My Gratitude Attitude: Today, I say thank you for ---: March 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Waterplay at Atlantis

Take note, full battle geared Indonesians in the backdrop.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Traipsing Along Gelanggang Samudra

This stone arch entrance drew images of Jurassic Park's entrance.

From otters riding bikes, shooting hoops and sashaying for a kiddie audience...

To this anorexic looking bear (so far from the cuddly stuffed species!).

Oh but the seals and just adorable. A hands down favorite of ours.

...even if it did splash us with water as it came close!

A perfect candidate to tummy stapling and Xenical. The Hip hip hippo!!!

Unable to wait for the gates to open, we snuck into the tanks where the trainors were giving the dolphins a workout...

Sure enough, there they were!

Waxing neurotic with that 70s tune: "They called him Flipper, Flipper....faster than lightning...."

A genie or the missing-in-action Mr. Clean (who signed up with the POEA as an Pinoy Overseas Contract Worker in Jakarta). Tee hee hee.

Hmmm...more genies

...and rides

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

A Day at Seaworld Indonesia

Julian loved Seaworld Jakarta, the biggest aquarium and oceanarium site in South East Asia. We saw 4,000 fish and 300 species of sharks. We were told the shark pool contains three out of the five most fierce shark species in the world and that once, the shark started attacking the feeding crew. Luckily, the feeding crew was able to escape and survive. However due to this incident, feeding crews are now required to enter a steel cage before entering the shark pool.

The feeding of the piranhas alone was pretty cool too. I preferred watching the hungry group of piranha that cleaned out the fish dangled in the water in just seconds. If you looked close enough you could actually see the fishbones! Hehehe. I couldn't get close enough to take a shot of the row of sharp teeth that tore at fish flesh.

Aaaaaaaaaaargh!

OK sweetie, say "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" while I shovel some raw fish in!

Julian, on the other hand, especially loved watching the dugong feeding on sea grass in its large aquarium as it was fed by the caretaker-divers.

Later, the dugong came up to Julian and appeared to get all friendly! No thanks, we've had lunch!

A whatchamacallit shark cozies up to Julian. Pucker up mahal??? YIKES!!!

The tourguide said that the antinessa tunnel and acrylic viewing windows actually made the marine life look smaller than they actually were.

The touchpools were cool as you could actually feed the animals. They asked us to use sticks to feed the baby sharks and rays (yes, I actually held one) and sea turtles.

Loved this uncertain look on Julian's face. He was probably fearful the pawikan would snap up and eat up his fingers.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Taman Impian Jaya Ancol Gondola

It also got me confused in the beginning, but the "Gondola" in Taman Impian Jaya Ancol is a skylift cable car system with thirty-seven cars, no different from that of the Sugarloaf ("Pao de Azucar") in Rio de Janeiro (wow, flashbacks!!!). It is built along the shore of Jakarta's bay and offers a spectacular view of the resort and the sea as well as the city.

The Gondola actually goes past the roof of our cottage at the resort.

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Dunia Fantasi

Our day at the Dunia Fantasi themepark turned out quite well. The weather favored our day outdoor.

Julian was still a good sport even if he turned out to be too small for the "Halilintar" twisted roller coaster ride (besides, the looped cork screw thing could have been way too much for a first timer like him!), the Niagara flume ride and the Tornado. He still enjoyed the "Bianglala" ferris wheel, the "Piring Oleng Ombang Ombang", the "Rajawali" and the "Ontang Anting" wave swinger.

The "Halilintar": a good incentive for drinking more milk!