Month: <span>August 2023</span>

Date: January 5, 2023

After two full days at LiwLiwa beach, it was time to head back home. We went back to Mommy Phoebe’s Place for breakfast.

Breakfast Liwliwa beach Zambales Philippines — It was a good hearty breakfast; cost us ₱445 (₹660/$8/€7.3)

We then went back to our room, checked out of Cafe de Liwa, and took a trike taxi to San Felipe Public Market. We then boarded a Victory Liner bus to Manila.

Misty clouds Zambales hills Philippines — It was raining for much of the journey

Rainy rice fields highway Philippines — The bus would only make a few brief rest stops

We were delayed a bit due to highway traffic closer to Manila. So it was past 4pm when we finally reached the Victory Liner terminal we got down at. We took a taxi, got home, and then went to a restaurant called Fat Cousins’ Diner. It was not good. Just mediocre food at high prices.

Date: January 6, 2023

After doing some work, I decided to step out to check SM City North EDSA, one of the largest malls in Manila.

Road to SM North EDSA Manila rains — I headed to the mall on a Grab bike taxi

The main mall has the usual brands you will find in any SM mall. I went to the Annex wing to check out ‘Cyberzone’ — which as the name suggests, is where all the electronics shops are.

SM City North Electronics mall Manila — I mostly came here to check out the gaming stores

Aside from stores selling PlayStation games, you have pretty much every major brand of electronics available here — from laptops, gaming PCs, TVs, appliances, and of course mobile stores. Lots and lots of mobile stores and accessories for mobile phones.

Raindrops window Manila mall Philippines — I spent some time at SM North EDSA, not because I wanted to… but because it was raining outside

SM North pedestrian bridgeway Manila — Once the rains had subsided, I used the bridgeway to get to Trinoma mall on the other side of the EDSA highway

SM North EDSA construction Manila — There was a lot of construction going on at Trinoma mall’s site

I searched on Google Maps and found a few Indian eateries in the Monumento area, just 5+ kilometres from Trinoma/SM City North EDSA. I thought I’d check it out and grab some dinner from there.

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