Manila Ocean

I dropped by Manila Ocean Park last Wednesday to conduct an ocular for a shoot we're doing this Saturday. Great place, it turned out to be a lot more impressive than I was expecting.  We are a country extremely rich in biodiversity, and the aquariums beautifully reflected this fact.  Walking through the tunnel-shaped glass corridors separating myself from the hosts of rays swimming above, I felt like I was back in Anilao chasing turtles and teasing clownfish.

I snapped this shot a bit later, eating a late merienda at Chowking on the second floor of the Ocean Park. It's one of the rare times I get to view the famed Manila Bay sunset while not in a moving car. If you look ever so closely, you can see the smudges on the window separating me and polluted beauty.