Our first night there it poured but by morning it was just a mild rain. We kept getting flash flood alerts on our phones and they actually closed the Hana road (on the other side of the island).
We decided to spend the day at the aquarium to avoid the rain which worked out pretty well. Some of it was outside but the rain was off an on so we tried to stay in the buildings during the worst of the cloudbursts.
It seemed so funny to see Christmas decorations but feel hot and humid and wearing shorts!
The first thing we saw was the "nursery" where they had baby sharks including a baby black tip and a hammerhead which they said is very rare for them to have.
They had a little playground. :)
They had TONS of fish! Someone said this place is the largest aquarium in the western hemisphere. So many of the fish looked almost human in their faces. The flat guys with the pointy noses cracked me up.
This shark looked like it had an underbite. Haha.
This stingray was huge and awesome! He kept floating right over the top of the glass walkway.
Here's a video.
They had some pretty big sharks in this tank!
This was an actual research submarine. I wonder how many people they would send down in it!?
This was really cool...they had a box of sand with a topographical projector so whenever they would mound up the sand they could make island!
When they would push the buttons on this display it would light up a certain area of the island.
I am so thankful this was the only day we saw sharks. Haha.
This was a humpback whale display. I learned that they can be heard underwater from up to 5 miles away!
They had a huge sphere where they showed an IMAX type movie of the humpback whales in 3D. It was a little eerie to have the huge creatures floating in 3D above our heads!
Okay this is getting long so the rest of the pictures tomorrow!
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