Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hong Kong. Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2013

The Best Museum in the Philippines: The Best of Stay, Stray, Play and Feast

The Best Museum in the Philippines:
The Mind Museum, The Fort, Metro Manila
The Best of Stay, Stray, Play and Feast
 First Anniversary Posts
(Series 8)


There has never been a local museum
that really impressed us in aside from
the Mind Museum at the Fort Bonifacio.


It is comparable or even better than other
science and children’s museums abroad
that we visited in our past travels.





According to the museum’s webpage,
The Mind Museum is the first science museum
of this scale and scope in the Philippines.


…and apparently would like to help breed
scientific literacy  that will help
the next generation of Filipinos
 to be inspired and to understand nature. 


The museum had varied exhibits that would
make the kids understand the past…


… comprehend the intricacies of nature,


…and even explore the future.


The museum also has an interactive
outdoor playground called 
Science in the Park,


Where the kids could play and relax,

 

…after a fun- filled visit 
at the Mind Museum.


For Stay, Stray, Play and Feast, and based
on our personal experience-  The Mind Museum
is the  Best Museum in the Philippines,


Read here for More

The Mind Museum 
The Fort, Metro Manila

Science in the Park 
across the Mind Museum



Thursday, January 10, 2013

Đại Nam Văn Hiến, Zoo Safari; Binh Duong, Vietnam....

 
Đại Nam Văn Hiến,
 Zoo Safari
Binh Duong, Vietnam


Play and Stray


After visiting the Dai Nam theme park
which we found too desolate
we decided to go to the Dai Nam Zoo Safari.



While the kids did not enjoy the Theme Park
our experience at the zoo was different…






The Dai Nam zoo was not as massive
as the San Diego Zoo,


…or as beautiful as Berlin Zoo,


…or as scenic as Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo,


…or a breathtaking
as the Taronga Zoo in Sydney...

the Dai Nam Zoo in Vietnam
has a charm of its own.





It was a huge clean and tidy
and well kept zoo.





The setting is very tropical,






...but with wide array
of animal collection
 from different parts of the world,

















...wherein the kids could safely
interact with them-





...that also kept the kids going
and kept them entertained,







...their curiosity aroused...





...and a awareness heightened.



(Healthy) Feast.


One thing I got to appreciate in this zoo
is the abundance of healthy snacks
in every corner of the zoo...



from different breed of
Cherry tomatoes, 




....green tomatoes,
sugar cane,



...green mangoes (without bagoong),
green and ripe guavas,


...and various vegetables
to munch on the go.



Cotton Candies and Ice creams?
Unfortunately for the kids
(or is is fortunately?).
they have none of those.