Don't Worry. There's No Sugar.

That's the Pepsi Max slogan ... don't worry, there's no sugar!

Pepsi Max, which tastes almost exactly like Diet Pepsi does at home, is a tasty soft drink I had all but forgotten about since leaving Japan in 1997. Depending on where you are, you can buy a single can of soda for somewhere between 13 and 25 pesos -- 13 pesos (about 25 cents) in the grocery store, 20 pesos from vending machines, 25 pesos last weekend on our tour of Corregidor. It seems like a good price, though the cans are slightly smaller here, weighing in at 330 ml instead of the 350 (354?) ml we have in the States.

Interestingly -- or not, depending on your perspective -- the Diet Pepsi made in the Philippines tastes nothing at all like the Diet Pepsi made in North America.