Saturday, November 22, 2008

Sea Paradise: The Yokohama Aquarium

Last weekend we headed down to Yokohama to go visit Sea Paradise with a friend of mine from work and his family. The little digital camera I packed was woefully inadequate for taking pictures of the jumping dolphins, porpoises, and beluga whales during the Marine Mammal show, however I did catch a good picture of a Walrus doing its Macauly Culkin impression:



Sarah and Robert preparing to enjoy the show:



A 3-story tank:



And what aquarium would be complete without a snack stand in the form of a San Francisco cable-car? Interestingly, the poster you can see in the window at the end of the car informed me that the F-line train running from Fisherman's Wharf, up Market Street to Castro has only been in service since 1995. Who knew?



Anyhow, I know this is kind of a short post, but we're heading to Waikiki tomorrow for a week's vacation so there are a few last-minute details to finish up. The itinerary we've got planned looks something like this:


Sunday: lay on the beach & play in the water.
Monday: lay on the beach & play in the water.
Tuesday: lay on the beach & play in the water.
Wednesday: lay on the beach & play in the water.
Thursday: lay on the beach, play in the water, and eat Turkey.
Friday: lay on the beach & play in the water.
Saturday: lay on the beach, play in the water, and watch the Cougs lose.
Sunday: lay on the beach, play in the water, and head back home.


My folks are flying in on Wednesday and staying at the hotel next-door. We're staying at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani across the street from the beach -- much more economical than staying on the beach.

I'll post again once we've arrived and gotten ourselves situated.

3 comments:

gerrycammy said...

Was the sushi any good at the aquarium?

Frank Kirkbride said...

Not a bad schedule for the island vacation, EXCEPT on Saturday you will watch the Cougars WIN!!!

David Kirkbride said...

Yes, I guess that's so. My original post was before WSU's stunning upset of UW in the Apple Cup. My faith in our football team has been restored. Go Cougs!