was registered for an exciting stay with local automobile association for 70 a piece - dropped won at 6 before gathering at the UWW seminar room for a marine talk on types of sea animals that one can find there like sea star, sea angels, jellyfish, sharks, dugong etc before we got down to serious business of dinner & a tour of the 80+ meter tunnel.
kids were pretty excited as they usually only get to see UWW during the day & not after closing time...they were basically knocking themselves out going round & round the tunnel during the free & easy time & getting themselves wet at the touch pool
after some time allocated for supper & wash up, the 50 odd campers were brought down again to the tunnel for selection of sleeping area at the tunnel. we were at the shark area on the carpeted area.
lights out at 1130 ish - whole new experience.... lying down on the hard carpeted floor was a torture for the ol' body & carpeting caused a sneezing frenzy for hub & boy. Doesn't help when the floorboard resounds with every step & you have kids running up & down the tunnel area.
Finally settled down for a "nap" as before I knew it, lights up at 730 am this morning. Had a quick wash before having breakfast. We headed down to Dolphin Lagoon for a show & a rub-down of one of the pink dolphins. It was a nice fitting ending to a very different sleep-over.
Definitely pooped after this but then again, an experience that money can't buy....just like the earlier trip that I took for my girl to Pulau Semakau (more info here) 2 weeks ago. It was definitely an eye-opener to see another side of urban Singapore where one can find diverse coral life & animal life. The inter-tidal walk started from 12 & only ended around 5-ish. Nat's quite ok with the heat...quite good considering she's so used to air-conditioning (like most kids in singapore). She's now asking when she can go there again (same thing as UWW sleepover) & I am thinking, "wait till my body recovers!"
3 comments:
So cool. Was just sharing with my Boss that I want to do the Underwater World Overnight Stay for a bunch of kids as part of an incentive! Cool!!!
Be prepared for a sleepless night but unforgetable experience :)
Definitely will be worth it and will just have to make sure that the next day will be put aside for .... sleeping *grins*
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