23 July – Monday
Seaworld at San Diego today – over 10 hours in all. At last we got to see some orcas, even if they were in captivity – also some pilot whales for the first time as well. Seaworld consists of various shows, plus water rides which ensure that all participants get very wet! We watched the orcas, dolphins, sealions and otter, plus a performance titled Cirque de Mer (human acrobats over water). They were all very good, especially the orcas – hard to believe that killer whales could be so gentle and look as though they were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
The weather was extremely hot, which was not helped by the complete lack of shade at Seaworld. Whilst the place has some very good shows, the infrastructure certainly hasn’t kept pace with the amount of people who attend. The individual stadiums would hold between two and four thousand people but there would only be two exits. The whole place was very, very crowded because people were just trying to move from stadium to stadium and there simply wasn’t enough room.
The weather was extremely hot, which was not helped by the complete lack of shade at Seaworld. Whilst the place has some very good shows, the infrastructure certainly hasn’t kept pace with the amount of people who attend. The individual stadiums would hold between two and four thousand people but there would only be two exits. The whole place was very, very crowded because people were just trying to move from stadium to stadium and there simply wasn’t enough room.
We passed through San Juan Capistrano on the way to San Diego but there were no swallows – they only appear in March and October. We also passed an nuclear power station and I was surprised at how small it was. San Diego is home to both a large naval base and a marine camp and today it was the turn of the US Navy planes to provide the aerial entertainment.
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Holy crap! I didn't realise that was a person on top of the Orca until I opened up the larger version of your photo!
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