We walked about a mile to the Underwater Observatory, the second tour that we purchased Monday. We first rode in the glass bottomed boat
and saw the corals and fish. This was very interesting. Later, we saw the glass bottomed boat again from above and were surprised just how far it had gone before it turned around.
The guide said that the corals are natural, not planted or encouraged in any way. I especially liked two of the corals -- one looked like a large green moss rock -- another looked like a big pink fan that caught fish on which more corals were growing. I asked the guide about the patches of sand. She said corals need a rock or something to grow on. They can't grow on bare sand. She pointed out that the corals are living, breathing, reproducing, and growing all the time.
There were many air conditioned buildings on the grounds. One had an IMAX type presentation of whales. It was very well done, and the seats moved along with the movie -- very effective. The movie showed whale poachers and the foiling of their illegal intentions by dropping two people from a helicopter, who cut the net before it could ensnare the huge whale. Whales must move to take in enough oxygen or they will die.
Other buildings had displays of exotic fish and sharks, playground equipment for children,
huge turtles -- very interesting marine displays. Unfortunately, while watching a very interesting octopus trying to pick up a plastic bottle,
I realized that I was getting very seasick. We had a prepaid lunch, but I couldn't eat it. The long, hot walk back was miserable, and I took a shower and slept from the time we got back (2:30-3:00) and slept all night.
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