Originally Posted by
christep
Just lest anyone gets the wrong idea, Angeles City (or at least the Fields Avenue area which he is referring to) is one of the seediest places on Earth. It is one of the world centres of child prostitution, nearly all of the bars are basically brothels, there are no reputable hotels, and the average age gap of the "couples" you see there is well in excess of 30 years.
On no account should female travellers even think about going there, and only a certain type of male traveller will not find the whole place sickening as well.
Yeah, I come across these "centers of child prostitution" posts every now and then. The truth is that when authorities discover underage bar workers they are immediately removed from those places just the same as in Britain, Canada and the U.S. It
is against the law to exploit children in the Philippines and other countries! I see posts about this subject on other travel forums too. However, sometimes they are written by people who have never been to the places they are complaining about and are only passing on erroneous information!
Some posts complaining about sex, bars and prostitution are written by fat, old, bald men (another time worn cliche) with wives or girlfriends 20 to 40 years younger than themselves! People who are really serious about child molestation should first take care of their own hometowns! Cano's will find more children (altar boys for instance) being molested by priests in churches in their own hometowns than in Angeles!
Yes, Angeles has lots of bars, always has! Lots of bar girls too! When the military base was open the bars were even worse than now! Lots of bars and "bar girls" in other cities in the Philippines too! If having bars and bar girls in a city means tourists should not go there - that would eliminate quite a few popular destinations including Manila!
Since the airport in Angeles is now being used for civilian flights there are more tourists staying in that town. Angeles is cheaper than Manila and a hotel there beats getting up at a real early hour to make a morning flight.
I am sure that the original poster would take any information for what it is - free advice - and do some research on HIS or HER own and then make a decision!
Have a nice day.