With a break in the rain I decided to explore the area across the river in Mandaluyong. I always have to check the spelling of this place so that I say it correctly, ha. I didn’t really know much about Mandaluyong, apart from The fact that airbnbs listed online are cheaper over there. But I also heard of a couple of Vloggers booking rooms there that when they turn up are not available. So when I walked over the bridge to Mandaluyong I didn’t really know what to expect. There’s a couple of Shopping Malls here.
I strolled into Greenfield district which is a pleasant area to walk around, thou not patch on Greenbelt. Then discovered Shangri-La Plaza. I’d not heard of this Mall. Wow! What a revelation. It originally opened in November 1991 and now houses over 300 shops and restaurants.
Alongside Power Plant and Greenbelt malls, Manila has some pretty impressive shopping Malls. I haven’t even visited the Mall of Asia yet!
Greenbelt is a shopping mall in Makati owned by Ayala Malls, a real-estate subsidiary of Ayala Land. Greenbelt was built around a 250,000-square-meter retail complex, with the mall merging the previous small arcades and shops, conceptualizing the new Greenbelt as the Philippines's first lifestyle center with bars, posh boutiques, lush tropical greenery, a world-class museum, and an elegant chapel.
Greenbelt 1 first opened to the public in 1988 as one of the Ayala Corporation's flagship projects. But now has 5 sections. Greenbelt 1 was renovated in 2001, and as the complex grew, Greenbelt 2 and 3 were opened in 2002, with Greenbelt 4 opening in 2004 and Greenbelt 5 in 2007.
In 2019 the ground level of Greenbelt 3 closed in 2019 for renovation, with The new area reopening in October 2021, which now hosts luxury labels and a newly-renovated Starbucks Reserve cafe. Greenbelt 4 started its renovation works in the third quarter of 2022 and reopened on April 2023.
Greenbelt offers a mix of high-end retail shops, restaurants, amenities, leisure and entertainment.
I’ve always fancied checking out Makati. Condos in Makati are expensive too. I’d recently completed 3 years in Cebu, before travelling for 10 weeks in Vietnam and Malaysia. But I was missing those daily interactions you have in the Philippines which I hadn’t been having in Vietnam or Malaysia.
You can only really have those connections in the Philippines. I made up my mind pretty quickly and booked a flight to Manila 5 days ahead.
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