Dolphins and turtles and blowfish... oh my!

Hannah, Pedro, Dawning, and Brian got up early to take a little boat ride. Our guides really knew what they were doing. They took us a long way out to what seemed like a pretty desolate spot of water (I mean, honestly, it´s all water out there!), but pretty soon we were able to spot turtles - BIG turtles! This is the season for serious turtle romance, though, so every pair we saw was... um... well, y´know... "engaged". Apparently they go at it for like a whole day. We drove further out, and next thing we knew we were surrounded by dolphins! They were moving in a huge pack (Dawning says the correct word is "pod"), slipping in and out of the water, and occassionally leaping in the air - pretty cool.


Our guides then set out to find a lone turtle for us to inspect close up. We were travelling in the water pretty fast when suddenly one of the guides leapt out of the boat! When we turned around to look at him, he was holding a giant turtle by the shell! Of course, Pedro was the first passenger to jump in the water, and next thing we knew he was communing with the tortuga (spanish for turtle).


After showing us some other sights, cool rocks, an airplane that crashed on the beach (actually, it was a drug-running plane shot down by the Mexican military!) they took us to a shallow cove where we were able to do some more snorkeling. One of our guides dived down near the rocks and came up with a blow fish in his hand. Not five seconds later, Pedro was back in the water, paddling over to hold it.


All in all, a great trip!