After a frolicking Day 3 at Safari Park, K-bao reacquainted herself with San Diego's famed Sea World on Day 4. It's been a while since her last visit, and this time she had a sister to show around.
The first order of business of course was to get properly oriented.
"I see an ice-cream stand about six minutes away, how about you?"
At Dolphin Theater, K-bao convinces a trainer to let her feed a dolphin (happily, sister C-bao got to participate too, tossing what turned out to be the last piece of fish).
It's hard to imagine that K-bao still remembered Shamu from her last visit. Either way, she got to see him up close and personal this time.
Indeed, while the family parked themselves safely outside the Splash Zone during Shamu's show, K-bao requested permission to run down to get closer to Shamu. Of course, the real motivation was to get thoroughly soaked. Mission accomplished.
Sea World actually has a few relatively solid roller coasters. K-bao is a pro at this point with roller coasters, but even this old hand had a few scary moments during her ride on The Manta.
Here she is getting ready for one of the other main rides, Journey to Atlantis.
"I like big splashes and I cannot lie"
The classic cheap iPhone retake
After a full day, K-bao returned to an old favorite, The Old Spaghetti Factory in the Gaslamp.
Predictably, dinner was heavy, greasy, and delicious.
On K-bao's last day in San Diego, she had a tour of the outrageously overpriced Sea World. Here she is taking in a dolphin show and saying hello to Mr. Penguin. She was also able to check out the Shamu show, ride on Elmo's Flying Fish (below), and feed a few stinky fish to the barking sea lions, though in the latter activity K-Pop and K-Mum had to jump around like wild kangaroos to ward off the evil seagulls who were perched around the feeding area ready to swoop in and steal the fish. However, her favorite part of the day? Running through the sprinklers at The Sesame Street Bay of Play. Turns out we could have just turned on the faucets at home.
