Where to begin...
No trip to the Philippines is complete without shopping adventures. Ours began on Greenbelt 5. This mall is half-indoors, half-outdoors and totally gorgeous. I shopped at Topshop for the first time!!! There are tons of stores, some basic ones and others like Gucci and Rolex. And TONS of jewellery stores... lots of gorgeous pearls to die for! There are restaurants along the outer edge of the mall so almost every place has al fresco dining.
We ate at Mia Vare (sp?), which served up some amazing Filipino food. Apparently every time my dad goes to that restaurant he always eats the same thing - arrozcaldo (it's like a filipino style congee and it is delicious)! I also tried a new flavour of San Miguel beer - green apple. I wish we were able to get the full line of San Miguel beers in Canada!
We walked around the mall for a bit before moving on to the epic Mall of Asia. Friends, one cannot prepare for a trip to the Mall of Asia. There are a gazillion stores (seriously) and lots of great deals. My uncle, aunt and cousin graciously followed us around as we wandered through the mall. I cannot even explain how ginormous this place is... there are even carts that drive you from area to area. And there's an indoor skating rink. And a giant bouncy castle-land that is the size of a high school gymnasium. And every kind of food you could eat. And a fantastic view of the Manila Bay with ziplining across the fountain. And there is a movie theatre with IMAX. AND, people, there is just no justice in this post to the Mall of Asia. It's like the third largest mall in the world! 'nuff said. (source: chris rawlings. but who knows how current that is, haha)
It was a bit overwhelming but we got some great pasalubong and prep for more days of shopping ahead (poor Chris, haha).
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