Urban Recreation: Ortigas

Finding ways to entertain children in Manila is not easy. Taking advantage of the lack of traffic on Sundays, we headed to Ortigas. What would be a 45 minute ride on a weekday took only 15 minutes. We started with breakfast at Cafe 1771. Cute setting and decent food.

Afterwards we were among the first to arrive at the Ark Avilon Zoo. Their website was misleading, marketing it as a conservation organization when it was actually a dismal zoo with tiny cages. Redeeming factors were the guinea pig feeding area-it was fun watching Toto hold a carrot on a stick-and the play area which included rocks and sticks. Always a winner with two year olds. We will not be going back.

We also discovered a closed off street full of bike rentals. Toto had fun riding around with The Shark.

Just another Manila experience...