Current (ARS 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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Olongapo « « « • ACROSS THE KAL.AC1 AN CHANNEL. LIES THE CITY OF OLONGAPO AND CL-UBS WITH NAMES LIKE THE CAVE, ZANZIBAR, PALENES, GARNDELL-A, AND SHANG HAI. OLONGAPO, PHILIPPINES - BORN AND BRED IN THE STYLE OF A KLONDIKE BOOMTOWN, THIS TINY PORT CITY IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST PIECES OF REAL ESTATE IN THE PACIFIC, SITUATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE U.S. NAVAL BASE IN SUBIC BAY, THIS LUSTY LITTLE CITY SWALLOWS UP THOUSANDS OF SAILORS WHO MAKE THE DAILY EXODUS IN SEARCH OF ANYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL BEAR. WHEN THE FLEET IS IN PORT, AS MANY AS 11,000 BOOTS WILL POUR OVER THE BRIDGE LEADING INTO TOWN. FROM FOUR P.M. UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT, WHEN CURFEW THREATENS TO TURN EVERYONE INTO PUMPKINS, THE CITY JUMPS LIKE TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME. THE SAILORS ' FAVORITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THE JEEPNEY AND HIS PATH- MAGSAYSAY AVENUE WILLETT KNOWS WHERE THE ACTION

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ONE MORE SAN MIGUEU - BMC DOOLEY FIESTA ' 66 - SFM3 AUL.T, EM3 PAPPE AND SA ISSAC AND FRIENDS IN MOST BARS, BEER GOES FOR ABOUT ONE PESO (APPROXIMATELY 23 CENTS). IF THE WATERING SPOT HAS A ROCK AND ROUl BAND OR FLOORSHOW, THERE ' S NO TEULING HOW HIGH THE BI1 U WILL BE, THERE ' S NO TROUBLE FINDING ACTION IN ANY OF THE 1,500 PUBS THAT FLOOD THE STRIP CALLED MAGSAYSAY AVENUE. NEWCOMERS IN PORT ARE EASY PREY FOR THE LOCAL BRAND OF TRANSPORTATION CALLED JEEPNEYS. THESE JEEPS WITH BACKSEATS MADE INTO PADDED BENCHES CAN CARRY AS MANY AS TEN PEOPLE. IF THE DRIVER THINKS HE HAS A FISH HE WILL TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS FIVE PESOS FROM THE GREEN SAILOR. LOCAL CABS COST ONLY TEN CENTAVOS. FOR BETTER OR WORSE, OLONGAPO WILL CONTINUE TO REIGN AS KING OF THE ACTION SPOTS FOR U.S. TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AS LONG AS TIGHT DRESSES AND SHORT HEMLINES ARE THERE TO SERVE UP THE DRINKS AND WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS. LONG BLACK HAIR, OLIVE SKIN, AND BROWN EYES — UMMMI