Milizlinx

Friday we went on an adventure with Shinji and his mom and their guest from Japan who wanted to explore Manila a bit. We rode on a jeepney, the light rail train, and did a lot of walking (more than necessary because we didn't know exactly where to get off!)

Jasmin was captivated by the idea that a map could tell us where to go. She insisted on carrying one to study carefully herself.
I'm not sure this was where we set out to go, but this is where we ended up!

Looks pretty interesting? Well, at one point it was a fantastic place to come. We came at a time of badly needed renovation, so there were only a few bird cages and this turtle pond to visit.
Since we had already done more than our fair share of walking, we contented ourselves with a picnic on the bench and a rest on the concrete dock jutting out into a murky green lagoon. We had to field a large number of "why"s as across on the other shore was a military group drilling!
The prize of the afternoon was finding this water hyacinth:
and seeing a rather large fish jump for a fly.

After this, we had to already begin our journey home in order to avoid rush hour. We splurged ($3 - about triple what the rest of the day cost!) and took a taxi home instead of attempting to reverse our public transport adventure. And to end well, we stopped for an ice cream just before we got home.