FANG-IT!: Hong Kong...part 3

Before there was even a Hong Kong Disneyland, there was already Ocean Park Hong Kong. Opened in 1977, Ocean Park houses a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park, 19 rides and other attractions. To date and to my knowledge, tourists and locals still prefer to go to Ocean Park than Disneyland specially the mainlanders (China). When I went to Ocean Park, it happened to be a holiday in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan because of the dragon boat festival. Which meant the park was super crowded. Mainlanders are the main components of the crowd but there were also Indians, Malaysians and Filipinos.

Ocean Park Main Entrance

Ocean Park is actually divided into two sections separated by mountains. Each section has its own entrance/exit. To move from one area to the other, you can either take the cable car...

...and for people like me who are afraid of heights, we can now rejoice since Ocean Park has decided to build a train that passes through a mountain to cross to the other side.

At one section of Ocean Park, you will see one or two live Pandas if one is lucky

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Giant Panda Habitat

There's also a bungee trampoline

The Sky Star which is basically a giant balloon that you could take a ride on (although that day it was closed for maintainance)

that is Whisker, by the way, one of Ocean Park's official mascots.

There's also a Bird Theatre with owls, hawks, and other feathered friend showing their talents

I was one of the early 'birds' so this was taken before the show even started

Shy owl with his not-so-shy trainer

A Goldfish Treasures

There's also a purely kids area called Whisker's Harbour...with rides like the Frog Hopper, Mini Ferris Wheel, games similar to carnivals, merry go round, etc

There's a sea lion show but i didn't bother to watch as the show schedule did not match mine.

So off I went to the other section of Ocean Park, riding the dimly lit train (not complaining here...still a lot better than taking the cable car)

These are some of the rides available...

None of the rides actually interested me as I am afraid of heights.

There is also the famed world's second longest outdoor escalator....its like 4 super long escalators and believe me, if you're afraid of heights like I am, hold on tight to the railing. Im not kidding when i tell you that during my ride down one of the escalators, the one going up suddenly stopped and a number of people were frozen and refused to move either up nor down ( i would be the same and would hold on for dear life)