Just Drop It

2/21/15

There are so many boats here. It is mostly sailboats too where in Cabo it was more powerboats. They have it set up so nice for cruisers. Right off the dinghy dock there is trash and laundry, you can also buy a shower which you know I love!

I saw a Minnesota license plate down here, wow.

We had guests on the boat and made them supper, tacos of course. It was really nice just sitting out there all peaceful and calm as the sun went down. We walked them back and hung out for a bit before heading back to the boat to sleep.

2/22/15

We got up early today to try to go look for whale sharks. For those of you, like me, who have never heard of a whale shark it is actually a fish but they are like 30-50 feet long and can be 47,000 pounds…yeah huge. They are all over on this one part of this peninsula called a Mogote, our boat is on the other side so we used to dinghy to go around. We were out there for like 3.5 hours and didn't find any. We did get really close to dolphins, we probably could've swam with them but that was not what we were looking for. We also saw a few manta rays jump out of the water which was fun to see. We know they were out there because there were a lot of people in the water from the guys who sell whale shark tours but they weren't giving us any love. By no love I mean one told us we were going to get a $5000 fee if we didn't have a permit, he was nice, then the other guy just tried to wave us off all pissed. We are going to find out if that is true or not. If we can we'll try again in another day or two. We stopped half way and wondered around on the beach and found a few dead puffer fish, I guess they just don't sink when they die like other fish that's why we keep finding them. Oliver fell asleep in the dinghy when we were on our way back he was so bored (picture below), it was good though he will probably be good the rest of the day.

After that we did some laundry while we had lunch (fish tacos duh) and then walked to this carnival they were having. Oliver went on a few rides and we got some ice cream. I am surprised by how socially acceptable it is to litter down here. I mean we got to the fair a little late (like 1pm) and there was trash all over the place. People just get a taco or whatever and then throw their plate and cup right where they finished. I can't do it and it's just gross I don't know why they want to.

After that we were exhausted so we just laid around for awhile before getting more food and going back to the boat to sleep.

2/23/15

We went to Balandra beach today which is like the cover of every magazine you have ever seen with crystal clear water and mostly empty. The water doesn't get deeper than 3 feet unless you go way way out from the beach. Not good snorkeling, we tried to go to the other side to the blue and therefore deeper water but it wasn't as clear on the other side. We spent like 5 or 6 hours there and then were supposed to meet our sailing friends for dinner but decided to just lay around instead.