Our class trip to the Dubai Aquarium

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Hello everyone,

Our kindergarten class went on a field trip to the Dubai Aquarium. It was amazing! After about an hour on the bus, we arrived at the mall and took our picture in front of the Burj Dubai. What was funny was that other people kept asking us if they could take pictures of the kids as well. Apparently some cultures think it is good luck to put their hand on the head of blond children...I certainly have an abundance of those in my class! I would have said no...being a North American and always feeling danger lurking in every corner but the parents that were with me did not mind therefore I went with it. We made our way to the food court and settled in to eat our lunch. The mall was practically empty as everything opens around 10 am and we had arrived shortly after that. We then walked to the entrance of the Dubai Aquarium where we were greeted by our guide. He sang songs and was really great with the kids. Our program was called Penguin Parade and all the week prior, I had been talking about penguins and we had seen a National Geographic movie about them. During the movie, there was a scene were a penguin was eaten by a seal. William exclaimed the day before the trip that he could not wait to see a seal eat a penguin. There were indeed seals there but luckily for me, no penguins were harmed much to some of the children's disappointment. There were very impressive displays of sea creatures and it was fascinating to see them up close. The tunnel was the best! The kids got to lay down on their backs to look up at the animals swimming by.
After our 2 hour tour, we went to the candy store "Candyliscious" and I bought the kids each an ice-cream cone. All in all it was a great day!

Sherry

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Photos

on the bus
These buses are smaller than back home and actually have seat belts!

We have arrived!
Here is a picture of the class and all the lovely parent helpers that accompanied us!

eating lunch
We went to the food court in the Dubai Mall to eat our lunches.

Penguin Parade
We were greeted and we started our tour by singing penguin songs.

Tank full of Nemos
Here the kids are looking at Nemo and Dory.

feeding the fish
We fed this cute type of fish that once fed will spit water.

Petting a crab
The kids got to touch this crab thing that looked prehistoric (can't remember the name)!

inside the tank
There was this cool bubble that the kids could climb into and look at the fish from inside the tank. This particular tank had a variety of poisonous ones.

rock fish?
This fish if stepped on causes complete paralysis! ...never going in ocean again! He looked kinda mad too.

the penguins
The kids loved the penguins. They would run back and forth in front of the tank and the penguins would chase them.

In the tunnel
Here we are in the tunnel where sharks, sting rays and other fish swam all around us.

laying down
Our guide told us to lay on our backs to look at what was swimming overhead. The kids loved looking at the sharks as they could see their teeth from below.

divers in the tank
We got to see divers feeding the fish.

ice-cream
Afterward, we went to Candyliscious and every one got an ice-cream cone.

Comments

[Marian]

What a GREAT Blog!
Looked like you guys had a ton of fun!!! Glad you all had a blast! :)

[tracy]

field trip
Hi Sherry, The field trip looks like it was great. It reminds me of a trip Kelly and Graham took their kids on last summer, and the kids were sitting in front of the aquarium where the shark (or maybe it was a killer whale...I can't remember at the moment) is swimming behind them. Kelly was taking the kids' picture while the fish was swimming right for them. In the pics that they were able to take, it clearly shows the shark (or whatever) opening its mouth to take a bite of the kids' heads....creeepy! I'll have to send you a copy of these pictures. Kelly said everyone who was around took notice and it was really weird. Cal and Frankie didn't know what was happening at the time but they started to wonder what was going on as people started to stare in their direction! Take care. Tracy

[jill]

What fun! You should send some pics with you in them too Sherry. Keep up the blog. It is always great hearing from you. Thanks again for sending them. Take care. Jill