Amidst lot of lazing around, we started our day by taking a big red bus to Waterloo station from where we had decided to go to Sea World (London Aquarium).
Entering a dark corridor, I was wondering how this would be like but looking at the very first glass (magnifying) containing a starfish, I realized that this won't be bad. As we moved down the corridors, we saw hundreds of varieties of sea creatures - starfish, pacu, anemones, rays (they were amazing!!!), sharks, sea turtles, clown fish, sea snakes, crabs, sea horses, shrimps, and many more.
Fish of all different colour combinations possible and of course, all sizes were there. I had never seen a ray in my life, but it was great to see rays in an open pool where they were floating and moving everywhere. Their teeth at times, would twist in such a manner, as if smiling at you. Then there was a huge area containing 2 sea turtles, different kinds of tiny fish, large-sized rays and lots of sharks. Sharks of different types - brown shark, zebra shark, etc and they all had 2 very distinctive features - their scary jaws and their khoonkhaar expressions :P
Then we got a chance to touch a star fish. Orange in colour, it was very soft with a surface quite rugged to touch, but it was a very different experience. The section of tropical rain forests contained different types of sea horses and sea turtles. Poisonous frogs with skins of colours yellow & purple were kept in a separate cage. 'Bachpan mein jab frog ko green ki jagah koi aur colour ka kar do, to teacher anda deti thi', exclaimed Bhabhi.
Altogether, it was an experience of a lifetime, a great day. Highlights were seeing Mom become a little kid, full of excitement and of course, the moment when she was pointing to a fish over an open tank when the chewing gum in her mouth dropped and a fish quickly came and ate it up!
Thereafter, we munched a bit at McDonald's next to London Eye while feeding the left over French fries to the pigeons in this area. Yes, the pigeons in London eat French fries!
After London aquarium, we took a turn towards Big Ben and took a bus to Leicester Square where we had Belgian waffles and awesome ice-cream at Haagen-Dazs. And then to Piccadilly again, clicking more pictures, this time while standing atop the Piccadilly statue. Uske baad, tube pakdi and reached Westminster where we clicked pictures around Big Ben and London Eye again, this time after dark. After this, we took the tube to the Tower of London. Cutting through the side of the Tower Museum, we reached the Tower Bridge (commonly known as London Bridge by all those who've never seen London). Walking on the Tower Bridge, we experienced thandi hawa ke zabardast jhonke. And then, another big red bus and we were back to Liverpool Street.
Mausam ka haal - As the past 2 days, sunny during the day and very windy after the dark
Entering a dark corridor, I was wondering how this would be like but looking at the very first glass (magnifying) containing a starfish, I realized that this won't be bad. As we moved down the corridors, we saw hundreds of varieties of sea creatures - starfish, pacu, anemones, rays (they were amazing!!!), sharks, sea turtles, clown fish, sea snakes, crabs, sea horses, shrimps, and many more.
Fish of all different colour combinations possible and of course, all sizes were there. I had never seen a ray in my life, but it was great to see rays in an open pool where they were floating and moving everywhere. Their teeth at times, would twist in such a manner, as if smiling at you. Then there was a huge area containing 2 sea turtles, different kinds of tiny fish, large-sized rays and lots of sharks. Sharks of different types - brown shark, zebra shark, etc and they all had 2 very distinctive features - their scary jaws and their khoonkhaar expressions :P
Then we got a chance to touch a star fish. Orange in colour, it was very soft with a surface quite rugged to touch, but it was a very different experience. The section of tropical rain forests contained different types of sea horses and sea turtles. Poisonous frogs with skins of colours yellow & purple were kept in a separate cage. 'Bachpan mein jab frog ko green ki jagah koi aur colour ka kar do, to teacher anda deti thi', exclaimed Bhabhi.
Altogether, it was an experience of a lifetime, a great day. Highlights were seeing Mom become a little kid, full of excitement and of course, the moment when she was pointing to a fish over an open tank when the chewing gum in her mouth dropped and a fish quickly came and ate it up!
Thereafter, we munched a bit at McDonald's next to London Eye while feeding the left over French fries to the pigeons in this area. Yes, the pigeons in London eat French fries!
After London aquarium, we took a turn towards Big Ben and took a bus to Leicester Square where we had Belgian waffles and awesome ice-cream at Haagen-Dazs. And then to Piccadilly again, clicking more pictures, this time while standing atop the Piccadilly statue. Uske baad, tube pakdi and reached Westminster where we clicked pictures around Big Ben and London Eye again, this time after dark. After this, we took the tube to the Tower of London. Cutting through the side of the Tower Museum, we reached the Tower Bridge (commonly known as London Bridge by all those who've never seen London). Walking on the Tower Bridge, we experienced thandi hawa ke zabardast jhonke. And then, another big red bus and we were back to Liverpool Street.
Mausam ka haal - As the past 2 days, sunny during the day and very windy after the dark
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