Splash Island
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009Say hello to the sun! Finally, after more than 3 weeks of continuous rain, the sun shone today. Although we welcome the rain every now and then, but please not the entire summer. Were the kids are supposedly enjoying their vacation, playing by the beach or pool, under the summer sun.
Last week, my family and my sisters-in-law and her kids went to Splash Island. The eldest sister-in-law is in town for vacation for few weeks. She’s been working as a nurse for years, in one of the hospital in UK. So, the Splash Island trip is one of her treat for her nieces and nephews. Actually, they’ve (my youngest sister-in-law, her kids, my husband and Heaven and Louise) already went shopping day after she arrived. I have to work that day so, I was not able to join them.
Anyways, the time we arrived in Splash Island which was around 11am, people were gathered in ticketing area and there was an announcement that the place is temporarily close because of lightning due to thunderstorm. According to this site “even indoor pools are not safe during a thunderstorm. Lightning can create massive ground currents which can travel through the ground for considerable distances from where the bolt hits. These ground currents can be an electrocution hazard even if you’re in an indoor pool. If there’s lightning around, don’t go swimming”. After an hour of waiting, well almost, they’ve finally let us in. But then again once in the middle of the afternoon, they’ve again asked everyone to get our of the water for the same reason.
In the end when it’s time to go home, Heaven and Louise were crying, they don’t want to get out of the pool yet. They were still enjoying, and were not ready to go yet, even after almost 5 hours of being in the water. Well, blame it on thunderstorm. So, daddy ended up making a promise, that we will again come back very soon, but this time we’ll time it just right after it’s opening hour, by then Heaven and Louise stop crying.
Here are some of the photos taken:
