The Heritage Hotel Manila shuttle schedule to SM Mall of Asia

SM Mall of Asia may be a stone’s throw away from Heritage Hotel Manila, but it can be a hassle to reach if you don’t know how to commute there. Great news—there’s actually an easier way than taking a crash course on jeepney and bus routes right then and there. You can take the free shuttle! Here’s the schedule:

Kabayan Hotel Pasay room rates

Looking for an affordable and comfy place to stay in Pasay City? Then check out Kabayan Hotel, a family-friendly hotel that’s practically in the middle of everything. Kabayan Hotel is along EDSA extension, right in front of the Metropoint mall, which is essentially an MRT station. The hotel is also beside two drugstores (Watsons and Generika) and a bank (Banco de Oro). It’s also just a jeep ride away from Mall of Asia, which is just a bit further down the road.

SM Mall of Asia shuttle pick-up and drop-off points

If you’ve ever visited SM Mall of Asia, then you probably noticed how large the place is. According to Forbes, the place has a gross leasable area of 4.2 million square feet, so you can only imagine how painful your feet would be after spending the day exploring every inch of it. Thankfully, you can hitch a ride with a free shuttle service that goes around the Mall of Asia complex. Below are the pick-up and drop-off points for the shuttle service:

In a nutshell, the shuttle goes through Pacific Drive, turns right at Marina Way, left to Seashell Lane, right to Coral Way, right to Seaside Boulevard, right to Harbor Drive, left to Sunset Avenue, and then right back to Pacific Drive.

So for instance, if you’re at the main entrance and want to go to the strip of restaurants along Seaside Boulevard at the back of the mall, catching the free shuttle lets you go there without the punishing walk. Yes, that means you can still wear your killer heels while moseying around Mall of Asia.

Riding the tricycle is an adventure unto itself

Small, colorful and a menace on the streets--tricycles are part of Pasay's chaos as they zip through tiny back alleys, narrowly avoiding pedestrians who seem unfazed by them. Tricycles can travel almost anywhere, even for short distances along EDSA extension and Roxas Boulevard, where they brazenly overtake cars and buses, and indignantly honking their horns in the process.  Although they are allowed on the service road parallel to Roxas Boulevard,  they are not allowed in the Mall of Asia complex.

One-way streets? No problem. Tricycles seem exempted from that rule, forging on ahead and just swerving to the side if there is an on-coming vehicle. Stoplight at an intersection? Watch as the impatient tricycle driver miraculously finds an opening or even signals to drivers of vehicles to let them pass while other vehicles are obeying the traffic rules--all of this happening in front of a traffic enforcer, who either is too busy or too used to the sight to pay heed.