Thursday, September 25, 2008

And on Thursday, we dove with dolphins


This was soooo cool. Mom, Ron, Danka, Kirk and I went out to "Dolphins Pacific" to encounter dolphins.

These are mostly rehab or rescued dolphins who are well cared for and provide amazing hands-on experience with beautiful, but still wild animals.

Danka arranged to take promotional photos while Kirk, Ron and I did the free dive with "J" and "Ekai" (pics one and two), and Mom got the full "symphony" experience which included swimming with and petting one of three dolphins - "Rubak" (pic three) really took a shine to her! - then watching "J" and "Ekai" underwater as they swam really fast and performed tricks, and finally, she got towed while holding the dorsal fin of "Leila". You'll have to wait for some more of these pictures, because our storage chip malfunctioned.

It was a truly amazing experience and we also got "kissed" or a "handshake" with a dolphin as well. Danka got some great pictures of those, and hopefully we can post later.
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