Ocean Park

Today a few friends and I went to Ocean Park Hong Kong in Aberdeen. We went on two rides that weren't very thrilling compared to the massive rollercoasters in California theme parks. We also watched the Marineland show, featuring four dolphins and two sealions doing tricks.

The lunch I had at the park was mediocre. There wasn't a great variety of foods at the park, and the lines were massive. At least the price was decent in comparison to what American theme parks charge for food.

The main reason we went to Ocean Park was to see the Giant Panda exhibit. We saved the best for last and saw the female panda, Jia Jia, before we left. The male panda, An An, was asleep inside an empty cell that was shown on TVs throughout the exhibit.

It was pretty sad seeing Jia Jia just pace back and forth, and sometimes try to enter the cell. It was also disheartening that I could not get a good picture of the panda since using flash made it appear darker, but not using flash resulted in blurry photos.

However, I did leave the park with a few souvenirs. I wish we had left for the park earlier because we didn't have enough time to try more rides or see more exhibits, like the jellyfish exhibit.

At least I can say I've been to Hong Kong's oldest theme park. (It used to be the only one until Disneyland Hong Kong opened.) Alas, theme parks just aren't the same as they used to be when you were a child with your family or when you were a teen hanging out with friends.