My last week in Hong Kong was indeed a whirlwind of dinner and lunch plans, packing and cleaning, planning with my relatives, and sad goodbyes with my new friends. I did squeeze in one full day for Hong Kong’s most popular tourist attraction. This short episode tells of my very last adventure of the semester.
Ocean Park is both an amusement park and a small zoo located on the southernmost tip of Hong Kong Island. Visitors can buy advance tickets for around 10 percent off (compared to the price “at the door”) at the Admiralty MTR Station - another one hour bus ride to the park itself starts from a special station outside the metro.
Honestly, I haven’t been to many different amusement parks, so I’m not sure how Ocean Park stacks up. Many rides are staples of the prototypical amusement park - a looping roller coaster, swinging ship, vertical drop, and river ride are some examples. Mini-games offer the chance to win prizes, but I think I wasted my money by trying the Ring Toss - that’s supposed to be the hardest one right? I did manage to win small stuffed animals playing a basketball-type game. The zoo at Ocean Park sets it apart, with an Aviary, Aquarium, and Giant Panda habitat. The Aviary exhibited exotic birds of all colors, including a flock of red and pink flamingos. The Aquarium showed me nothing new, which might be due to the National Aquarium in Baltimore being so close to my home in the States. I wondered how Giant Pandas could live in Hong Kong’s humidity, but I understood right away when I walked into the ice-cold, chilled habitat.
A final note: this Blog is almost finished - I’m planning to write 40 Episodes and tie up this study abroad experience nicely. When I finish all 40 Episodes, it’ll be fun to read back through this story. What a semester…
Next Episode: "Come To HK!"
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