09:00 headed to the aquarium. Our initial plan was to even start the day earlier. Although the aquarium opens at 08:30 there already seem to be a lot of people around. The area consists of the main building which displays the aquarium and interesting knowledge around marine science as well as a flower park and outdoor dolphin pool. At set times specific shows will start such as feeding the fish in the aquarium, introductory movie around corals or the dolphin show. We constructed a good plan which allowed us to attend the main shows in the early morning and in the afternoon we would go through the aquarium. At around 13:00 you do feel that there are a lot more people especially children around.
14:30 we finished the aquarium and went to the nearby beach. We noticed in hindsight though, that we did miss the flower garden area. The nearby beach was divided into 3 parts and had plenty of space and even a beach volleyball net. A free parking garage was also located around 5 min away by foot.
18:00 we head to our Hostel but did make a detour to the heart rocks. Supposedly the rocks look like rocks, which they kind of do but not as impressive as you would expect for a google entry with the name heart rock.
21:00 getting home
Learnings:
Some corals are in a symbiotic relationship with plants called zooxanthellae which live inside the skin of the coral animals. The zooxanthellae provide carbohydrate food for the coral. Apparently those corals form the coral reefs and are only seen in clean, relatively warm water with good sun lights due to the requirements of the photosynthesis process.
Fetus of a great white shark feeds on milk and unfertilized eggs in the uterus of the mother shark.