We joyfully departed our hideous room and did the reversal of our walk-jeep-bus journey of 2 days previously. The only down side was that we had to stand for the 1 and a half hour bus ride into Manila!
We quickly returned to the nice hotel room in Manila where we had a shower that actually made us feel cleaner, instead of dirtier like at the last place!
As the rain threatened to flood the streets we took shelter in the nearby Robinsons Mall, which ended up with nearly 5 hours of shopping luxury - well for the female members of the adlibing crew anyway!! With prices like NZ$30 for an original pair of levi jeans, and NZ$30 for a Lee shirt, how could we resist?!!! The result was a few kilos of extra weight for our bags!!
Another benefit of huge malls like this is that they are full of fast food joints - this seems like the only diet of choice for most Filipinos, it sure is the only food we can afford here in Manila. Seems like a surefire recipe for creating a population of diabetics ... We weren't complaining though, with our $3 pizza and pasta set!
Adlibing it with even fuller bags!
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