Hong Kong – Day 4 – Ocean Park

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     We woke up early as usual but all of us had several good hours of sleep. We decided to go to Ocean Park today. This was the park I grew up with and it has been 30+ years since I have been there. We took the MTR and switched to the bus that led us to the park. We were on the upper level of the bus; the boys enjoyed it and Logan did not get sick. We walked around and checked out sea lions, seals and walruses, and later saw some pandas. Logan fell in love with a red panda stuffed animals at a gift shop and kept wanting to return to purchase it. Connor was looking forward to watching shows so I was keeping the show schedule in mind while we explored the park. We hopped onto a train to the Summit and saw the Thrill Mountain, but the boys were not interested to try any of the rides. The boys watched a small street show with a mountain music instrument while I grabbed some lunch for us. Afterward, we saw some penguins and a few arctic foxes which was cool. Then we headed back down to ride the cable car. Logan was a bit nervous with how high we were. And to be honest, I had forgotten how long this cable ride was and how it wrapped around the hill, and it was a bit nerve wracking for me too. But it offered a beautiful view of the hills and the sea. It took some tiimageme before we discovered that it was the same summit area where we were just earlier. We headed over to the Ocean Theater at that point which turned out to be perfect timing for the big show. We saw sea lions and dolphins swimming and performing. This performance seemed much shorter than what I remembered. The boys enjoyed it especially Connor and now he wishes to learn to swim so he can be in a show like that. Eventually we came back down with the express train, and fulfilled Logan’s wish to buy the red panda; and of course, Connor got one too. They both were so happy with their "friend" for the rest of the Hong Kong trip. Later we headed to the giant aquarium which was nice and had many cool creatures. Connor was still asking to see shows, and fortunately we saw a scuba diver feeding in the huge tank which met some of that expectation. The park was getting crowded by then and filled with groups of tourists from China. Stuart and I were a bit annoyed by many of the pushy and bad mannered tourists, but we still enjoyed the nice aquarium. By then, we were tired from the five hours of walking, even though we had missed checking out the koala bears, we decided to head out. As soon as we hopped on the bus, the boys fell asleep. We rested briefly at the hotel, then we walked back out to the mall to grab some food. All of us were exhausted that nothing seemed appealing, but we finally found something to eat that we were all happy with. After picking up some groceries and having a snack, we went down for the earliest night we had there, 9:30pm. All of us fell asleep without a single word once the light was out.

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