Yes, we got up at a rather un-holiday-ish hour this morning, and were ready to depart just after 07h00. Sure enough, shortly after that, a big van pulled up just outside the condo gate and all ten of us piled in. I was impressed – it was fairly comfortable for such a large van. We were delivered to the Nuevo Vallarta pier by about 07h40. The sun was not yet up, it was still rather dark out. And rather chilly too! Mexico does get chilly at night, and I didn’t bring a jacket nor pants. And, just as I was warming up, it was time to load up onto the boat and get out onto the water. Yikes, out on the water, it was even colder. It wasn’t until 10h00 that the sun got intense enough to quell the goose pimples on my arms and legs.
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| A beautiful pre-sunset morning in Bucerias. On holidays, you should never be up this early, unless maybe you haven’t been to sleep yet! | ||
| There we are, shivering on the boat – Barrie, Dean, Dayna, Jennifer (pointing) and Eric (facing away). Seems as though Barrie was the best prepared out of all of us. | ||
| Dozens of these little jellyfish floated by the boat – the size of your thumb! | ||
| Dolphin just in front of boat #1 | ||
| Dolphin just in front of boat #2 | ||
| Dolphin just in front of boat #3 | ||
| Manta rays alongside the boat | ||
| A single whale #1 | ||
| A single whale #2 | ||
| Momma whale and a pup #1 | ||
| Momma whale and a pup #2 | ||
| Ahoy mateys, prepare to list to one side and to the other! | ||
| The last whale #1 | ||
| The last whale #2 | ||
| The last whale #3 | ||
| Fleet of manta rays #1 | ||
| Fleet of manta rays #2 | ||
| Look closely, amazing array fleet of manta rays #3 | ||
| First sea turtle #1, just before he gets nervous | ||
| First sea turtle #2, conducting his surface dive! | ||
| Second sea turtle #1, is he alive? Eric isn’t so sure! | ||
| Second sea turtle #2 |