Manila Ocean Park

Tuesday, 18th October 2011

 

A nice sleep in this morning, until almost 8.00am. It's amazing what happens when the curtains are thick enough to block out the sunlight.

We took our dirty washing down the road to the local laundry. A lot cheaper than having it done by the hotel.

Sis Irene met us at Shalom at about 10.00am and then we made our way to the Manila Ocean Park, to spend the day as tourists. For the price we paid to enter, we were expecting great things!

We really enjoyed watching the Sea Lion Show – fantastic!

Waiting for the show to begin

Still waiting...

This is Sandra

Doing an endo

Bet you can't do that

The Oceanarium was very interesting too – lots of fish. I found it interesting to see which fish each child was most interested in. Silas liked the brightly coloured ones, and wanted to know the names of each type of fish, Noah liked the slow moving fish – the ones that stared at him, Eden liked the pretty fish. Matt saw an Aunty Laida fish, then Noah saw an Uncle Cesar fish and then a little Cally fish – very cute.

Silas and his friend

Brilliant colours

Matt's underwater photography skills

Our three beautiful children

Eden, Silas and Aunty Irene

The Antarctic Exhibition is not complete, but we enjoyed taking photos and reading the information anyway and standing on the wet paint displays.

Scientist Silas at work

Where's my ark gone?

An antarctic jeepney

We had a delicious lunch at The Pancake House – only Eden and Noah ordered pancakes, which were a bit dry, until we discovered there was maple syrup in a jug at the end of the table. The menu was rather extensive – highly recommended. The hamburgers sat about 6 inches high on the plate, but Matt and Silas still managed to get their mouths around them.

Feeling hungry?

Feeling happy!

After lunch, we retraced our steps back to the Glass Bottom Boat ride, which was quite nice too. The human fish we could see were “very expensive”, according to the guide.

Deep in concentration or amazement

The Dancing Jellies was very relaxing, although a bit of a scam – you walk through a night club looking at the different displays of jellyfish – so they make money day and night. The music was very nice though, the first classical music I have heard here.

One Dancing Jelly

Pretty Dancing Jelly

Lots of Dancing Jellies

Quite spectacular

All in all, we had lots of fun, and the favourite part was the sea lion show.

Out to Robinsons again for tea, and a bit of shopping. Getting sick of eating out already, but not much we can do about that until we get home.

Did the readings again with Silas reading in turn, good to see he hasn't lost his ability to read most words.

Wanted to get an early night again, but also need to update the diary and the blog, we thought we would have plenty of time, but alas, we are not good time managers, or managers of our time, not sure which. Matt is sleeping peacefully next to me, while I type up the diary, and the boys are also sleeping soundly. I think it is time to turn off the light now and go to sleep. Goodnight.