01.20.10

A Morning Look Above the Serendra Food Court

Posted in Playing the Tourist, food and restaurants at 11:02 pm by Administrator

Besides a large variety of foods, the Philippines also has a large variety of scenery.  In particular, I’m referring to the different buildings and different dwellings.  While some parts are very similar to buildings in the U.S., many other places are very different. Before I upload pictures of the “different” areas, I’ll start with just adding a few pictures of the areas where we are staying.  This is just below One Serendra as we look over part of the food court. This is early in the morning before the crowd arrives.

Last year when we were here the areas where all the poinsettia plants are were filled with water.  I guess these must be left over from the Christmas and New Year’s festivities.

Here’s another shot from a different angle of the food court.  I took this pic from the second floor as well.  This is facing in the direction of Market Market.

And here’s yet another pic taken from the second floor facing in the opposite direction toward Fort Bonafacio.

From this view the ciy skyscrapers are visible.  Many of them are still under construction.  Aaron said it reminded him of Turkey because when we were there, many of their buildings were also under construction with many were cranes rising up from them.   Before this area was built into a residential and commercial district, it used to be a military base called Fort Bonafacio.  It’s obviously no longer a military base, but the name has remained the same.

This is one of the nicer parts of the city, but they’re not all this nice.  I’ll try to post a variety of pics along the way to give a more balanced view of the Philippines.  I also want to add a few pics from the One Serendra grounds later.  I thought it was nice the past two years, but this year it seems especially nice as the foliage has really taken root and the garden is really looking fuller.

Marlakins

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