Auckland 181217 Part 2
We chose to visit Kelly Tarlton's SEALIFE Aquarium mainly for its penguins, Adik's favourite since watching Mr Popper's Penguins which featured the gentoo. Although both gentoo and king penguins are not NZ's natives, we felt compelled to support this aquarium and its penguins project in preserving these magnificent creatures in the south pole. Had to admit that the entry tickets were pricy but they translates to approximately the same price visiting Aquaria in KLCC. Plus we could not resist being in close proximity to the penguins albeit with a glass screen in between. And I doubt we are patient enough to wait and watch NZ native penguins in the wild AND time was against us too. We arrived at the aquarium shortly after 10:30am. The place like the airport, is unassuming, nothing frivolous on the outside, unlike many of what we have back home heh.. Although parking seems limited as highlighted in Tripadvisor, we did not face any difficulty there probably because it wa...