Ushaka Marine World!

Hey all

Ali and I went to Ushaka Marine World yesterday! It was soo cool, way better than I was expecting! But unfortunately I have no pictures coz after thursday's fun run in with potential mugger I wasn't game to bring it. Which is a shame coz there would have been so MAD photos!

We went to the aquariam first - and I really get your addiction to fish and aquarims Christina - it was soo cool! I saw baby hammerhead sharks Alex - they were so cute! and bigger sharks - black pointers or something, this bottom dwelling shark and other big ones about 3m but they're not that dangerous. And these HUGE turtles, loggerheads and something else... and these jellyfish that glow in the dark, and starfish and an octopus and so many crazy-ass fish! LIke with weird noses and fan flippers and ones which were fluro orange and blue! I had no idea that those colours occured naturally... it was soo cool! I wish I could show you pictures. Oh well.

Then Chrissie, you'd be so jelous, I saw the penguin feeding! They are African Penguins and were pretty funny! I really hope we get to see some in Cape Town - i think we should be able to, not sure when they migrate tho...

Then we saw a dolphin show. Dolphins are way bigger than I thought they were! I was quite shocked. But there were amazing! they are soo smart and i have ethical dilemias about them being in captivity and performing tricks and stuff, but i was still very impressed! they sing and do flips and splash people and can do the hola hoop on their nose! Yes, its incredibly exploitative but dolphins do play in the wild too i guess.

We also say a seal pantomine. Which had humans acting and the seal coming in different bits and pieces - it pushed one of the actors off a 2m drop into the pool, then dived in to the theme song of Baywatch and pulled them out again! It was pretty funny! He/she kissed people, and held his/her flipper oven his/her nose in embarrassment!

So yeah, very touristy but a fun day out! Saw lots of amazing fish I had no idea existed and saw some cool animals! Then had a two hour bubble bath when I got home! Was very nice!