Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Atlanta




Where can you see treasures from King Tut's tomb, soldiers from the Terracotta Army in China, one of the best aquariums in the country, and drink soft drinks from around the world all within a 2 mile radius. Only in Atlanta if you go before April 19 (that is the last day for the terracotta soldiers).

Although I have visited aquariums all over the east coast, in California, in Hawaii, in Australia, and in Spain, I was blown away by the Georgia Aquarium. The aquarium was fantastic even with some exhibits moved due to construction of a new dolphin tank. The main tank in the aquarium is so large that fish actually school in the tank. It currently houses 4 whale sharks (top photo) in addition to several other sharks, grouper, and rays. This is the first aquarium I have ever seen beluga whales (middle photo).

The penguins were on vacation during the renovation but the sea otters were quite entertaining. The aquarium also had river otters but they were all sleeping while we were there.

If you live on the east coast, I highly recommend a trip to Atlanta. You can get a combo ticket for the aquarium and the world of Coca Cola. The world of Coke showed some entertaining commercials from around the world but the highlight was tasting the soda's from Asia, Africa, and South America.

Although we did go see the terracotta soldiers and the King Tut exhibit, photos were not allowed. The most interesting thing I learned was that dolls were buried in the tombs of the pharoah's to act as laborers in the after-life. Models of boats were also buried so the pharoah's would have transportation in the after-life. After visiting the exhibits, Kevin and I made a deal. He will make sure I have plenty of dolls so I will never have to labor in my after-life. I will make sure he has a model of a Ferrari so he will have transportation.

2 comments:

  1. Good morning, I saw the page with enthusiasm, and sends a reply, Michael Greece

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  2. Gonna have to be a big crypt to get Kevin and an Enzo in there ;-)

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