Cagayan de Oro & Camiguin Trip

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Feb. 20-22, 2009
Camiguin & Cagayan de Oro City

Captions and white water rafting pics to follow.

Day 1 -- Arrival at CDO, travel to Camiguin. View Camiguin sights
Day 2 -- White Beach, back to CDO
Day 3 -- White water rafting c/o Kagay, Macahambus Adventure Park Zip Line, back to Manila

Zoe at Manila Ocean Park

One day in January, had a little family outing to Manila Ocean Park.

In this album: the Concepcion family

Aaron Zips!

Macahambus Adventure Park
Cagayan de Oro City

Rizza Zips!

Rizza at the Macahambus Adventure Park in Cagayan de Oro City

Ruby Zips!

Ruby at the Macahambus Adventure Park Zip line in Cagayan de Oro.

Things I Love, by Zoe

Things I Love To Eat:

1. Mango Shake
2. Orange Juice
3. Grapes
4. Dried Mangoes
5. Kiat-Kiat (tiny orange-like fruits)
6. Ponkan
7. Spaghetti
8. Noodles, any kind
9. Pandesal
10. Fit N Right Four Season's Flavor

Things I Love to Do:

1. Dance (I even have a dance video! And I like to watch myself dance! Ask my dad!)
2. Shout (Dadaaa!!!!)
3. Go up and down the stairs
4. Drag my mom to the refrigerator
5. Run around the driveway and walk around the whole neighborhood
6. Play with my neighbor's Jollibee doll
7. Watch the Barney VCD my Tita gave me
8. Color my Barney and Dora coloring books
9. Thumb suck and rub my belly button
10. Swim and play with water
    

Things I Love to Say:

1. ATE!!!!!! -- at a very high-pitched shriek. This is from the juice TV commercial of the little boy looking for his robot shirt, which his ate wore
2. BRO!!!! -- this is from the TV show "May Bukas Pa" (yes, I may be watching too much TV. But what can I do?)
3. WIIIII!!!! WIIII!!!! -- well my dad loves to play Wii Tennis while I hold the remote and pretend I play too. Now I always drag my mom and tita to play Wii. Wiii! Wiii! 
4. DEDET!!!! -- first thing I say when I wake up. Milk! Milk! Milk! Feed me! =)
5. DADA! -- I used to call practically everyone "Dada". Now, I can also say:
6. MAMA!
   
7. DAMA! -- this is when I'm stressed out and crying and saying Mama and Dada at the same time. I get confused and say "Dama!" and "Mada", and all the grown ups laugh
8. WOWA -- lola. 
9. COOKIE
10. NO.
    

Avilon Zoo 2009

The road to Montalban via the Commonwealth Ave QC route is scenic. You wind through a zig-zaggy mountainside that reminds you of Antipolo with the view. You'll pass through part of the walls of La Mesa Dam, though part of the way, you'll get to smell the Payatas dumpsite as well. Nevertheless, I always thought the views here were underrated.

On the first day of the Chinese New Year, we decided to be impulsive and go on a tour of Avilon Zoo in Montalban. It was a Monday, and I reckon it wasn't really a good day to go on a tour of a zoo. For one thing, there weren't too many people. I think we were only 1 of 3 groups that were in the whole 7.5 hectare zoo. Another thing, some of the animals seemed to be on vacation as well. Rumor has it some of the animals were on loan at the Ark of Avilon Zoo near Tiendesitas, but we never really got to spoke to anyone in the zoo. It was a tad disappointing though, what with the missing animals, and the general messiness of the place. On a positive note, we did notice a lot of ongoing construction to make the place at par with foreign zoos, with fake safari-type enclosures and trees. Plus, Avilon really seems to be making headway with its Veterinary School, something I didn't notice when we first visited in 2005.

Maybe Monday was the general cleaning day for the zoo, and the first day of the Chinese New Year wasn't really a good time to visit a zoo. In any case, our first visit to Avilon way back 2005 was great. What with all the improvements going on right now, maybe when we visit again next time, it'll be better.

The kids had fun though. We even had some pictures taken with Trixie the Orangutan.
Avilon Zoo is located in Brgy San Isidro, Montalban (Rodriguez), Rizal. The place is a favorite for school field trips. You can visit their website for more information on how to get there. Entrance fee, without the guided tour, is 208 Pesos per head. Children over 1 will still pay the same amount. The zoo is usually open til 4pm.