Happy 4th of July (family trip "collage"/"travelogue")

To my American friends of the forum, may I wish you a happy 4th of July.

I happened to have taken today off from work, and took my family to a local Hong Kong tourists' attraction, Ocean Park, for a day.

Let me share with you some of the (albeit lousy) photos that I took!

1. Doing some last minute preparation (by checking out its web-site) before heading off to the park:
   

2. Got there a bit late (later than I have anticipated). I must say I have not really set foot in this park for years. Going to this park was one of every Hong-kong kid's dream:
   

3. Promised my son that I would show him some sharks. Heading towards to the aquarium:
   

4. Saw lots of sardines... perhaps more than I have ever seen at any given time (including from the supermarkets):
   

5. A hammer shark!
   

6. well... I am fully equipped... with a watch that matched the occasion. Look, I wouldn't dare wearing anything but a watch that has a 2000m water resistance rating to an aquarium... ;-)
   

7. Spider crabs!
   

8. well... nice water fountain:
   

9. waiting for my sons while they were having fun at the carousel. (a bit dark, I know)
   

10. just to show that I really WAS at the carousel... waiting...
    

11. and waiting some more...
    

12. nostalgia...
    

13. where to go next...?
    

14. how 'bout taking a ride on the new Ocean Express to the other side of the park?
    

15. at the other side of the park, I checked out a place where they kept all their jelly-fishes... and boy, did my watch glow!
    

16. again, putting my watch where it belonged... :-)
    

17. pardon me... but as I couldn't use my flash, and the relatively poor camera of my smart-phone didn't really help either... let me give it another try:
    

18. ohh!! I kept on taking photos of my watch, I almost forgot to take photos of the jelly-fishes!
    

19. another shot... (of my watch)
    

20. see... jelly fish!

21. I went to see some giant pandas as well...
    

22. I felt embarrassed when I asked my sons to check out this "raccoon". Turned out it was a form of pandas called "red pandas" or simply known as "fire-fox":
    

23. another shot of the raccoo... I mean the fire-fox:
    

24. giant panda chewing on her bamboo shoots:
    

25. a distant cousin of some supposedly pre-historic creature, that is still alive today:
    

26. a shot from top of the park, where it overlooked at some good scenery of Hong Kong:
    

27. A funny looking gold fish:
    

28. ahh... cable cars. The only means of transportation within the park for decades before they recently introduced the Ocean Express.
    

29. What a day. It has been very exhausting yet fulfilling. My kids had load of fun. So... what's for dinner?
    

Have a nice day!

KS (Low),

Just so you know, although I didn't dive, I could still wear my aquatimer and take under-water shots with some sea creatures, like you would! ;-)

If only I had a Deep One or Two...

drool

thanks for the pics Kelvin - love the family pics, especially of your wife's and kids', on facebook.

Deep One ?? Here are some preview pics from my Tokyo travelogue ... lol.

Nice way to spend the day with your AT. First time I have ever seen a Firefox, and not the browser.

Thank you Kelvin for the lovely report. The park looks great and you have indeed the perfect watch for it!

Kind regards,

Clemens

same here... that was the very first thought of mine (regarding the firefox) when I first read the sign, and learned that it was not a raccoon.

Boy, when I went home, I attempted to do a search on google for firefox... all that came up was information on the browser, not the animal!

That's a lot of watch photos. :) Love the lume shot.

Kelvin,

AT2000/white dial, a Forum and my favorite. Nice adventure with family and that companion on your wrist.

Thanks for taking us along...

Andy

Kelvin, thanks for the holiday wishes. Your a great dad to take your children to such an adventure, fun and learning something.
Thanks for sharing,glad to see you really enjoying your AT.
Regards,
Kevin