Woke up pretty early, like 6am due to jetlag. Got myself ready, had to poop... and then headed out to grab breakfast. I ended up picking Good Day Brunch 好日子. Shop was easy to find and it was full. The weather is nice and pleasant and the wind is cool but not cold. The door was open. I went inside and they said for takeaway to order via QR code... and it was a website that forced you to sign up with a mobile number to be able to order. ANNOYING AS. I managed to get there though and got a French style big breakfast.
The wait was kinda long... there was a good breeze that came in from the door so I just stayed near the door. It took almost 30 mins for my food. Off back to alfar hotel I go. The food itself was really good. I wrote a review on Google Maps. My fries were crisp and fresh. The vinegarette dressing for the salad had a nice sour kick to it, and the salad was fresh. French toast was soft and fluffy with a hint of sweetness. Sausages were good average ones, and bacon was crispy but not dry and hard. Awesome.
Once done I packed up 小智's cheese into the box I brang and sealed it up. Nice and tight and snug lol the cheese weighed 4kgs.... LOL.
I went to 7-11 and someone was using the ibon machine. I looked around and got myself a pack of tissues. once the lady left I had a look and it seemed like I could only send frozen mode from the ibon choice?? So I went out and sat down nearby and tried to look up info on search engine. It seemed to indicate Black Cat Heimao Couriers could do refridgerated, and hinted it was do-able at 7-11. I remember seeing a Heimao option on the ibon machine. I ended up going back into the 7-11 after mucking around on the web... and asked for help from the shop assistant. She didn't know and got the other person. The other lady automatically chose print mode lol. They both laughed. And to find out if we can confirm refridgerated mode, you had to enter the address and everything for the receipient and sender first. I was a little pressured since I didn't know what the address was and had to like, piece together information from google maps and what 小智 has prev sent me before for the number and unit. THANK GOD for that cause I managed to logic the road and alley, but not the number. Phew.
That sorted and printed, I thanked the lady for her patience and left the store. I got back to the hotel and needed to poop again... lol. And packed up the rest of my stuff. Stripped the sheets for housekeeping and checked out 11am.
The way alfar hotel does their luggage storage is for you to set the locker pins and they give you a number card for you to return when you get your luggage. Neat.
I left for xpark and walked there, managed to find my way. I noticed that there were a couple of empty lots with remanants of building debris - those round stones and red earth and broken up concrete looking rocks, some broken red bricks. Since all the buildings around this place is pretty new, I wondered if this used to be juanchun or farmland...
I got to xpark and paid $300 for the entry. Full disclaimer... I ended up spending almost 6 hours here. The park isn't even that big LOL.
The first area were some projector on wall displays, then a fish tank with xpark on the top for the photo opportunity. The first few tanks had the garden eels! So cute!
One starfish was even on the glass wall of the tank, so we could see it clearly... blessed. Then the path opened up to a big water tank with heaps of different fish inside. Big and small! This was really cool to stare at it. The next area was a big coral area. There was a big tank in a panorama set up with projector lights on the floor. They had small tanks on the side detailing how they are growing coral from Okinawa waters and observing/researching them. I found this really neat and cool.
Then onto the Temperate sea area. I saw sea urchins eating on lettuce or cauliflower leaves that were fed to them...! That was really cute.
Then there was the rainforest area, and they had some reptiles! Also toucans!!
Then right after was the freezing zone... like bro the climate control energy efficiency?! They had a tank with sea leopards in it. The tank was kinda small though... felt a bit sorry for the sea leopards. They kept swimming around. It was quite cool in this area. One was taking a nap anchored to a rock structure.
The deep abyss area had some creepy looking isopods... and some giant ones... and giant crabs!! A small area with heaps of fish specimens preserved transparently was on display. They also had an explanation but I couldn't absorb the Chinese rip. After that, there was a show/exhibit area with projector and interactive screens with mini games (touch screen) placed over fish tanks. One was so hard yo had to guide the fish through a simple maze but you lose a life (total 3) if you bash into the wall too hard or if the moving obstable hits into you, or if you run out of time. I only got past the first stage and not the second. I wonder if there was more than 2 stages - they share the same timer... the projector show was really cool, it starts once you activate the touch on the walls.
Then the jellyfish area... super photogenic... I found a mutant jellyfsh with 6 petals instead of 4 in one of the tanks! They even had a jellyfish raising area. With tanks of baby jellyfish. At this stage it was like 1:45pm so I decided to head to the xcafé first to have lunch. I had carbonara pasta and black tea. They used 2 teabags for the tea... ooof so strong. There was a handful of diners but the air quality was always green so fingers crossed.
After lunch I went back to finish the jellyfish area and there was a whole room just covered in mirrors, and projector lights with several jellyfish tanks. It was really cool. The music was super loud. And there's a beat that sounds like the main theme of Kid Icarus but then it's not. I kept getting disillusioned (?). xD
After that was the penguin area. When I walked past to get to the café a lot of penguins were swimming around. Now I see there was only 1 smaller penguin swimming and an emporer penguin kept walking up and down the slide walkway but never went into the water LOL. They had a signboard showing different penguin profiles/bios and their likes and dislikes. It started getting real crowded so I left the area. It was about 2:40pm and there was a show that starts at 3pm. So I pretty much went (it's an outdoor area!) and sat down at the seats. There was a Japanese students tour group and it was a pretty full house. The breeze was really good.
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