S.E.A. Aquarium

The last day of the year was another fantastic day out to S.E.A. Aquarium on Sentosa Island. It is the world's largest aquarium and opened recently. They've just completed the complex and are still in the process of getting more fish, sharks and dolphins (Oliver was very sad he didn't see any dolphins) so it didn't look as good as they show you on their website yet.

But we were planning to go out in the evening for the big countdown so we thought this would be a perfect place for a quick visit, a nice cool indoor adventure.



We bought an annual pass so that we can visit there again, once they have more fish :)



I guess lots of tourists were in Singapore to spend their New Years Eve and thought this was a great place to visit. It was very crowded!!

I was a bit anxious as so many people were around me but not enough fish :(

See what I mean? It doesn't look like they had lots of fish in the great big tank right?



But the kids were very happy :) Here is Mina:



And Luca:



Did you notice? We were dressed in matching black top and jeans :)



This was quite cool, a glass floor to see some sharks and stingrays:



Luca loved these floating balls - as he called them:



When we walked into this area, I finally went Woooooow!! The Open Ocean Area was huge! Even though there were so many people you don't bump into anyone and can enjoy looking at amazing creatures.



There were seats like a theatre so you can either sit there or you could get close to the glass and see them. We decided to have a little picnic there (not sure we were allowed or not but no one came to tell us off).



Can you see little fish were following a huge manta ray?









We were well charged up for the rest of the attractions, like this shark sea tunnel: 





And more tropical fish:





This little guy was my favourite - they didn't move much, looked like fake fish on a string!



I love that most of the Singapore attractions have lots of kiddy educational play areas - this time it was a huge map of South East Asia.







We spent much longer than we planned to in the end. We hadn't had lunch and it was after 2pm! We had to treat ourselves for the last lunch of the year at our favourite sushi restaurant at Vivocity.





We might have ordered a little bit too much...

I am looking forward to visiting the aquarium again in a few months time. It will be our new weekend place to go for sure!