I made my way out to Baloy Beach yesterday afternoon and visited the recently re-opened floating bar called Kokomo’s. It’s the first one out this season (Blue Rock and Arizona also feature floating bars). I enjoy the ambiance of drinking my beers on the water for some reason.
And once I was on board I had a bit of a surprise. Amongst the dozen or so working girls young women waiting for customers were two gals I first met at the Hash–Arcel (Subic Ice Queen) and Julica (Libre Boom Boom).
And there you have an update on the drunken portion of my life. And speaking of dogs (ahem), how about these:
My dogs ain’t heroes or anything, so I guess I don’t have to worry about whatever shady things they may have done being exposed by the likes of CNN.
Now, wasn’t that fun?
Off the Florida Keys, there’s a place called Kokomo
That’s where you want to go to get away from it all
Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand
We’ll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in KokomoAruba, Jamaica, oh I want to take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go
oh I want to take you down to
Kokomo, we’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow
That’s where we want to go, way down in Kokomo
How often do those bars have to close down when the seas are too rough? Are the bars pretty dependent on the weather, or do they stay open even when things are getting ugly? I wonder what sort of safety regulations apply to such bars. (You can tell I’m turning into an old man by the types of questions I’m asking.)
Between now and the end of April is the calm season. Very few storms at all and the seas (well, bay) remain calm. Last year the Arizona floater was brought out a little early and got washed up on the beach during a storm. They are waiting another week or two this year I understand.
Safety is not a big thing here and I don’t there are any real precautions taken. Certainly, I’ve never seen anything like a life jacket on board. I guess if there was a bad storm they’d just send people back to shore on the raft and hope the bar could ride it out without damage. Honestly though, it’s only a hundred yards or so to the beach. As long as you know a little about swimming, no problem. Although I’m always amazed at how few Filipinas know how to swim in a country with 7000 islands…
Oh yeah, the girls have to get a weekly STD screen, so that’s an important safety consideration…
Ah. So it’s a lot like the porn biz, then…
(A lot of Korean women have no idea how to swim, either, which has always confounded me, given that this is a peninsula.)
imo John, the biggest act of kindness was your adopting those two dogs.
I know you’ve helped out some of the locals but as a dog person, your true character was shown to me when you took in Lucky and Buddy. that pic of Lucky before you rescued him is heartbreaking. those two fellas may not know it, but i believe they do, you’ve given them a life most dogs in the PI dream of. hard enough being a street dog in the good ole USA but in a third-world country it is amplified. on another note, yeah that bar girl has a nice booty but I still think the Korean girls are the prettiest. i’ve told you before, Jee Yeun had awesome legs from the pics i’ve seen. Peace Out!
Soju, thanks for the kind words. The dogs repay me with lots of unconditional love every day.
No argument that Korean women are the most beautiful. At least on the outside…
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