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April 26, 2009
6th day : Dolphins 1st encounter, Monkey Mia - Apr 16, 2009
Thursday 16 April:
Nanta Bay - Monkey Mia (Shark bay)
A's toe is better, nothing's broken. We quickly drove of to Monkey Mia hoping to see the famous dolphins. When we arrived we are quite surprise by the crowd. But we managed to sneak in on time for the 3rd feeding at the interaction area and lucky bastards as we are, Agnes and Cille got picked up by the volunteer to feed a fish to a wild dolphin. Amazing experience! Knowing that these are wild dolphins, that are coming everyday on their own accord. They've done so since the 60's. Only females are daring and diplomatic enough to make the contact. Also the feeding only provide a tiny portion of what they require which means that they are not relying on humans and retain their wild instinct.
We are having a brekkie at the restaurant there and check up on the resort facilities. We are able to find a spot at the un-powered camp site for the night. While Bjoern takes a run, Cille and Agnes go snorkeling. Cille learns quite fast and loves it:
She will also make a friend that day, Jorja, with whom she plays as long as possible. There is a swimming pool that we enjoy and at the end of the afternoon we rent a canoe and go for a 2h rowing on the bay. The only downer are all the stingers in the water.
Posted by agnes at April 26, 2009 2:13 PM