last time you saw us, we were travelling through the night all the way from Cambodia to the
Philippines we arrived at our first hotel we slept all day and then we checked into
our actual Airbnb that we're staying in for a week and we slept pretty much all night because
we've been traveling literally through the nights we were absolutely shattered and now
we're here the Airbnb that we're staying in is in a place called Makati in Manila which
is the capital of the Philippines it's almost like a home away from home because it is a full
apartment the Airbnb is pretty small but it's perfect for what we need we looked around for
the prices of hotels here in Manila and for anything in our price range it just
didn't make any sense so for the first time in a while yeah we're staying in an Airbnb
people carry them around like the small ones people seem to be carrying them like
babies I'm like oh someone's carrying a baby no no it's a really cute dog it's
so nice first things first it's time to grab a coffee we saw on Google there was loads of
nice coffee shops and just walking around now is definitely a Vibe here it's really
cool it was Christmas Christmas decorations everywhere it's literally like we are in the
North Pole but it's it's hot obviously yeah I haven't seen this many Christmas decorations
in years I don't think I've ever seen this many even from Sweden or in Wales we don't
go that hard like we go hard but we don't go the Philippines hard
can we have one French kiss and one Cinema Brew
are they both better hot yeah okay let's let's have them thank you
oh that smells like Christmas right let's explain what's happening we're in a place
called odd Cafe it's on the seventh floor of some random building we've never heard
of because it's our first time here but we found it online it's in the Makati area
and this area seems really hip quite trendy I sound so old saying as we were walking from our
Airbnb towards this Cafe which took us a while to find actually because it's on the seventh
floor and we found a sort of weekend market so definitely after this coffee we'll head
there this one has like a caramel popcorn flavor and there's popcorn on top and then
the other one was called french kiss and it's like the flavor of French toast I can actually
smell the cinnamon from here it smells like Christmas oh did he that's why I can smell
it so much and then we got a delicious little sweet treat on the side can't go wrong with that
oh that's good it does taste like French toast perfect way to start the day right it's delicious
I think the popcorn is melted so it's inside here it's different if
you like a traditional coffee you probably wouldn't like this but I like it it's sweet
that coffee was strong now we're going to the Salcedo weekend markets I think
that's what it looks like online anyway there was loads of people there earlier
when we were walking past but I think they were just kind of getting set up
because we got up early this morning let's go check it out
Hello. Bicho Bicho. oh nice and warm it's uh called you know Addiction in the bread
yeah it's very addictive that's good thank you thank you so much
did she just give this to us I thought I thought it was a sales tactic it's not she just gave
this to us that's so nice I thought she was going to give us a tiny um section she gave
you a full one it's a bicho bicho I keep thinking she's gonna come and be like no you have to pay
me but she went bye and also oh okay thank you so much walking over here to find this table we were
offered so many free samples and we actually had to say no because I am so full from that donut
and the other cake that we had and the coffees but we secured a drink it is a boku and pandan
drink which turns out to be coconut but they had like little jelly bits in there looks super like
naughty jelly I got jelly oh that's sweet oh my God it tastes like the ingredients of bua loi in
Thailand oh yeah wow that is good yeah that's good all right should you go for a walk yes thank you
this Market is really cool actually it goes all the way around this park and then in the
middle there is also some food stands as well and it's quite varied there's like
Korean food there's Pakistani food there's obviously Filipino food there's fresh food
there's vegetables fruits there's fish loads of desserts and it's like so hard to resist
I am very full and this is like topping me up even more so we have to try some later
we just walked about five minutes away from that little markets and we've
come to sort of like a Gardens it's like called Ayala triangle or something but it
looks like there's going to be a concert or something here or Christmas Market
yes Christmas Market yes that makes a lot more sense yeah it's almost Christmas time but people
were telling us that Christmas in the Philippines basically like the celebration starts on the 1st
of September we don't listen to any Christmas music until the first of December yeah anything
before that it just feels wrong yeah turns out we weren't allowed to film in there the security
guards came over super duper nice and they said sorry it's private property you're not allowed
to film in here but everyone's been so nice since we got here literally since we've arrived I think
we've been told welcome to the Philippines about 20 times already it is very welcoming
and with the whole Christmas thing don't get us wrong we love how Christmasy it is it's
literally Christmas music everywhere everyone's saying happy holidays welcome to the Philippines
it's like you feel right at home it's fantastic and when we were in the airports we had loads
of people asking us if we were vloggers which obviously makes sense because we had the camera
on us but then we went out without the camera and someone still asked Adriana Are you a vlogger
but we've not even made a vlog here in the Philippines it's kind of nice yeah it's it's
everyone seems to really enjoy the camera it's kind of like a fun thing that everyone's like oh
you're vlogging and you're like oh yes with the Philippines and this trip I think we're gonna have
to do it in two go's as in like we'll go to the places first time and then we'll come back and do
the other places because it's so big and so much to see there's yeah so many places to go and every
time we speak to someone else they're like oh you have to go here here and here and we're like okay
and then here here and here it'll take us months yeah but we're gonna do it we're gonna do it
it's doing circles
this looks so different from where we just were which is like high rises and very like
fancy built up City this feels very Spanish Spanish yeah it looks very beautiful though
from what country from Sweden thank you you can
hear the Christmas music Mariah Carey is greeting us to this port
for Christmas is you thank you so much romance we've just taken a grab from the Makati area
to a place called Fort Santiago which is one of the main tourist attractions here in Manila
Fort Santiago, this place was built in 1570 and 1590 so probably like 430 years ago a long
time ago which is really cool it's built by the Spanish yeah there's a lot of information
a lot of dates a lot of different sections that have different names all we can say we that's not a real person
I looked over and I was like why is he staring at me
