I just ate at a place called The Aquarium, it was rather interesting to watch the fish but the food isn't that great but it will do. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
We've got a thing like that in Auckland--Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World. It's an old sewerage works that's been flooded with seawater, and they went out and caught a whole lot of fish to fill the place. They have feeding sessions to keep the fish from eating each other...
That place looks JUST LIKE this place at the Hilton Maldives... http://images.google.com/imgres?img...s?q=maldives&ndsp=18&hl=en&sa=N&start=36&um=1
It ranges from OK to excellent, depending where you are--you should come down for a visit; I can recommend the South Island for the scenery--the people tend to friendlier down there as well. Besides, FYI, Guilliamo del Toro (who directed Pan's Labrynth) is directing the two movies based on Tolkein's The Hobbit down here this year and next.
Ha, my favorite thing about that guy is he's a very white Mexican filmmaker with no relation to Benicio Del Toro. I wasn't too crazy about Pan's Labyrinth, but I am a big fan of Labyrinth starring David Bowie. On the matter of New Zealand though, I just constantly hear good things about it such as how high their standard of living is and how free their economy is, not to mention that it is indeed Middle Earth as Peter Jackson portrayed. I also heard about an interesting immigration requirement, which is that you have to be sufficiently fluent in English to live there as a citizen. That's a policy that U.S. immigration is sorely missing.
The main reason for that particular requirement of good English is because we're so close to Asia, and literally surrounded by the Pacific. The problem is that we have the Islanders coming down here, no English or very little; we have Asian students or immigrants coming down as well, same problem. Then they find that if they get into trouble, such as an emergency situation, or having trouble with each other, and they can't communicate with the people here who could help them. The answer is to have Asian and Pacific Island police and other local authorities, who have the languages required, and know the various social mores of the different groups. But there is much more emphasis on learning English in this country, just so people can be integrated into the majority society more easily. That said, I know from recent census figures that the Asian population (taken in general, rather than a particular Asian ethnic group) is growing rapidly, and will soon number about 15% of the population of the country. I don't have any problem with that, because Asians are by and large a law-abiding race; but the Maoris are presently the second-most populous ethnic group in New Zealand--they used to run the country before the Europeans arrive. Now the Maoris face the certainty that by 2011 at the latest, they're going to be outnumbered by the Asian population--and they're not happy.
Such living underneath the water's surface, away from the sun, would be very depressing after only a few nights. I'd require daily trips to the surface.
