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towns such as Aberdeen and Stanley with a flavour of their own, but also beaches such as that at Repulse Bay and, much farther east, at the remote little outpost of Shek O. Especially if you’re travelling with children you Ocean Park, a gigantic theme and adventure park (daily ‘10am-6pm; $180, thaidren aged 3 to 11 $90, children under 3 free; 2552 0291, www.oceanpark.com.hk), covers an entire peninsula to the east of Aberdeen.The price of the ticket is all-inclusive, and once you’re inside all rides and shows arc’ fi’ce.You could easily spend the best part of a day here, and at weekends in summer you may find yourself frustrated by queues at the popular attractions, so make sure you arrive early in order to enjoy yourself at a relaxed pace. The park is ckvicted into a number of sections joined together by wacky transportation facilities, and new attractions are being added all the time. One of the most popular a pair of Giant Pandas, An-An and Jia-Jia, for whom a special $80-million, 2,000-square-metre complex has been created, complete with kitchen, clinic, fake mountain slopes and misting machines to mimic a mountain auuospherc.The first secdon you will reach is the Lowland section, which is devoted to the wonders of nature and includes some superb life-size, moving dinosaur models and a butterfly house - there’s a peacethl 1.5-kilometre cable car ride to the Headland section at the tip of the peninsula. This is thc area where you’ll find one of the fastest and longest roller coasters in the world and other scary rides such as the Abyss turbo drop. There’s also an aquarium where you can view sharks nose-to-nose through glass, and the so-called Ocean Theatre, where trained dolphins and whales perform, plus the Atoll Reef, a huge coral reef aquarium, which contains more than five thotlsand fish. From the Headland you can then ride an enornaous escalator down to Middle Kingdom, actually a separate park though covered by the santo ticket, which aims to re-create five thousand years of Chinese history through architecture,crafts,
theatre and opera. In addition, Ocean Park offers evening dinner shows,"The Glory of the Forbidden City" three times a week. All in all it’s great value for an extraordinary amount of entertainment.
A special bus service runs from the Star Ferry Pier in Central and from Admiralty MTR to Ocean Park approximately every fifteen minutes from 9am to 6.30pm daily (the all-inclusive ticket covering the return bus ride and the park entrance fee is $204, children $102, with one child free for each adult). If
you prefer local buses, the #6 minibus runs from the Star Ferry to Ocean Park (Mon-Sat); otherwise take bus #70 or #90 from Central, or #72 from Causeway Bay, and get off immediately after the Aberdeen Tunnel and follow the signs. On Sundays, buses #90 from Central and #73 from Stanley/Repulse Bay stop right by the park.
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