Hello All,
In the middle of February was one of my co-workers' birthdays. She invited all of us to go to Sea Life Park. I had class on that Saturday morning but I met them after class. I had quite an adventure getting to Sea Life Park that day. First off the bus was a half an hour late and then at one of the bus stops in Kailua an older gentleman fell off the bus. He didn't get hurt or anything but the police had to come file a report and the bus manager had to come. After another 30 minute or so delay and we were finally back on our way. I finally got to Sea Life Park an hour after I was expecting to get there but still had a fun time. Here's the pictures from the afternoon at Sea Life Park.
Here's a picture of me and the birthday girl, Dawn. Cristina is behind us and she also works at the Registrar's office. Their roommates from the dorms were also there.
This is the first thing you see when you walk in the entrance. Last year I volunteered for a President's Host event here. That was a fun night.
The first exhibit you walk through is the Hawaiian Reef Tank. You walk around the entire tank.
See the scuba diver cleaning the tank.
That was a huge and I do mean HUGE string ray.
Its a parrot fish. I have tons of pictures of these from snorkeling.
There were sharks in the tank too.
When you leave the Hawaiian Reef Tank you see the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Lagoon. There are lots of green see turtles and the all have a letter painted on them so you can tell who is who. You can also buy cups of sea turtle food to feed them.
So cool :-)
This is the Kolohe Kai which is where the sea lion show is held.
They had a 2 sea lions perform for us as beauty pageant finalists. They had 3 rounds of competition between Miss California and Miss Baja Mexico.
Miss Baja Mexico painted a picture and the person in the audience who guessed what the picture was got to take it home.
This was from the question and answer portion.
This was the winner......Miss California.
After the sea lion show I went to see the dolphin, sea lion, penguin show in the Hawaii Ocean Theatre.
The first performer of the show was the penguin.
He was just too cute.
Then they showed us how in tune the dolphins are with their trainers. The trainer walked around the tank showing how the dolphin will respond and perform with her.
The last performer before the big finale of the show was the sea lion.
These 2 pictures are the ones I took of the finale of the show.
Penguins in Hawaii...crazy, right? They were just catching some rays.
This guy was just too cute. He was just sitting by the window waiting to get his picture taken.
Across from the penguin habitat was the sea lion feeding pool. They were so noisy. You could hear them all over the park.
Between the Ocean Theatre and Dolphin Cove was the Hawaiian Monk Seal Habitat. They were just enjoying the sun.
Isn't Hawaii just beautiful. Going to places along the coast like this I just feel myself saying "Wow it is so pretty here." I even find myself saying that when I look out the window. I don't get out as much as I did when I first got here but when I do it really makes me appreciate being here and getting to experience a place as unique as Hawaii.
This is one of the holding pools in Dolphin Cove.
They were all playing with basketballs and volleyballs.
This is the main pool at Dolphin Cove where guests get to heave their dolphin encounters and the Dolphin Cove Show. I didn't make it to Sea Life Park early enough to see that show.
Sea Life Park has the honor of being the only place in the world to have a Wholphin. This is a cross between a false killer whale and a bottlenose dolphin.
This was right before the park was about to close. These dolphins had just finished their last dolphin encounter of the day. They were getting some extras treats that were well deserved.Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses :-)
