Today being my birthday, my girlfriend suggested we pick up cakes from a Sunday market that she often frequents. We took a jeepney to get to a private development called Eton Centris. If you want to come by Manila’s metro, the station to get off at is Quezon Avenue. From there, it’s a short walk behind Centris Station Mall.
I don’t know what Sidcor is. I couldn’t find an answer online.
If you’ve been to Bangkok, you would have seen many such public markets where stalls are set up selling kinds of foods alongside clothes and other goods. Well, Sidcor Local Sunday Market is similar but on a smaller scale.
There were a line of vehicles blocking the view of the market
They have benches placed so that visitors can sit and eat
I got up early and took a taxi to the Cultural Center of Philippines building. Today I was going to go to Corregidor island, used by US forces as a defense base and a key island in the Philippine battles against the Japanese in World War II.
This is the CCP building, close to Manila BayI got down behind the CCP building and walked towards the rightEventually you come across signs pointing to the Sun Cruises office. Although the ferry leaves at 8am, you are asked to ‘check in’ by 7am or so.
If you want to do a tour of Corregidor island, you really don’t have much choice besides going via Sun Cruises. They have a monopoly over the ferry service to Corregidor island and tours conducted there. I paid ₱2200 (Rs.3000/$48/€38) for the day tour. I couldn’t find anything less from any other tour provider. You can get the fact sheet about the island here.
Sun Cruises offer cycle tours to Corregidor island tooWe left the dockI took this photo before departure, but it was pretty full by the time we leftThe view of Manila skyline from sea30 minutes later, I could see Corregidor island in the distance
