With only 2 days for the weekend, we had to utilise the time given to the fullest. After a long discussion, we decided to go for the Ocean Park on Saturday. What is Ocean Park? Well it could be described as a theme park with additional shows and performances by animals. Uhmm, maybe that's not the best definition of it but do read on.
Wifey queuing up for the bus is so hard on the knees
As early as 9.30am we were already on the move to towards the Admiralty MTR station to purchase the tickets and getting ready for the bus. We were quite in a shock to see the line that was queing up for the bus. Let's just say it nearly circled the building next to the bus station. But luckily there were a lot of busses on standby so we did not have to wait that long. The journey took us around 30 minutes to reach there.
As we were on our own with no tour guide, we took the approach "Redah je lah". With the map as our guide, we moved on to the peak of the park. The park had 3 very very very high escalator ride. I don't think i've never took a very long ride on an escalator. It took forever to reach on one part of the park. As we moved up, we could see the beautiful scenery on the south part of Hong Kong Island. As we were still lost of not knowing where to go, i guess it's best to head out for the shows that were on. So we rushed out to the Ocean Theatre where there were suppose to be some show on dolphin. As we arrived there quite late, we were denied of going down to the arena where there were still some seats available. I'm not sure why the staff there did not let us go down there. So we had to settle peeking from somewhere at the top of the Ocean theatre.
There were some show on dolphin and sea lion. It was quite entertaining for an animal show. But to be frank, i think the animal show that i've been to at Bangkok was more rocking than this one. After the show, we qued up in a very very long line under the hot sun to go on a ride on a doughnut on a stick (not really sure what it's called). The doughnut will go up while rotating and you could see a panoramic view. Cool too!!!
We then continued our journey to see the sea lion in action. There were other attraction available such as the roller coaster ride but we were not up to it due to the very long que and couldn't bare the hot sun. It was a very hot summer indeed. We then decided to visit a more cooling attraction there is. So we head up towards the aquarium area. It hosted a lot of sea creatures. I guess you could say that it's like the Aquaria KLCC (not that i've been there before ) and the Underwater World at Langkawi. I'll just let the picture do the talking :)
Next, to visit the second half of the park, you need to get on the cable car ride. The cable car ride journey was exhilarating. It was a very long ride with you high up on the air while viewing the South China Sea ( if i'm not mistaken). Since the Ngong Ping 360 was closed during that time, i guess this ride will do. The journey must have taken us around 15 minutes. It's a must try attraction.
Once a the other part of the park, we proceeded to see the Panda Bear. Two of the are called Ying Ying and Le Le. It was a long que, but hey, when else do you expect to see a Panda Bear? There were a few numbers of Panda Bear there but two of the were sleeping and only one of the were active.
Other things that we do at the second part of the island was take a ride on a bungee ride, visited the Dolphin university ( psst, dolphin are graduates too and this one understands chinese) and watched an acrobatic performance. After that, we walked along the park, took the cable car back to the top and exiting the park to return to admiralty via the same bus.
As the day was a damn hot and tiring day, we had our lunch + dinner at Tsim Sha Tsui for white rice + ikan goreng kerapu and ayam masala. Woww, i think that was the best meal ever. After dinner, we rushed over to the Arena of Stars to watch the Symphony of Lights. The symphony of lights is a light and sound show. They are decked out in lights, which at the flick of a switch, glow in miriad of colours depicting Hong Kong's vibrancy. The lights were like dancing according to sound that was played. It was a true classy event. Other attraction at the Arena of stars is a giant Bruce Lee statue, a few Hong Kong superstar's hand prints and stars on the floor, like the one you see in the US in hollywood.
After taking enough picture, we headed back towards the hotel after a long, tiring, hot day. Both of us actually got sun burn. Lucky enough we did not get a heat stroke!
Next stop, Hong Kong Disneyland !!!
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