Thursday, August 23, 2012

Manila Ocean Park

Manila, Philippines
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I love aquariums! Oops... I guess the place is called an oceanarium according to wikipedia. D'oh, the place is called "Manila Ocean Park".

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Here's one of my favorite fishes, the cowfish!

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The exhibits were pretty interesting. It cracked me up a little when I saw the mussels. Hee-hee!

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Here's another one that cracked me up, crabs! I guess I'm not used to seeing stuff I eat in an aquarium.... He-he-he!

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Doesn't the eyes of these rays look sinister? =D

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Look at those lips! Does it remind you of Angelina Jolie? Hee-hee!

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Now this, is one happy fish! Just don't ask me what sort of fish this is... I don't remember at all! =)

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Here's a view of Manila Bay. I didn't realize before that there are a lot of ships there!

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This was hilarious! The vehicle you see is a sample of the public transportation in the Philippines called a jeepney. On top are cockroaches! Hee-hee! If ever you're in the Philippines, you should try riding on a jeepney. You won't believe how many people they can fit in there!

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They even have a sea lion show there! It's not like the sea lion show at sea world, but still, not bad. I can't believe I don't have any good photos from the walkway tunnel with acrylic walls so you feel like you're surrounded by the fishies! =) My favorite acrylic tunnel is the shark one at sea world San Diego! I won't forget the cartoon looking sharks there! He-he-he!

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I love the jellyfish exhibit here! I like looking at jellyfish, in an aquarium, not in the water with me in the ocean! =) Although, I've only seen jellyfish in the water when I was paddling in San Diego. There were two of them and both were as big as basketballs! It was pretty cool and at the same time scary! He-he-he!

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