Today we got up a bit earlier and went to Ocean Park. It is a great place to visit, they have some giant pandas there as well as a fantastic Atoll Reef exhibition.
We took the MTR to Admiralty, then a bus to the Park. N_M told me there was an escalator up to the top, but I had no idea it would be so scary! There were actually 6 very long escalators going straight up the side of the mountain and I hated it!
There are some great aviaries to walk around, with some beautiful and interesting birds inside.
At the top we visited the Atoll Reef, it knocks the Blue Planet into a cocked hat as the saying goes. The Atoll is divided into 4 levels of the underwater strata, starting from the reef fish at the top, down to the sea floor where the turtles and rays etc are to be found.
The public are able to walk around all 4 levels, and while we were there, a diver went in to do the feeding. He had a big basket of fish which he threw into the water, or the rays came right up to him to be fed by hand, it was an amazing sight.
We had a ride up the Ocean Park Tower, a ride which carries you 200m above the ground and turns around 360 degrees so that you can take photos of all directions.
Then we went to see the Sea Jelly Spectacular. What a splendid place that is, all in darkness,
with floor to ceiling aquaria filled with jellyfish, all lit in different colours with mirrors all around. You really feel as though you are swimming with them.
We had lunch in a fabby Chinese Restaurant there, where they happily prepared my lunch especially because of my mushroom allergy. That was the best meal we've had so far.
Then it was time to catch the cable car all the way back down to the bottom to see the pandas. Honestly, they're the laziest animals around! It was very late in the day when we got in to their enclosure, but normally there are massive queues to get in there, and all you get to see is a tv screen of the 2 giant pandas sleeping in their quarters!
The two babies were a gift to Hong Kong from China, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Takeover, and they only arrived in July. They were laying outside to be oohed and aahed at, but they slept soundly all through!
Then it was time for the park to close and us to return to the city. I think you could walk around here for weeks and never see the same shops or stalls twice. You can quite literally shop until you drop, and we often do.
Tomorrow we're spending time with N_M's brother and sis-in-law in a different part of Hong Kong, so more to follow tomorrow night.
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Sounds like you and N_M are having a brilliant time in Hong Kong you lucky devils Love LL
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