So yesterday when we didn't make it into the museum we asked about today. They recommended that because the museum opens at 9:30am, we should get there at 8:30 to beat the queue. Of course. Arrive an hour before opening time to get into a museum!
And so we did. I'm not kidding.
We got up super early and caught a taxi over there. When we arrived there were already about a hundred people in line. Dad got in the ticket office queue (only a little shorter) and I got in the entrance line. Lucky we did because by the time dad joined me in the queue it had already gone done the stairs, around a corner and onwards. This not including the members only queue.
Then at opening time the line was huge beyond description, luckily we took pictures! See the far left of the picture? Next to the trees? Really really far away? Now see the little dots there? That's the end of the queue. But the start of the visible queue there? That's already a quarter of the way down the queue. I couldn't fit the whole queue in one shot. At opening time.
But THEY don't matter because WE got in on the first set. Muahahahahahaha!
But already we had to be quick again because already another queue was forming to get tickets to the planetarium show! Luckily we got those too, gee we're good.
We then went to the aquarium section which was pretty cool. You should have seen some of the fish! They were incredible! Oh wait... you can! We have photos!
But that's not the most amazing marine animal we saw. Meet the albino alligator! (I know, omg right?)
How creepy is that??? It's white! And it's an alligator! By George, it's an albino alligator! Oh, I already said that!
The museum also has a living roof;
And an African hall;
And of course, that indoor rainforest I was talking about (it's in a bubble!);
It's also got an underwater tunnel thingy underneath it which is really cool to look at from above;
At all of these things as well as the cafe and bathrooms there was yet another mega queue but it was all worth it. That place was incredible. The rainforest had lots of butterflies and there were penguins and some great exhibits that I haven't put up photos of. In the gift-shop we got a plastic albino alligator.
We then caught the trams again but this time we didn't stop at Union Square, we took the trams all the way back to Fisherman's and walked back to the hotel for a rest before dinner- it had been a very busy day so.
By the way did I mention it's New Year's Eve today? It is. It's funny because there are about a million balloon company delivery vans rushing all over the city to various party locations. I'm looking forward to a walk around Fisherman's at night, hopefully there'll be some sights to see this NYE. I'll report back on that later.
Goodbye all and goodbye 2008!!! You've done me well!
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