Last week, I invited my cousins to stay in our apartment for the reason that we have a surprise for them — a trip to Manila Ocean Park!
Early morning, I woke them up and said to get dress and we’ll go some place they never been to (including me!). They immediately rushed to the comfort room to take a bath and make themselves comfortable with their dress.
And of course, my little greta is so excited too even though she doesn’t know what is happening around her. The important thing for her is the word “aalis sya…?” which denotes “sya” as “her”. So cute!
We rode 2 taxis. One taxi to my wife, Christina together with Margrette, Jessa, Mae and Mai-Mai. Nikki, Michelle and Binok are with me on the other taxi. It is an exciting experience coz we all don’t know the place and what it is look like in real (we only saw the place when Jessica Soho feature this on her show last Saturday). I decided to take them to this place because of unique feature that this place will offer and also of the experience that they will get from here.
We arrived at around 11:00 AM and waited more than 30 minutes because we’re not complete yet, my wife and my cousins are not here yet.
They arrived almost 12:00 PM already and the first thing we did was to shoot pictures!
The fare:
Adult: Php 400.00
Children: Php 350.00
I think the entrance fee is fair enough considering the maintenance of the place, feeding of all fish and employees.
The place is very very very educating especially to students who like to learn more and see the fish live not just by seeing only on their textbooks. Very informative, every aquarium includes a “manifesto” of fish origin and scientific name.
One window that really catches my attention and I personally like is the eel that I forgot the name! Anyway, here is the photo:
These little creatures are so cute and enjoyable to watch!
My comments:
One thing I noticed during our stay on the park are the yellow-shirted employees which they call them Park Guide assistants. They are the one explaining to people what the name of the fish, how they live, how they eat, etc etc. But they only cater foreigners(?). They only assist foreigners along their way explaining all those fishes to them. What about us?
Another thing is that only few employees are visible during and after the tour. Maybe because its a weekday? I dont know.
Dugong and Butanding are endangered species that we didn’t see in real. Only pictures are being posted.
The spotlight that displays screen saver shows Windows XP taskbar! Are you kidding me? Does you version of XP do not have a hide feature? Geez!
Overall impression: The place is a good way to educate people to the wonders of the sea and at the same time preserve our sea creatures that are tagged as endangered. I hope people behind this wonderful park can maintain the place the way it is now.
Another one for the Philippines! Hooray!
See more of my pictures at my Picasa Web Album.
