Day 6:
In
the morning, we had breakfast, then took a rest in the campus, readying for the
tour to Monterey. We all put a lot of sunscreen, as most of us suffered from
sunburn yesterday. We also brought sunglasses just in case. After that, we set
off to Monterey. On the way, a lot of us slept. It took us 2 hours to arrive
there.
Once we arrived Monterey, we settled down, and had a heavy lunch. After lunch,
we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was spacious. First, we went to see
the tentacles, which is the special exhibition. We saw a massive squid. We saw
beautiful octopuses and nautiluses. We love the lobed comb jelly. As comb jelly
drifts on current, it spreads out two broad lobes like a baseball glove to
catch prey. It appears to be colourful. We also like the egg-yolk jelly. The
fine tentacles are very long. The great auditorium also showcases various sea
creatures like the scalloped hammered shark and the dolphinfish, they each had
their unique features and were amazed by their size. Another highlight of the
day was seeing the cute sea birds. As they swam on water and wash their bodies,
we were deeply intrigued by their cuteness. We also went to see the ever so
lovely penguins, we were overwhelmed by the mammoth amount of penguins coming
towards us. The coral reefs also wowed us with their amazing colours and shapes
and sizes. Most important of all, the scenery of the Pacific Ocean was absolutely
spell binding. As white waves rushes onto the rocks on the clear blue water, we
could not resist to take numerous pictures with different poses. Then we left
the auditorium and lingered around the streets of Monterey Bay.
After
visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium we strolled along the nearby streets. We
first visited the legendary frozen yogurt shop, Pink Berry's, where we chose
original and peach flavours of yogurt topped with mochi, blackberry, cookie
dough, and chocolate chunk. It was indeed delectable! Next we hit a souvenir
store where we poked our heads amongst keychains, stuffed toys, scented soaps
and other ornaments. A "mood necklace" grabbed our attention. It was
one that would magically change colours according to the person's mood,
presumably in reference with his/her body temperature. Finally we visited a
fancy store selling copious quirky goods ranging from a yard-sized chocolate
bar, poop-shaped candies, coke-scented lip balm and lots more! Unfortunately
time whizzed past and it was time we had to bid farewell to Monterey. After
paying for our goodies, we fled from the store hurriedly and hopped back on the
bus to head back to Stanford. Everyone was worn out but we surely had a bliss!
Kelly Leung
Tiffany Mak
Stephanie Ng
Verena Yiu
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