Saturday, January 17, 2009

Around the town

My brother Gus came to visit us this past week and schools started again after the Christmas break, so it was a bit of a crazy week. Here's some highlights from Gus' visit.



The main reason for the visit was dental work. There are some really good dentists here and they are much more affordable than in the States. Here Gus displays the pieces of a tooth he had to have pulled. There's a closeup picture of the teeth that I will save you from having to view.



Here's Gus trying on some jeans at Greenhills. This mall has a bunch of stalls where you can buy a variety of items from purses to sunglasses to jewelry. This booth sold jeans and when it came time to try them on they whipped out the dressing room curtain.











Here's Gus enjoying some tropical fruits, papaya, mango and pineapple with pandesal (delicious Filipino rolls).

At Powerplant mall in Makati. I love this mall because it's beautiful and quiet. Most of the malls here are loud and crowded, but this place is just relaxing. There are lots of designer stores here, and of course, I can't afford to buy anything here, so I just enjoy it.

This is at the American cemetery in Manila. There are thousands of graves here for men who lost their lives during World War 2. It's a beautiful and serene place.

The landscaping at the cemetery is beautiful and well maintained which makes for a nice background for a picture of us.

We also spent some time in Intramuros (inside the walls). The walls were built by the Spanish hundreds of years ago and we wandered around for a little bit.

We enjoyed a Middle Eastern lunch complete with Lebanese music videos.

Awww, Starbucks. Did we really live before Starbucks...

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