Day 1 Davao Crocodile Farm and Ramon Magsaysay Park

CROCODILE PARK

I'm chillin'. Whattup?

This is part 1 of our 4 days 3 nights itinerary in Davao! Our google maps says Eden Park is near the city but actually isn't. We went to the Crocodile Park instead for most of the afternoon.

I am happy the guy messed up the google map location since I enjoyed the zoo!  We got to hold reptiles, feed baby crocodiles and see a variety of uncommon animals. The pretty ones included birds with vibrant feathers and brilliant eyes.

There are a lot of these guys scattered in the zoo.

You can have a picture with reptiles for P40 per animal. The snake feels weird, slithering on my body. Jopet found it fun to hold and says the scales are surprisingly soft. I look like I'm wearing household clothes. Fashown!

Davao Crocodile Park mini photo booth

Gosh I feel like... I feel like

My fail peg: Britney Spears! 

Source:http://kellexplainsitall.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/do-you-believe-youre-missing-out-that-everything-good-is-happening-somewhere-else/

The other animal at Davao Crocodile Park. So hardcore!

Bear Grylls: "That's cute"

source: http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=3467063

There's a mini park where you can walk and find rabbits and this huge turtle in the grassy plains.

Hello there ninja turtle!

Marvel at my majestic tail!

These orang-utans wanted to hold the visitors' hand. I extended mine but I was too short to reach it. Boo.

The Davao Crocodile Park for me has more interesting birds than crocodiles. This one looks like a classy chicken

Jopet Potter and the Basilisk

You can feed ostrich with bird pellets. They are so cute! The guy says their eggs cost at least a thousand pesos.

Nomnomnom

We fed the baby crocs with meat for P35 per meat piece. The meat is hooked to a string and a bamboo rod. It's like crocodile fishing when you tease them with food they hop, then you go, "nope". Eventually they eat it anyway.

Hungry crocs below

Davao Crocodile Park

http://www.psdgroupph.com/index.php
Riverfront, Corporate City, Diversion Highway 
Ma-a, Davao City

(082) 286 8883 or (082) 286 1054   

RAMON MAGSAYSAY PARK

After the Crocodile Park was the Ramon Magsaysay Park.  I was expecting to see scenes which were uniquely Davao but instead saw it similar to the QC Circle. I did enjoy eating fresh durian from the wide stretch of fruit stalls outside the park though. Durian is a sweet and slightly bitter fruit that emits a powerful smell. I have learned that there are 2 types of people, those who find it fragrant, and those who think it smells just as foul as the sewers. I love love love durian~ The durian guy gave me a glove and laughed, because he thought it was a joke when I asked for a spoon.

Is this heaven?

After trying to eat the whole durian and failing because my tummy could take no more, we went to Chinatown. It looks okay, I was not in awe since it looks just like Binondo, Manila.

Well this is it for day 1 for the 4 days 3 nights itinerary! We actually did more stuff at night but  I won't elaborate since it's so ordinary (groceries, the mall haha). Day 2 will be out in a few days.