Take me to the river

Last weekend we went on a river cruise to Tokyo Sea Life Park. Originally, we hoped we were going on this boat...

Love, exciting and new...

...then we hoped we were going on this boat...

Welcome to the future...today!

but instead we went on this boat. Boo!



The boat ride itself was nice - 75 minutes of river cruising. We went under this bridge...

...and past this building...



...avoiding swarms of deadly, brain-eating jellyfish...

Brain-eating jellyfish.

...until we finally arrived at Tokyo Sea Life Park!

Boasting a shark tank, penguin pool, dep-sea theatre, and bird watching centre, the Tokyo Sea Life Park is the perfect way to spend a hot summer day. Unfortunately, all these exhibits were closed when we got there, so we had to entertain ourselves with the beach and the ferris wheel.

The beach was crap. Dirt and stones are not beach. Most beaches don't have a cement foreshore. And there was a big sign saying "DO NOT SWIM". And it smelt funny.

All disappointment from the beach was forgotten when we got to the ferris wheel:

Big wheel keep on turnin'

This baby is 111 meters in diameter. Plus, the extra 6 meters climbed up to get on the thing, made us 117 meters above sea level! YEAH! To put that in perspective, just think of one meter, and multiply that 117 times.* Or, you could compare it to Sydney's Luna Park ferris wheel and the London Eye - 14 meters and 135 meters respectively.

Oh, and I ate a hot dog on a stick. That bit was fun.

Next week we are going on the good boat instead. We will get food on that boat.

*Yes, I miss Strangers with Candy.