Slides, Seesaw, and Spins at Duero's Playground

When we have a toddler, we know that they need space to run around and play. It's important for their development too. So when I learned that the neighboring town has opened up its playground, I immediately asked my husband to go and visit there. It would also be a good avenue for Matti to meet other kids.

Duero is just seven kilometers from our place and it would only take around 10-15 minutes of driving to get to the main town's plaza. The plaza was closed during the pandemic and it was just recently that they opened it again for their locals to have a place to go during the afternoon.

I really wished we have this kind of playground in our town however, our tire park was damaged during Typhoon Odette and until now, it has not been repaired. I guess the local government had no plans of setting up such kind of play area.

Thankfully, both neighboring towns of Duero and Candijay have their playgrounds so the first one that went to was in Duero. This sits right in their plaza, next to the monument of our country's national hero.

Parking spaces are available on the sidewalk and even at the municipal hall entrance. On our first time here, we just parked on the highway but on our second visit, we parked at the municipal hall area.

There are only a few kids around, it's not crowded at all and I am glad about that, this means, the kids still have their own space for social distancing although masks are not anymore compulsory. The kids were all not wearing masks in fact.

Matti's favorite right now is the slides. He used to be afraid and would hold on to the sides when sliding just like what you can see in this video but he is now used to the feeling of sliding that he would lift his hands up while going down.

The other town of Candijay has a better playground though because they won't allow slippers in their playground. This means, cleaner ground and rides! With Duero's, their ground is filled with pebbles, and slippers can be used so it is obvious that the slides and other rides are not that clean at all. I have to sanitize Matti after playing.

What's also nice about Duero's playground is that they got two sets of slides, swings for kids and for adults too, they got three sets of seesaws, and spinners too! They are sturdy that adults can even ride on them as well.

There are benches around the playground for parents who would want to sit while watching over their kids.