Just head to Siam Paragon mall where you’d find the awesome aquarium taking up most of the lower ground section covering 10,000 square meters.
Some 30,000 marine creatures were found here.
After our fantastic and relaxing spa stay in Cha-Am, we returned to Bangkok to spend a day and night before taking our flights back to the old KL city life.
Nothing’s complete without a shopping spree in the last leg of the trip right? Where else to do it than Bangkok?!
It’s my second visit to the Siam Ocean World, and because the first trip was pretty rushed and there were a lot of fish and activity I missed out, I was determined to catch the 4D movie and perhaps snap some good photos this time round.
Fish or worm? You decide.
One of the biggest highlights of the aquarium would be the frozen (and very real) giant squid and giant tuna at the end of the tour. Though the giant squid has since been removed from the aquarium, which I saw on my first trip there, the giant tuna was still there when I visited. *photo of said tuna at the end of post*
For now, let’ enjoy some of the photos I’ve taken, shall we?
(Well, there’s nothing much we can talk about an aquarium right? Let me take you on a tour and you tell me if you’re intrigued to visit the place yourself ;))
Oh this is where you can do glass bottom boat tour, which was pretty pointless actually. Just go diving la!
Oh, you can actually dive into Siam Ocean World's 2.8 million litre oceanarium to swim with the fish; if you have the extra money and extra pair of clothes.
This bugger was swimming so fast most of the time, 10 out of 11 photos I took looked more like this photo below.
Then there was the ugly stone fish.
And a pretty big gold fish.
I particularly liked this red darling because it was so photogenic; it posed for my camera and allowed my lens to go so near to it without flinching! (as if fish can flinch, duh)
And some really
Oh, I saw this creature! That’s like, really gross~ *bimbo tone*
What’s the name of this thing again? Damn, it’s at the tip of my tongue!
(Anyone care to help?)
Then I saw some super cute FAT overfed otters.
Definitely overfed.
Second time photo session with the aquarium car (a car turned into an aquarium)
Some super fast penguins.
The infamous sand tiger shark!!
You’ll find him on the webpage of the Siam Ocean World
Now here comes the magical part of the post.
These are really enchanting and I was pretty bumped out I had to rush through these on my first trip. But this time I could slowly go through each one and harass them with my SLR.
Introducing, the beautiful creatures of the dark (ocean).
These are luminous in the dark, incredibly mystical aren’t they?
And my most prized photo:
I put a big fat watermark in the centre so that no one can steal nice photo from me anymore. Hmph!
Now I’m seriously considering selling my photos online. @_@ Should I? Really?
And not that I want to be a spoiler jerk, but who knows, the final piece might not even be there anymore the next time you or I visit.
So here it is, the Giant Frozen Tuna Fish.
It’s actually pretty big, considering that I’m standing quite a distance from the block of ice behind me. Just try to imagine the little adult man on the left side of the photo in comparison to the fish. It’s enough tuna to feed an army!
So that’s about it. I hope you enjoy. Dream about jellyfish tonight k? :D
