The Maui aquarium By Amelia

Today we all slept late because we were all tired from the past hike through Haleakala. When we did finally get up we decided to stay out of the sun since we had been in the sun all day the past day. We came up with a conclusion that we were all happy about. We would go to the aquarium. We would be staying out of the sun and still getting to enjoy the beauty of Maui. When we got there we got these audio tour guides to take with us through the aquarium. With the audio tour guides we would type in the number on the sign and we would listen to a brief description of what we were looking at and a little about it. First we went and looked at many different types of fish like the trumpet fish and the Idol Morish. We also saw a moray eel that kept opening and closing it's mouth and showing it's white teeth as it wiggled around. Finally, after watching the eel for a while we moved on to a shallow pool of water surrounded by rock that held starfish, sponge, and sea cucumbers. We got to touch the sponge and the sea cucumber and the starfish before moving on to the sea turtles. The sea turtles were just gliding through the water on it's stomach like it was in a carefree, lazy life. They seemed so peaceful. Next, we watched some hammerhead sharks swim in a tank with a baby stingray that was just born last month. Finally, we carried on to the tunnel of the aquarium which held sharks, sting rays and many, huge fish. Right when we entered the tunnel there was a room that had games about whales, dolphins, and fish, which we stayed there for awhile playing games. In another room in the tunnel there was a clear glass looking glass so you could see the sharks, fish and sting rays on the other side of the glass. We even saw one tiger shark that kept moving back and forth swinging it's tail. Then a man came and gave a talk about sharks. He said that some only have to feed twice a month. Next, we headed into the real tunnel which was like a tube that was a clear, glass looking glass on 3 sides so while there would be a shark above you there could be a stingray at your side. When we had gone through the tunnel we went to the gift shop where me and my sister got our names written by this guy where he would turn the letters of your name into other Hawaiian things like inside the triangle on the A in my name there would be a seal or a waterfall. Then we went and looked out into the ocean to see a whale flipping up into the air and flinging it's tail up. Finally, we left the aquarium and drove back to Haiku and had a cookout, an gradually went to bed.