Today WAS a good day. We started the morning playing with dolphins. Who really gets to do that?!?!?! I feel so lucky. The dolphins are wild animals, but they come right up to the knee deep water and rub up against legs, do tricks (tricks to us, a way to feed and breathe and play to them). I never thought I’d get the opportunity to be that close to the beautiful creatures. You aren’t allowed to touch them or reach out to them because they want to keep them wild, but they really do come right up to you and it seems they know just when to pose for the best pictures. They are so entertaining.
We then went to the booking counter and booked in for a catamaran ride (two for the price of one) and for a thing called Awestronomy which is a chance to learn how the stars help sailors navigate.
Since we had the afternoon to explore before we went on the boat, we headed in to the main town in the area, called Denham. We did a bit of shopping there because Matt needed some boardies and I wanted to get a sun hat. On our way back we went to a place called Little Lagoon which is an ocean-made lake that is real shallow and full of life. You could nearly drive all the way around it on the beach…luckily I was driving!!!!
Shortly after we got back, we hopped on the boat and braved the nasty weather to see some of the area’s wildlife. The skipper said that it was the worst weather he’d seen in a long time and we were all freezing and the sails were going everywhere! It was exciting. We ended up seeing dugongs, turtles, dolphins and sea snakes. I found out that dugongs and manatees are actually two different creatures, but are cousins. They look nearly identical, but dugongs are a bit smaller and brown instead of gray. Oh, and they live only in salt water, where manatees enjoy the inlets that are a mixture of salt and fresh waters.
On the boat, I was chosen to crank up the sail with another girl named Julie, from Canada. We hit it off and became pretty good friends for the next couple of days before she left. Her travels put mine to shame so we had a lot to talk about.
I enjoyed most of the ride on the net that hung over the water, looking below the boat at the wildlife just underneath. It was a cool view, but I ended up pretty wet.
When the boat ride was over, we were freezing, so the hot tub was priority. It was good to warm up our bones before dinner and relaxation started.
We’ve been on a Seinfeld kick, mostly because that’s really all we brought on DVD, so we spend most of our nights away from the mosquitoes in our warm bed watching Seinfeld episodes. It’s a nice little piece of comfort that makes it feel like we really do have a bit of civilization in our bodies.
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