Snorkeling with sea-lions...again by Adam

          Hello! This is Adam Sysol . I am going to tell you about my second trip to the sea-lions. We motored our boat Antipodes over to an island near La Paz called Isla Partida where we went out on our dinghy to another island called Los Islotes where we found sea-lions. We knew we would find them there so we had all our snorkel gear because we had already been there without my sister. 

Even before we got in the crystal-clear water we saw the sea-lions. Click the following link for a video of the entire adventure, this video might take a long time to load so be patient.  Sea Lion Video

 

   
 We saw ten million fish down under the sea. More than was shown in Finding Nemo. The sea-lions were cute and nibbled on my dad's camera underwater and one even got on our dinghy!

The sea-lion started jumping onto the boat after sitting on Allie's fins. The sea-lion that accosted us was super sleek and let us touch it for a brief second.The snorkeling was fun, but we needed to go back to the boat.

      Later we left and found an arch that we went through...Crazily! The arch was narrow and on the other side we saw acrobatic manta-rays that were jumping straight up and doing double backflips in the air. The stone arch was incredible and the view was amazing.  Watch the video to see us going through.

Sea Lion Video

I miss all my friends, including Kylie, Braden, Mallory, Ethan, the twins, Makimo, Najee, Ilijia, Tea and everyone else .That is all for my blog this week. Bye!

Whale Sharks by Adam

Hello, this is Adam again. In this blog I will be telling you about my adventure with the Whale Sharks.

Over the past week I have found a bunch of friends who came down on their sailboats and the Baja Ha Ha. Their names are Big Ben, Little Ben, Easton, Nate, Kaylie and Sam, who is a three year old.

So yesterday Little Ben, his big brother Max and sister Sam invited everyone over to their boat Appa (named after the flying bison on the Avatar TV program) to go sailing with the whale sharks.

When we got to the whale sharks we all jumped in.  The water felt warmer than a hot tub!

Three times we all jumped into the water trying to get to the sharks, they were fast!  The third time the whale shark we were chasing was circling.  I swam in front of it and it got so close I could touch it! It was huge and it felt like sand paper. Right after that a tour guide shouted "Don't touch it" but other people did anyways.

After the whale sharks, the captain tied a rope to the mast and we swung off the boat into the water until the sailboat started heading for shallow water.  Then we got dragged behind the boat on the boats fenders (bumpers) and then saw a turtle on the way back.  What a day!

I miss everyone, no matter if you are kin or friend. Bye.