I just looked quickly and I was like oh sir anyway there's a lot of different sections and they're
all very beautiful but you might be able to tell behind us the clouds are coming on in and they're
coming on in hard and fast so we're gonna explore this place a little bit before it starts pouring with rain
that was a really cool place to just walk around it was built by the Spanish then over the years
up until I think World War II it was like Brits were here the Americans were here and the Japanese
were here as well yeah there's a lot of history here there's a bit of dark history there as well
um it's a bit sad got a really cool place to visit yeah and the sun is out beautiful on a sunny day
thank you
so now that we've done a little bit of History we're going to do basically completely the
opposite we're going to head to one of the many many shopping malls that Manila has there's loads
online there's one that looks really really cool it's basically looks like Venice but when we were
looking at it online it doesn't really look like I had any shops anyway what we're going to do is
head to the biggest mall in the Philippines which happens to be here in Manila it's also the third
biggest shopping mall in the whole entire world so they'll definitely have some shops
is there an ikea here? for those of you who don't know Ikea is from Sweden where I am also from so it feels like home
we're gonna get lost in here it's massive already it's so Christmassy Ikea is in here
we are in a mall called SM Mall of Asia which is I think from what we looked at the third
biggest mall in the world or something but this Ikea is actually the biggest in the world so
with Adriana being from Sweden we have to pop in at least at least get some snacks
get some Christmasy things you can't not right are you happy I am I didn't know this was here
okay we've got some classic ginger bread cookies or pepparkakor as we call them in
Sweden I mean it says what it is what it says on the tins gingerbread cookies or Ginger Snaps
let's have a little look around just in case there's anything else these if you're ever
in Ikea anywhere in the world these are classic classic Swedish sweets delicious I'm buying them
you should buy them too so just gonna buy these now I don't think we have time to go around this
Ikea I think it would take us hours this is not why we're here plus we don't own an apartment
here so there's no point buying any these will be gone in a few days or maybe tonight
favorite oh so good like childhood memories cheese
Doodles oh since 1968 so even before I was born thank you early Christmas presently
it's precious cargo tell carry like this now oh I'm so excited but that's not actually why we came to
this mall unfortunately because we just want to see it because it's massive the Christmas
decorations and everything but to buy some shoes we can't come to Ikea without having a hot
dog though no just a quick hot dog quick hot dog before we do a little bit of shopping around this huge Mall
wow population the Philippines is 10 times more than Sweden
Sweden is bigger wow there's a lot of people here candy canes everywhere just kind of came it's
kind of came as Christmas Christmas it's so nice it's so nice we just came up to this and I was
like oh look at the decorations it's moving now there's children on it here we go around it's not
decoration well it is a merry-go-round Christmas decoration oh is this always here no this is
Christmas themed this small is big and it's not like you know one of those malls where it's just
a square and you know where you're going you're just going around in a square like there's staircases
everywhere it seems like we're kind of on a floor that has a lot of shoe shops so I feel like we've
somehow ended up accidentally kind of in the right place I think we just found the biggest tree
in this mall whoa look how sparkly it is it's like drawing me to it whoa just look
at this there's a gingerbread house just down here huge sparkly Christmas tree and
it's just like this Christmas hanging from everywhere oh I look over there there's
Christmas there Christmas down here Christmas up there also more Christmas is so nice
oh my God it was wearing a diaper yeah like people treat them like children so like they
have diversity sit in little prams they're like have cute outfits it's it's very cute we're right on
the top floor now and there's like an ice rink there's a food hall there's laser tag there's
bowling, there's archery and snacks everywhere luckily we just had a hot dog so we're fine
just getting a pair of shoes now though because these are past their time look at the difference
of these right I've had these for probably about a year now but they've also been ruined because
we poured coconut oil on it and the back here is actually broken and it's ruining my socks I
don't know why I'm trying them because I know these are the right size looking fresh yeah
I told them to either recycle the old ones or throw them in the bin
how do I look?
um can we please have Halo Halo special, and leche flan?
um we're currently signing a place called Max's Restaurant we were outside it is busy today it
is Saturday so we were lucky to get a table I think I don't even know what time it is it's
not even like eating time but either way we're having more desserts now but it's a very famous
Filipino dessert yeah if you're new here desserts kind of is our thing we're in Vietnam we did one
full video on the best desserts and coffee that we could find in one city if you're a
Filipino and you're watching this you probably know what this is I would hope so it's supposed
to be popular if you're not Filipino it's called Halo Halo and this is leche flan which
I think is also on here if I'm not mistaken it looks like there's like a chunk of another one
a little bit like ice kachang that we had in Malaysia or some of the desserts that we had in
Vietnam as well it's got like a lot of different jellies ice cream I think some flan it's melting
yeah
that's good right well the ice cream is good yeah what is this I don't know like purple
ice cream I've had flan before so I don't know if it's gonna be like similar to those
ones so I said it's different not slightly different and very firm very very good though
yeah that's really firm really tasty though if you guys know any other desserts or dishes that
we should be trying in the Philippines then by all means let us know because we love dessert
that's the evidence that's how good that was I've tried so many dessert that's
probably one of my favorites but I think that's enough desserts for today let's
pay up let's probably run 10K so we can burn all these calories out today
as we were walking out of their restaurant the lady that was opening the door for us
was like thank you see you tomorrow I was like we probably won't be back tomorrow not because
it wasn't nice because that was so much sugar so we're just about to head back into the mall
I don't even think we've touched the sides of this mall it is huge let alone touch the sides
of Manila as a whole so we'll probably have to do a lot more exploring here so if you've got
any suggestions please drop them down below yeah remember to subscribe and see you in the next one
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