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Spice Market, Misibis Bay

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All meals are inclusive already of your stay except for beverages and those food and beverage consumed in other areas like room service, the Sula Bar and Beach Bar Spice Market is the main dining area where there is an extensive buffet breakfast

 

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What a nice salad bar 

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Mongolian grill 

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Misibis Bay, Cagraray Island

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Our country is so beautiful…!   Heart2Heart loves discovering new places in our country and capturing the beauty each place has to offer.  Last year we visited Naga ( Touring Naga Sept 8, 2009 ) which is part of the Bicol region, This time we were able to visit another part which is Albay.

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And a beautiful resort…and when you come here, you don’t need to do anything or go anywhere else!  Just stay here and relax and bond with your husband or your family

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 Click on photo to go to their website

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Arrival at Legazpi

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Three weeks ago, we went to Legazpi!  Only less than an hour away from Manila!  Here’s a nice shot taken by my cousin, Cat, who captured Mayon Volcano in the background, though it’s hiding behind the clouds 🙂

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 We did not stay in Legazpi – we were headed for a resort – so you can go by land for about an hour or by sea for about 30 minutes.  But due to bad weather, they did not let us ride the boat.  The land ride is a bit similar to the zig zag of Baguio since you go through mountains and winding roads 

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A few kilometers from the resort, you need to cross but since there is no bridge, we had to ride a barge to get across 

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Here it is coming to get us…. 

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and here we are!  LOVELY!! Heart2Heart likes the Philippine flag displayed in the entrance of the resort! 

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Necklaces made from leaves!! How creative 

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Taikang Lu Street

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Thanks to our friend, Mart, for telling us about this place!!!

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There are 3 different entrances to get inside from the road – 210, 248 and 274.

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 And once you are inside, it is like a maze with never ending beautiful restaurants and stores to see!! I could not stop clicking my camera wherever I went.  You will see a hodge podge of photos as if you were going through the streets 🙂 There is no zoning so you will see probably a store, then a cafe, then a house, then some motorcycles, then laundry, then a cafe again then a store etc etc…But it is an experience and I hope I can go back again to shanghai and maybe eat in some of the restaurants here

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Love this shot 🙂  

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 A Japanese resto

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Reminded me of Dashing Diva 🙂

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Many beautiful shops!!

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Real life motorcyles parked all over…..

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……..and some motorcycles for sale 🙂 They even use the tops of their home accessories for display

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Wine bars- indoors……..

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and outdoors! 🙂

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A cute lingerie/undergarments store which looked like a pastry shop from the outside

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Heart2Heart likes this gallery

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More motorcycles parked on the streets 

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And laundry hanging right outside and near stores.  Yet, its clean, organized chaos and there is no smell.  

It blends in so well and it creates the character of the place!  I love it! 

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They paint their benches and chairs around the area…love it!

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Art stores

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This cafe reminded me of Alice in Wonderland!  NICE!!

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Loved this store fill of “kuchi kuchi”

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Decorated terracotta warriors

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A teddy bear cafe!! What a cute concept!

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When I first peeped into this door- I thought it was a house- but it was actually a store! NICE!

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There were so many people all over the place!  To think everything is tiny – tiny stores, tiny streets, tiny cafes – plenty people!  We went to the place twice and the first time it was raining and there was NO ONE!   But once the sun came out- it was jam packed.

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This must be a Chinese thing….It’s a store where you decorate your own ceramic doll…..hmmm…

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Love this quaint home store

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Oops, it our tour guide 🙂

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Love these embroidered shoes!

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The Peninsula Shanghai

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We requested for a tour of the rooms in the beautiful hotel and we were all wishing we we were staying here 🙂

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This is the regular room…WOW!!  

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Only one in the hotel and it has its own elevators 

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 Thanks to Kristin Sy, Assistant Guest Relations manager, who is proud to be Filipino, for taking us on the tour

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Yi Long Court, Peninsula Hotel Shanghai

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We heard about the opening of the new Peninsula Hotel in the Bund, so we  wanted to take a peek and so we had lunch in their Chinese restaurant.  Beautiful interiors, nice ambience and delicious food, just as we expected

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Private Room 

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Restroom 

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This was my ORDER out of the USUAL – Deep fried squids filled with minced shrimps in spicy salt- Miam Miam! 

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Pigeon which was really really good!!! Double Miam Miam! 

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 Thank you to Teddy Leung, Assistant F & B Manager, for taking care of us

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The YongFoo Elite

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This is our second time to go to YongFoo Elite.  The first time we just toured the place and this time we got to try the food.  Heart2Heart loves the place!!!!!!!  Unfortunately they stopped me from taking photos as it was not allowed, but it was a good thing I got some shots already

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Thank you to our kind hosts, Zaki and Ning, who planned our whole itinerary in China!

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