Date: January 3, 2023
After arriving in LiwLiwa yesterday and checking out the beach, we wondered how to spend the day today. We took a trike to San Felipe Public market, and tried to find a money exchange place that would accept Singapore dollars. Unfortunately, I learned that even though there are many Filipinos working in Singapore, in small towns across the Philippines… don’t expect money exchange centers to accept a wide a variety of foreign currency. US dollars are still your safest bet.
![Santo Tomas sand river Zambales Philippines](http://mithunonthe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/santo-tomas-sand-river-zambales-philippines.jpg)
Fortunately I managed to find a money exchange place in the neighbouring town of San Narciso that would accept Singapore dollars and converted some in exchange for Philippines pesos.
Breathing a sigh of relief, we had an early lunch now that I had enough cash in hand.
![Lunch pasta sisig Zambales](http://mithunonthe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/lunch-pasta-sisig.jpg)
We sat at the restaurant to do some work as the mobile internet in LiwLiwa beach wasn’t always reliable.
![San Narciso Zambales Philippines](http://mithunonthe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/san-narciso-zambales-philippines.jpg)
![San Sebastian Parish church Zambales](http://mithunonthe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/san-sebastian-parish-church-zambales.jpg)
![Old house San Narciso Zambales](http://mithunonthe.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/old-house-san-narciso-zambales.jpg)
There wasn’t much else to do in this town, so we took a bus back to San Felipe.
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