We left in the morning for Cavite. It is a city south of Manila on the bay. It is a good size city famous for its traffic jams. We went to Aquinaldo memorial. He was the first president of the Philippines in 1898 and had led the revolution against Spain leading to Philippine independence. The building is a magnificent structure and Aguinaldo lived in it on and off till his death in 1964.
We stopped at a great restaurant for lunch then braved the traffic back to town. On the way home, we stopped at their neighborhood mall, which is not a regular mall but actually a collection of little stalls or stores in traditional style open buildings. The prices are really a bargain. All kids of handicrafts - beautiful wood carvings, furniture, utensils etc.; jewelry, fabric. Bo bought several pillow cases and a hand embroidered table cloth and lamps made from shells. After buying all we could carry we stopped at a seafood restaurant where you picked your fish from a fish tank and then they cooked it your way. Bo had marlin, Al had tilapia and both were great. We got home at 11 and pigged out on local fruits that we bought at the market (the variety of fruit is amazing here, we are eating delicious stuff we didn’t know existed) … and hit the sack.
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