In Paihia. I called to book a boat trip for the following day, but they had a cancellation today, so I took it. We just had 25-minutes for John and I to get ready and be down at the dock. It was a beautiful day. We toured some of the inner and outer islands in the "Bay of Islands" and then headed out to "Hole in the Rock". This is a large rock with a hole in it bigger enough for a tour boat like ours to make it trhough, under the right conditions. I would guess our tour boat could hold about 100-people. Unfortunately the swells were too big for us to make it through, but John and I did get some spectacular pictures of the hole with the waves coming through it.
We stopped at a beautiful Island for lunch and got to spent 1 1/2 hours there. They have snorkeling gear in case we were able to "swim with the dolphins", so I tried it on on beach and a surrounding beach. The water was "refreshing" as they say. After being in Fiji water for a month, it was quite brisk. The visibility was poor, but the beauty on the land part of the island made up for it.
John and I took a hike following sheep paths (sometimes teh sheep were on it right in front of us!). There were some great views of our bay and surround ones. Photos will be available on our web site.
After the lunch and the island stop, the captain lowered a large net that slightly dipped into the water and let us jump in in and be dragged through the water. Like a kindler, gentler form of being keel hauled! It was quite a lot of fun. The captain would reverse engines from time to time and everyone would get pigpiled to one end or the other of the net. John has some pics that'll be on the web.
After that we search for dolphins. We, and other boats had not seen any in the morning. We were the first to find a pod in the afternoon. We think there were about 40-dolphins! Because they had young we were not able to swim with them, but they performed some amazing acrobatics in the open ocean for us! I used teh video capture mode of my camera to get some footage. I'm pleased with it and hope to have it posted on our web site.
We stopped at a beautiful Island for lunch and got to spent 1 1/2 hours there. They have snorkeling gear in case we were able to "swim with the dolphins", so I tried it on on beach and a surrounding beach. The water was "refreshing" as they say. After being in Fiji water for a month, it was quite brisk. The visibility was poor, but the beauty on the land part of the island made up for it.
John and I took a hike following sheep paths (sometimes teh sheep were on it right in front of us!). There were some great views of our bay and surround ones. Photos will be available on our web site.
After the lunch and the island stop, the captain lowered a large net that slightly dipped into the water and let us jump in in and be dragged through the water. Like a kindler, gentler form of being keel hauled! It was quite a lot of fun. The captain would reverse engines from time to time and everyone would get pigpiled to one end or the other of the net. John has some pics that'll be on the web.
After that we search for dolphins. We, and other boats had not seen any in the morning. We were the first to find a pod in the afternoon. We think there were about 40-dolphins! Because they had young we were not able to swim with them, but they performed some amazing acrobatics in the open ocean for us! I used teh video capture mode of my camera to get some footage. I'm pleased with it and hope to have it posted on our web site.
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