Liliw, Laguna Rocks

Cheryl, Jen and I went to Liliw, Laguna. I know, Cheryl was in heaven because of the stores upon stores of shoes all lining Gat Tayaw Street. Ang galing. Ang lamig even if it was noontime, you could feel the Makiling breeze. In the first place, ang mura na. $5 a pair and you can even haggle. Cheryl's shoe quota was 10 pairs but she managed to buy 5 pairs for her and 2 for her mom. Too many shoes, so little time!


I didn't have any intention of buying anything but ended up buying a pair of oh-s0-comfy slip-ons that look like Birkenstocks.


Liliw also has a beautiful brick church which has been restored.

Jen and Cheryl.

Cheryl and Jen inside Arabela's.

Another surprise was also waiting for us at Liliw. Jen complained that she couldn't find any decent place to eat at there in the past, just the neighboorhood turo-turo. But on a street parallel to Gat Tayaw (where the shoe stores are), was a resto/cafe called Arabela's. And it was a treasure waiting to be found! Yummy food, cheap too (by Manila standards). We had seafood marinara, carbonara, beef lasagna, cake of the day, walnut fudge, mocha floats and the bill amounted to just about 375 pesos. That's just the cost of a dish in Makati!

Cheryl's seafood marinara.

My walnut fudge. Yum yum!

The counter at Arabela's.

Waitressing at Arabela's.

Basta you have to go there to believe.

The downside was when we were heading back to San Pablo, Nagcarlan was in the middle of a fiesta or something and our transpo had to be rerouted. We travelled across mountains, unpaved roads, creepy forges and steep ravines, I'm not kidding.

Also, much thanks to Jen, our tour guide! :)