The entrance is dominated by this huge cinema/ship representing and regaling the story of Admiral Zheng He's life and the fleet he commanded centuries ago.
The entryway details introduces the ports of the maritime silk route from China to Kenya.
Joss sticks.
Compass and notes.
China
Vietnam
Water poppets
Palembang, Indonesia
Zheng He's armada
Tin animal money from Malacca, used by the Malay court since the 15th century.
Intermezzo - reconstruction of a 9th century Omani Dhow, the Jewel of Muscat
Zheng He's cargo
Galle (Sri Lanka) and Calicut (India)
Muscat (Oman)
Then on to the aquarium - a map showing the habitats exhibited.
Shipwreck habitat
If you can't see what it is all about...
...this is what it is all about.
And again, if you cannot see it, wait.
Here you go.
A circular reef
Corall
Mangrove
Another habitat
Another circular reef
Another habitat
And another...
Speed swimmers
And again something different - in different colors :)
This should really have been the last picture :) You can see a shark in the middle as well as the little windows onto the same pool from the other side.
But the Shark Seas is the last attraction.
