to Greenbelt

the sight of plants relaxes me

From work, Greenbelt is about 2 to 3 minutes walk lang. And along with some officemates we usually go to Greenbelt during lunch break. More so when work is neck deep, we just have to go down and try to absorb some oncogenic sunlight and inhale some of Makati's vehicular pollution.

Here's another shot of the same park (SyCip Park along Legazpi St.).

I was pleasantly surprised when I first passed by Greenbelt 5 (G5), and saw the 2 pools (low lying "fountains"). Those pools gives the shopper or passersby a refreshing view amidst concrete and glass structures. You can see beyond the pool the pocket garden in the middle of Greenbelt. The pocket garden is surrounded by G3, G4, G5, and the Greenbelt chapel.

Here's another shot where you can see G3 beyond the greens.

Next are some shots of the path to the Greenbelt chapel from G5.

The Greenbelt chapel. I sometimes spend some of my time here. The chapel's location is very convenient for Makati workers not to mention the serenity it imbues to whoever seeks solitude inside.

park in the middle

The Washington SyCip Park is a refreshing green island in the middle of Legazpi and Gamboa Sts., near Greenbelt 1.

On this huge rock and on two other huge rocks at the other two park entrances, the park's name were hammerred.

The entrance to the park from Legazpi street.

One of two gazebos inside the park. Beside this gazebo is a pond populated with kois. Fountains and an artificial waterfall aerates the pond water.

I like walking through this park when I have the time, it somehow gives me the feeling of being transported somewhere far from the city.

Here are photos of other parts of the Sycip Park.

Here's an interesting structure, a mobile sculpture, it rises in the park's center



Here's another sculpture, well I'll take a better shot of this, so for now I think this will do.

And here's what welcomes you at the Gamboa street entrance of the park, a cute big stone tortoise(?)