Manila Ocean Park Oceanarium and Shark Tank 2012

No Ocean Park is ever complete without an Oceanarium, a long glass tunnel which takes us underwater without getting wet. In the oceanarium, we got a good glimpse of how the other fishes interact with the other fishes in the wild, even with the limited space. Eels can be seen hiding under the corals, manta rays can be seen gliding their way through the other fishes and some lay low, minding their own business careful not to bump into others.

OMG ang sarap gawing sweet and sour fish!! Giant lapu-lapu

Since the fish are fast and I don't have the luxury of time waiting for them to pass nor chasing after them with a baby in hand amidst the big Sunday crowd, you need to make do with these blurry shots :D

At the very end of the whole attraction are Marco's most beloved creatures: Sharks!

The ceiling has a glass bottom to view stingrays

This giant tank holds several species of shark

Marco at the Trails to Antarctica

Miggy looks on to the nearby harbour :)

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Manila Ocean Park 2012 Exhibits

We took the kids out on a trip to the Manila Ocean Park two weekends ago. It was not easy taking care of children and their dad on a family day out. Their dad doesn't usually like taking the kids out to public places because he's always feels up to neck about taking care of the three. It's not that the kids misbehave, it's just that they're still too small to be be left unattended for even one minute. What we do is take them one at a time, while running errands or doing the grocery. Boring life for children, I know. It sucks to be children growing up around concrete with little greenery. I myself grew up climbing rocks, getting scraped by talahib and catching bugs from mango trees. Hopefully by next year we can find our own little house so the children has more space instead of the sad penthouse with no playmates.

The high ceiling at opening past the entrance looks like this. The glass separates the park entrance from Hotel H20.

It opens up to an even higher atrium, with three floors of attractions and retail/dining areas.

The kids take a quick pose at a photo of a shark while an attendant gathered our tickets

A flight of stairs led us to the first few exhibits, with thriving vines that hung from the ceiling

Have your photo taken while feeding koi (Php100)

Daddy E with the three Ms

And of course, with Mommy!

The iPhone4s takes wonderful photos :)

With one of my favorite fishes, the lionfish

This deck houses schools of larger fishes and gives them ample space to move like how they do in the wild

Huge pampano

This diver cleans the tank by vacuuming all the fish poop. 

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