London Things

Whilst I may attend a 'University of London', it's not as close as you would think, so there are still many facets of the capital that I am yet to explore. Last weekend I expanded my knowledge of the city that little bit further. Close to my favorite place, the south bank, lies the London Aquarium, and so Prince Charming and I went on an underwater adventure.

With priority tickets at £21.33 you get a lot for your money if you consider the amount of maintenance required to look after the various fish and other creatures (oh yes - there's more than just fish!). If you're going to the aquarium I would definitely recommend buying online and going for the priority/ queue jump option, as the queues can get pretty huge; I still have nightmares of queuing up to go on the London eye, and let's face it, 'ain't nobody got time fo' dat'.

So once you've whizzed through the entrance and waved at all of the unfortunates who chose the wrong time to be spontaneous, you walk over a 'bottom-less' floor. For (not) the first time I got to pretend I was one of those millionaires with a glass-bottom boat in the Caribbean. This wouldn't have been quite so special if the first thing I'd seen wasn't a FLIPPIN' HAMMER-HEAD SHARK! I was a little excited...

So what kind of things do they have in this fascinating place other than SHARKS?
I was expecting something short of a large fish bowl with a few clown fish and tropical breeds that you'd see in pets at home. But I was pleasantly surprised, as you may have already gathered... 
They have rays, terrapins, huge amazonian fish, poison dart frogs and penguins. I'm a big fan of ugly fish - strange, I know - so the huge jungle fish were pretty cool (about 3 1/2 ft tall!), but for me the rays were one of the best bits. On entering the ray room you're presented with a large tank full of rays that wave their bellies at you through the glass.

 Please forgive the crappy quality - windows phones can only do so much (if you're thinking of getting one, don't).


And as if you need more reasons to go gawk at sealife and wonder how ugly they think we look, London aquarium has a whole section dedicated to Finding Nemo - what's not to love?