Whale Sharks







Wow!!! What a treat! I know the

pictures won't do this justice. The video

might but I don't have that yet.  There were

5 of us paying customers a videographer

and the boat Captain.  We went out into

the La Paz Bay and there they were.  It

seems that you just drive around slowly

and they can be spotted by their fins

or their white bellies as they feed.  They are

the biggest fish in the world and live on

Krill.  They are very docile as I am not

too sure if they have any enemies other

than man of course.

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The first order of the day was to reconnect my fin straps!



   I finally brought my fins with me as I have



tried and tried to get the strap back on.

Ben "bless his heart" (you are just so strong) used them in Cabo

and nicely rinsed them and hung them on the

lifelines to dry. It took me several days

before I decided to take them off and

realized that I wasn't sure how to do that.

I finally got one off but the other one was

hanging there for weeks. So on the way to

the dive shop and then again at the dive

shop it became a challenge for everybody to

put them back together. These two finally

succeeded but Don (yellow shorts) said

he wanted to meet this Ben fella.

   I was so happy to have my favorite fins

back and I needed theem to keep ip with

these fish. When they are feeding they stay



sort of in the same place but when they

start to move they are fast!.  I had to move

a few times cause they will suddenly turn and they don't care if you are there or not. One is not supposed to

touch them so I was back peddleing

with gusto.  

  We picked a very calm warm day and

were so lucky.  The next day there were

whitecaps in the bay and it was terribly

windy (a Norther is still with us).  How

fortunate can one be.  Our original guide

apparently could not reach the fella that set

it up the evening before so she cancelled

and took someone else but the ladies at

Marina Palmyra found us a company and we

were thrilled and glad that the other

folks cancelled.

   The videographer made a CD of the whole

day and of course I had to buy it. Pricy

but it is really well done  and it is actually all of

us with our whales. 

   Came back to the Marina, sat in the sun

had wine and bacon wrapped camarones

(shrimp) and basked in the sun with

the fresh memories of an incredible

experience!

Well I am moving today to a 40ft slip and I had

best get a move on.



Jasdip in her berth from the resturant