Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MY DAY TRIP TO KLCC AQUARIA KUALA LUMPUR

My darling hubby promised to bring us to Aquaria since last year and he kept his promise. Instead of bringing us last year, he did the right decision by bring us this year as Aisya is now a little older (10 months) and is in the period time of exploring her surroundings. She is now more curious and more aware of new things. In the early morning of 13 February 2011, we woke up early as usual for our prayers. Aisya woke up early too as if sensing she's on to a great outing that day...

Thankfully my dear hubby did his homework before the trip, It opens as 11.00 am and we arrived around 10.50am and there were a few people queuing outside the main entrance. Most of them were tourists and I realize we were the only local people at that time. Within a few minutes more people were arriving and the queue was getting longer and longer..It was Sunday and I was not surprise with the big crowd. A few minutes after 11.00am, the gate opens up and as we enter the main entrance and were greeted by all the staff there. I was surprised with the warm greetings given, the warm hospitality answers my first assumption how KLCC Aquaria got their Best Malaysian Award for Best Indoor Fun 2008 and Best Attraction 2009. The admission fee for Adult was RM35 while for children was RM25. However for Aisya (below 3 years old) was free of charge.

The first fish I saw was the Red-Bellied Piranha swimming in groups and they were bigger that what I expected. Aisya was more excited than I was and I let her lean facing the glass tank. She kept tapping the glass wall hoping to touch the fishes, if only she knew how much the piranha wanted to 'touch' her too.
Opposite the tank was the DNA touch pool with Bamboo Shark, starfish and the Horseshoe Crab. It was breakfast time for the fish and the crabs, so with the clear explanation given by the staff and watching them feed the Bamboo shark was a good start off for us. I took the opportunity touching the Horseshoe Crab and Aisya took her opportunity dipping her feet in the pool with her socks on!! Thankfully I brought extra socks for her and I was relieved it was a 'touch pool' and there were no carnivorous fish interested with her tiny feet (the Bamboo Shark was to small and harmless).

       In front of the Red-Bellied Piranha tank

Aisya taking a close look at the Bamboo Shark

I was surprise to see other animals like Otters and Water Rats there as I thought there were only fishes to see. They were running around their enclosure excitedly and totally got Aisya's attention. As we were heading our way down to the second floor, we were stopped by the guard there and were politely ask to use the lift instead, as he saw us pushing the stroller and it was heavy to bring down using the stairs. Thank you Mr.Guard :) As we reach the bottom floor, we were mesmerized by the giant size tube tank full of fishes. Such a great view to take pictures.

                                         Aisya loves to see the yellow butterflies

                                         The giant size tube tank full of fishes

                                         Aisya says " Hello Mr. Turtle!!"

                                          You look sleepy...

                                         The Fantail Ray swimming above the tunnel

                                          A close ancounter with the shark
The 90m acrylic tunnel was a great way in making the visit much more interesting. There was a huge Blothed Fantail Ray, Giant Groupers, turtles and also sharks greeting us when we went into the tunnel. It was as if we were walking into the deep ocean and the fishes were swimming around us. It was such a great experience for all of us. As we entered the end of the tunnel, we were just in time for the live feeding demonstration at 12 noon at the Aquatheatre. They were 2 in-house divers and as we were celebrating Chinese New Year, one of the divers were dressed as 'Tsai Shen' or known as the 'God of Wealth'. They fed the Blothed Fantail Ray, sharks, turtle and all the other fishes we saw earlier in the tunnel. We were one of the earliest people arriving there and we manage to sit just in front. Everybody was sitting on the floor in front of the Aquatheatre and it made the activity more relaxing. It was the highlight of the day...we also got the opportunity to take pictures with the divers too..

                                                Aisya and Daddy in the tunnel


         Aisya and Daddy having a close look at the Ray and the turtle

       The 'Tsai Shen' diver during the feeding demonstration

       The diver couldn't be seen as he was surounded by the hungry fishes..

     The diver waving good bye to Aisya

The visit to Aquaria was worth it..I'll definitely come again one day when Aisya is a bit older and stayed a little longer.. Thank you hubby for that great trip..

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