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Siam Ocean World


In some corner of these connected maze of malls there is a place called Siam Ocean World. I paid 1100 Baht ($36) for the deluxe package. It came with:

  • Behind the scene tour! - 5 mins, just promotion for there more expensive
  • Glass bottom boat! - its was ok, again only a couple min, could see more of the fish/sharks over the edge rather than through the glass
  • Admission!-it was a nice aquarium actually, i enjoyed it.
  • Popcorn! - hard to mess up
  • Pepsi! - I got a 7up
  • Happy fish happy feet - little fishes eat the dead skin off your feet
  • Souvenir - a magnet that said "Siam Ocean World"
  • 4D/5D movie - some signs said 4D, some said 5D, either way it wasn't worth it.


I know it kinda sounds like I didnt like it but its hard to be impressed by an aquarium when you live so close to the Vancouver Aquarium. Their Amazon walk through was pretty nice and i liked how the whole place was laid out so you just walked through 1 way.


The "Happy Fish Happy Feet" thing was actually pretty cool. You sit at what looks like a small jacuzzi and there are all these little fish chilling in the water. when you put your feet in they all freak out and swim away. when you keep your feet still then they come up and start nibbling. its a very odd feeling, kind of like when your leg falls asleep but then it stops immediately when you move.

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  1. BarbaraOctober 24, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Thanks for the photos of the ordinary streets.
    Was interesting to see what Bangkok looks like outside of the glitz of the shopping malls.

    Hmmmm.... what does happen to those cute fashionable bunnies when they grow up into rabbits?

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