGC. currently on teh hunt for a flat but for 2 months doesnt seem supereasy to find something nice. anybody of you maybe have a realestate guy? general thoughts on the area? i got recommended arya residences and bellagio, maybe you have some other tipps in rgds to condos as well? shouldnt be far away from the action and some nice restos and bars nearby would be nice. will be my first time in manila so any help is appreciated, thanks alot in advance, rgds from vienna!
Comparing Manila to BKK, the BGC is like Thonglor / Ekkamai in BKK, and Makati is like Asok / Nana.
Although the BGC is even cleaner / more first world, and even less hookers, at least Thonglor has a few soapies. BGC has tons of nice restaurants, bars with high class chicks, nightclubs where you aren't going to have a one night stand very often (Valkyrie club would be like Demo in Thonglor), and fancy condos. I like Two Serendra condo, it has 4 swimming pools, 5 gyms, basketball, badminton, pool table, table tennis.
I prefer Makati though because it still has nice condos (Gramercy, Milano, Knightsbridge), and hookers (P burgos street red light district), and just feels more gritty and real, BGC is boring and sterile to me, unless I had a girlfriend or was trying to get one, then yeah I'd live there. I don't care about occasionally walking past beggars, ladyboys, freelancers at night. Still has tons of nice restaurants around there too, sports bars, and a decent amount of normal chicks with some hookers mixed in.