Last Stop Before Flying Back To The U.S.A.: Driving Through The Mall Of Asia in Roxas Boulevard, Manila

Just before we went to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for our travel back to the USA, we ate at the Blue Wave's Japanese restaurant along the Cultural Center of the Philipines Tito and Cel hosted this lunch for us. It was a nice day for us, seeing Fort Santiago then having a fine meal for lunch with our siblings and family driver, Jumbo. On our way out, we drove along the SM Mall of Asia then headed for the airport.

The SM Mall of Asia is the largest shopping mall in the Philippines and the 3rd largest shopping mall in the world. In terms of gross floor size, it is next to the Golden Resources Mall and the South Dongguan Mall, both in China. It opened on May 21, 2006[1].

It is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, under the management of Henry Sy, a Chinese-Filipino business tycoon — regarded as one of the wealthiest men in Asia. (Forbes 2006 ranks him as the 14th richest person in southeast Asia, and "Henry Sy and family" as 74th richest person in the "Asia and Australia" region)

The Mall of Asia was constructed within the reclamation area, west of Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, aptly nicknamed "Bay City". It is built on 19.5 hectares of reclaimed land and has a gross floor area of 386,224 square meters.