Saturday, July 9, 2011

Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

Today we went for an out of the house adventure to the SOA. It is right beside the Pearl Tower so the girls got a quick peek at it too. The glass windows looked pink so the girls loved it. We'll save that tour for another day.
The under water tunnels at the SOA were cool. One of the largest in the world. It was crowded but we had a system. Going through the tunnels I went first with one child. Chris behind me with two others to give us our personal space. At the longest tunnel there was a conveyer belt which spread everyone thin. It was quite beautiful to see the "ocean" above and beside us. The girls loved the jelly fish, sting rays and turtles.



There was a cafeteria in the aquarium but we wanted to get out and walk around a bit. Found a big 'M' on the side of a building so had some McDonald's for lunch. A welcome change for the girls from eating traditional chinese food this week. No washrooms in any of the restaurants in the building, just one community washroom. So Carly and Jill got a chance to use the squat boxes I spoke of in an earlier blog. This time I was prepared with kleenex.

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