While I’m in Canada over the next few weeks I’ll be posting some blog posts from the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Archive. Today we’ll travel to Underwater World in Pattaya, Thailand (originally published 12/30/2009). It’s the local aquarium with an impressive underwater tunnel that stretches on forever.
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You’ve probably never heard of Pattaya Thailand. At least in the context of what this city in Thailand has to offer. Brian and I hope that you know that we are applicants in the Ultimate Thailand Explorer Contest to Pattaya Thailand. Over the next few weeks we’d like to get you acquainted with this resort community on the East Coast of the Gulf of Thailand. In our first post about Pattaya, we’d like to share with you an attraction that Ben is very fond of: the city aquarium Underwater World.
So began my adventure at Jazzin’ at the Shedd at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Aquariums are great, I have one in my home. Whenever I’m traveling and the city has an aquarium, I try my hardest to stop by and visit it. I can’t pinpoint when this fascination began. It might have been the summer I worked at the New England Aquarium in Boston, or the snorkeling trips I took on family vacations in the Caribbean. Whatever the reason, aquariums are cool. How could they be any better? Add a little Jazz music.
That’s Manta, the newest coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. It also happened to be our first stop Saturday night on an adventure at the aquatic-themed theme park here in Central Florida. Unlike most traditional coasters where riders are in a seated position, Manta rotates riders so that they are lying face down, as if they were flying – or gliding – through the water like a Manta Ray. It was terrifyingly awesome. Through the inversions, twists and descents, there was nothing beneath me to catch me should I fall. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience here in Orlando. Check it out!