Hey Neutron,
I believe that I have mentioned that I have been on several WESTPAC's, and subsequently have stopped at the PI. I clearly recall getting off "The Sweat", walking out Spanish Gate, crossing "Shit River", in where I never threw any money, and crusing down Magsaysay Drive. There, I finally remembered the name of that main drag. I remember going in and out of each hole-in-the-wall bar, club, casino, and balcony bar. I distinctly the name of one club, the "California Jams", where I met several ladies. I liked this club the best, since it seemed to me the most upscale. Incidentally, I was pretty grossed out by the area, especially having to cross that river. One lady I met at Cal-Jams was very appealing and receptive to me. We hit it off very well, and spent a couple nights together in as many visits to PI. When I was with her, I did try to get in some tickling, but she wasn't really into it, but she was a good companion.
I was very suprised to see her on my second WESTPAC, when our ship docked at Subic Bay(which I started to refer to as "Septic Bay"). She gave me a big hug as I was walking back to my ship. It was like she was waiting for me all this time. On my next liberty call, I met her at Cal-Jam's where we had a couple drinks and then headed back to the base. I was thinking I was going to take her to someplace nice, so I took her to a nice base club. At dinner, when we were ordering food, she advised me to order the Pork Adobo, but I wasn't having it! It was close to Thanksgiving, and I wanted the turkey dinner. Later, I so wished that I had taken her advice. I will tell you more about that later. After dinner, we spent the night, like before. That morning, she was showing me her photo album with like about 50 pics of her and this other guy from some carrier! I was saying to myself, "what the f**k?" She then said she had to see some girlfriends, and then told me to watch her place. Little did I know, she locked me in from the outside. I was there for about two hours watching some cheap black&white TV, desperately having to go to the bathroom as a result of eating that turkey the night before! Who knows what she was doing, or who she was seeing? Finally, when she returned, I told her I had to return to the ship, so I headed back as best I could with my stomach killing me. As I was aproaching the gate(and Shit River), I couldn't hold it down any longer, so I puked in a nearby gutter. When I finally got to the ship, and to the rack, I was a hurting unit for the rest of the day, sucking down some Maalox.
Other than some letters for me to send her some money, I haven't seen or heard from that lady ever since.
Those were the good old days...
One more thing, Neutron...Did you get to cross the Equator to become a Shellback?
Mark
a.k.a. MAJ0718