7th November, 2018

Vincent treated us to Ocean Park yesterday. A lot of the better rides were out of commission, but there were pandas, walruses (walri?), penguins, lots of neat critters. There was a silly dolphin show with a 'respect the ocean' theme - seems a little contradictory in this day and age, but as anachronisms go, it was very well done. Some animals will still do stupid tricks for fish I guess. On the other hand, they don't seem to be hard done by, and after the show, the seal lions and dolphins seemed to frolic with the trainers quite spontaneously.

Ocean park's physical setting is nothing short of spectacular. It's on a mountain overlooking Aberdeen Harbour, with the sea off on one side. The day was pleasant and sunny, and there were no huge crowds - just a few mainland Chinese tour groups, something HK is now getting inundated with, thanks to the new HK-Zhuhai-Macau bridge.






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  1. Unknown8 November 2018 at 06:51

    Thankyou those pictures are amazing have a great day

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