First, I'm posting from my tablet, so bear with me, pics coming soon.
Flying in, I was struck by how similar the environment is to Hawaii. The land is either low, or it's mountainous.
Once at where we're staying till our house is ready tomorrow, we headed out to Gunny', where the food was frigging fantastic and it appears to be the local expat meeting place. Gunny's burger was one of the best I've had, but since I'd been awake since 10:30 the previous evening my judgement is suspect.
Today we went to Rolis for a very nice breakfast, I had corned beef scrambled eggs....pretty damn good. It seems corned beef and spam are staples here.
We went mall cruising after breakfast and its like being in the US.
In the mall, we visited a big c stylee place. The biggest difference was that the short life veggies looked pretty sad, and Gunny mentioned the night before his biggest headache here was fresh produce. We're going to visit a wet market and check yhings out.
One surprise was how popular Shakey's Pizza is here. The place was packed with people waiting outside. I don't think Shakey's exist in the US any more.
Prices:
Chang tall boy 96P (57B) 7/11 carries it.
San Miguel Pilsner regular can 65 P (39B)
Taxi - 3k 100P (60B)
Our dinner last night at Gunny's
Slaw dog
Cheeseburger and fries
2 San Migeals
500P (300B)
The food choices are overwhelming. Tonight is going to be chicken inasal.
More to come