Last week I took advantage of the Oyster card 2-for-1 entry into the London Aquarium. I’ve been past the area plenty of times before and thought it’s about time to make a day out of it. With the two of us, entry is just under £7, a reasonable fare for entry into a decent underwater world as far as London goes. Compared to the aquariums I’ve visited in Australia and Singapore, I’d have to say that London disappoints.

Perhaps I found the crowds too pushy. Most especially were a number of foreign couples who didn’t even have kids trying to squirm their way in front of a tank for photos I could tell just wouldn’t work out. Surprisingly I found those who had kids appeared the most placid, wildly aware of the chaos the tiny make.

They have a decent number of collections, especially a large tank holding a number of sharks and a huge assortment of fish. The aquarium also has a display showing mangroves, and the best part, a touching pool where curious stingray swim towards the number of arms reaching out to pat their scaly backs.

Would I recommend this place to visitors? I probably wouldn’t unless they’ve never been to an aquarium before. It’s not bad to do if you’re running out of things to do in London (is that even possible?) though I think there is much better places to go to first.