Mall of Asia

Ashley and I went to the Mall of Asia for the first time last Tuesday.  It was a VERY nice mall-one of the largest in the world.  We all went there for the afternoon after seeing the Nutcracker ballet.  You can tell a tremendous difference in the crowds at the mall on Tuesday and Sunday afternoon.  It is like malls around our house-much more crowded on weekends.

Your view driving up to the mall

Ashley by the fountains outside on our Tuesday visit

 I thought this looked like where Santa would be-but there was no Santa there-we took some pictures anyway-Greg said that he saw Santa on Sunday but that the line was horrendous so we didn't see him.

 The indoor skating rink

 Where Ashley and I had lunch-a crepe with meat, cheese, and pizza sauce before having

 strawberry ice cream-which cost 55 pesos (a little over a $1) but the sprinkles she saw right at her eye level behind the counter and wanted cost 20 pesos extra (about 50 cents)

 We didn't eat here but I had to take a picture-we had a Swensons's ice cream parlor in Greenville that was a frequent hang out during our days at Furman but it has been closed for quite a while now and I found another!

more mall decorations

 These pictures were all taken on Sunday-this was a stand selling authentic Japanese octopus balls-NOT where we ate lunch or dinner on Sunday!

 The Courtyard between buildings of the mall

 The Science Discovery Center-fun but a little disappointing-small and we paid the same for these tickets as our ballet tickets.

 The side of this escalator was clear-even I thought it was really cool to get to see how it looked on the inside!

 Scott in a flight simulator-I told him that he would have made his passengers sick the way he flew!

 The talking fish-video-you could even ask it questions and it would respond

 Greg and the kids looking at a display of robots

 More shots inside the mall

 people watching the ice skaters from upstairs

 Sunset on Manila Bay

 decorations above the mall's main entrance as we were leaving that night

The globe out front is lit up at night-pretty!