Rick and Susan in China: Ocean Park

Our family has always enjoyed parks with sea life. The only problem with Ocean Park in Hong Kong was our nostalgic feelings made us miss our family on this fun day. We talked frequently of our memories with kids in SeaWorld and carried on with joy.

Hong Kong residents 65 and older enter the park with FREE admission. Rick was happy about that. I made a reservation, paid, downloaded all the “stuff” and still required 10 extra minutes to enter. I almost felt penalized for my youth.

The cable cars provided a scenic ride up the mountain.

Overlooking the ocean and islands on a cloudy day was spectacular.

The yellow seahorse on the mountain was formed with vegetation, what a clever way to highlight the species.

This photo doesn’t accentuate the shape as well as I’d hoped.

We approach the BIG, loop-to-loop roller coaster. Rick and I look at each other and say, “No way”, while Paul would be smiling and shouting, “Finally!”

We arrived in time for a brief educational instruction on sea lions and seals.

The Red Panda Rou Rou is really more like a raccoon but his colors were beautiful though his shyness prevented a good picture.

We thrilled at this bird following commands to cross the plaza to the waiting arm of the other trainer. The spread and color of the wings produced “ahhs” and “oohs” from all spectators.

The floral and green gardens were among my favorite displays in the park.

This dolphin sculpted from bushes seems to defy gravity.

I never tire of the jumping dolphins. The show reminded me so much of SeaWorld and how our family loved to cheer each time leaping whales or dolphins appears, arching over the blue water. That gave me one more reason to miss my kids on this outing.