Saturday, August 22, 2009

Ocean park - Manila

Beginning of the Ocean Park in Manila

Roots...

Roots with a waterfall behind




Cool starfish


Clam


Seahorse


These fish just hovered, don't know what they are


Cow fish


Shark eggs


Found Nemo


Colorful lobster...yum!


really ugly fish


blue spotted manta ray


moray eel


lion fish


stick fish?


Angel


Wes looking at the Manta ray


Under the aquarium, very cool!


Manta ray from below



not a shark, it is a guitar fish


Shark tank from below




It tickles!




Shark tank

Friday, August 21, 2009

Ferry trip down the Pasig River to Manila Bay

Across from where we caught the boat......


Jeepneys!


And a market


The sidewalk is a fairly new improvement at this part of
the river


They also fixed up and painted the houses in this area

The bright colors remind me of Mexico

Fishing boat

Improved homes with skyscraper backdrop


Chicken feed plant, especially for the game fowl...
Ninja Game Fowl Feeds & Mighty Feeds





More homes




Squatters build their homes out of anything they can find


And anywhere they can...


And even under bridges...this is one of the reasons
typhoons are so devastating here.



This is boat (The River Star 2) ferries people back & forth
across the river


A guy on a homemade floatation device collects useful stuff


Parish Of Our Lady Of The Abandoned

A church peeks out over the river front homes

Cute kids watching the activity on the river

The wall says "Manila Boat Club"...not sure if this is still
the case

Pasig River Patrol boats

Police dogs


Closer view of the dogs that live under the bridge. The
sign says:

Welcome
MANILA POLICE DISTRICT
ADVANCE COMMAND POST
SWAT/EOD/K-9

View down river


Post office

It might be hard to see, but to get on or off at this location
you have to go through 2 other ferries!

After this romantic, scenic ride down the river we went to
the ocean park...next post