Corpus Christi : A beautiful coastal city
Saturday, we’re driving to Corpus Christi, a good 4 hours away. ROAD TRIP!
This is the long journey i ever go since coming to texas. We know that we cannot waste our time just for driving, so we go early morning 6.30am.
The main attraction in Corpus Christi, apart from the beach, is the naval aircraft carrier ‘USS Lexington’ which served the Allied forces during World War II. It was indeed a great experience to walk inside this huge piece of history.
We went to area where the sailors maintained their engines, ate, slept, and conducted daily tasks and other things. There were also a number of fighter aircrafts (Sky hawk, Tom Cat, Phantom etc) on display at the flight deck.
At the USS Lexington deck!..
After spending about two hours aboard the Lex, we started our next journey, visit Texas States Aquarium.
There, we saw some really interesting jellyfish and some rehab birds that they can’t let go back into the wild for some reason. We’re able to touch stingrays and saw a dolphin show. My friend said the “Aquaria KLCC” is much better then this.. hmmm i should bring my family once back to malaysia.
Dolphin Show
This is “The Bay Bridge’ that connects Corpus to Portland Texas. It also connects the USS Lexington and The Texas State Aquarium to Corpus. (Picture taken from the USS Lexington)
We doesn’t have enought time to visit Art Museum, so we just went to Padre Island. It’s a hub of beautiful beaches, warm Gulf of Mexico waters, fishing, boating, bird watching, shopping and more. Spend an hour to explore the whole island and then the worst part for me 
. I need to drive the car on the way back to Houston..uwaaa So sleepy lor!
Reached at our apartment approx 11.30pm. Alhamdulillah!
uihhh…maciam mana hang bleh naik deck lexington tuh…
kena bayaq ka preee..
Comment by singa — April 4, 2006 @ 11:21 am
sini manade free singa oiii..
sampaikan nak pam angin tayar keter pun kena bayar 75sen..
mmg hampeh!!
Comment by abah — April 4, 2006 @ 2:32 pm