New England Aquarium
New England Aquarium in Boston is one of the city’s perpetually popular family attractions. Walk through the doors and enter the underwater world. Open your eyes to a fantastic array of shape, color and movement. The four-story Giant Ocean Tank’s coral reef is home to sharks, turtles and moray eels. Our NEW Simons IMAX®Theatre,Boston’s first and only IMAX 3D theatre, has a six-story screen that creates an amazingly lifelike viewing experience. The New England Aquarium is open every day, all year, except for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The Aquarium made its debut on June 20, 1969, more than 12,000 visitors came through on the very first day.
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London Aquarium
The London Aquarium, housed within County Hall on the bank of the Thames, comprises three levels of exciting and educational exhibits featuring hundreds of varieties of fish and marine life, many of which have not been seen before on these shores. Three hundred and fifty species are displayed within the three large tanks - everything from brown sharks, sand tigers and piranhas to jellyfish and tropical fish that swim right before your eyes. A "touch pool", otherwise known as the Beach Pier, allows for the assisted handling of starfish, hermit crabs and friendly rays. Housed in the historic County
Taraporewala Aquarium
The Taraporewala aquarium was opened in 1951 and has an interesting collection of marine and fresh water specimens. Shells, shell craft and fishery by-products are also on display. It has a proposal to convert this into an underwater Aquarium, where people can undertake an undersea walk, surrounded by marine life. The large tanks have shark, octopus, kite fish and the smaller tanks display corals, worms, sea flower and sea horses. These include both the fresh water and the sea fish. Also on the display are corals, worms, sea flower and sea horses. Apart from the aquatic creatures, wide variety
The Mirage
Another MGM mega-casino, the showpiece at the Mirage is a Volcano that shoots flames 100ft (30m) into the night sky every 15 minutes (7pm to midnight), spewing smoke and transforming a tranquil waterfall into spectacular streams of molten lava. As you'd expect of Las Vegas, it's all quite naff, but great entertainment. Siegfried & Roy's White Tigers are the other signature attraction at the Mirage (unfortunately the Siegfried & Roy show has been cancelled indefinitely due to the near-fatal attack on Roy Horn by one of the tigers during a performance). Unlike conventional tigers, which have black and gold
London - Sights
Since the 18th century England has been the cultural center of Europe. What they thought was lacking in their cultural heritage, the British imported through study travels abroad, the grand tour, or just by importing important artefacts. The London museums thus gathered an enormous wealth of artefacts both from their own history as of the shared history of the entire western civilization, plus a load of oriental treasures form their colonies.
Next to its museums, London has quite a collection of buildings that played an important role in the history of architecture. Not just classical buildings like the St
Musee des Arts Africains et Oceaniens
Art from Mali, Ivory Coast, New Guinea and Australia as well as a tropical aquarium. (open Sat and Sun 10 am-5:30 pm).
address: 293 Ave. Daumesnil (12th)
openings: Mon, Wed, Thur and Fri 10-11:50 am and 1:30-5:30 pm, Sat and Sun 12:30-5:30 pm.
tel: +31-1-4474-8480
admission: about 30 F adults, free for children under age 18
