Hotel H20

We chose Panglao instead of Bouracay island, which is known as a “party island”, because we were not looking for lots of night life and drunken strangers. As much as I love the beach and enjoyed my relaxing time there, I was ready to go back to the city of Manila by the fifth day.

This time in Manila, we stayed at the newly opened “Hotel H20”, which is literally in Manila’s Ocean Park. The pool for the hotel is behind the pool for the sea lion show and in front of the water for the musical fountain light show. Next to this is called “liquid club”, which is another set of pools and a bar and dance floor. Kelly and I were having a drink in one of the pools when the sea lions came waddling past it with their trainers on the way back to their habitat. It was the closest I’ve ever been to being behind the scenes at an Aquarium.

The best part for me we had a giant fish tank in our room which ran the entire length of one wall. The fish tank itself is even bigger, running through multiple rooms. This way, we could watch the fish swim past our tank, not knowing when they might return, and spotted new fish every day for the three days we spent there.
My favorite part of the Aquarium was the Jellies exhibit. You may know of my fascination with Jelly Fish. I am mesmerized watching them move and float. The Jellies exhibit had many different tanks and mirrors, with different flashing lights coordinated with the blasting music. The back wall is made up one giant tank with bright changing lights where hundreds of tiny circles of jellies float in swirls to the music. Smaller takes with larger jellies, the kind with pumping bells and hook-shaped stingers are placed alone the walls. In the middle, closed during the day, is a bar which turns this exhibit into “Genius Bar” by night. Brilliant!