September 26, 2007
Why I Love Our Mexico Cruise
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Those who know me best know my biggest fear - FISH. I know its a silly thing to be scared of, but I prefer to be on solid ground and have quite the imagination on what lurks below me when it comes to getting into the open water. I only swim in pools. And, when I do brave it out and jump into open fresh or salt water sea, I always have my husband go in first to splash around and scare things away. I really don't even like to look at fish in fish tanks, it just kind of gives me a chill. So, when I traveled to Baja with my pregnant and dear friend it was quite the peer pressure situation when we had the opportunity to swim with Sea Lions.
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Young Sea Lions are known for their playful personalities. They come right up to you and want to swim and twirl. They are most attracted to the people that are out there moving and shakin'. If my pregnant friend could do, I sure could. So, maybe I was like a stick floating out there in the open water. And yes, I was ready to use the fins covering my feet as a shield if I needed. But, it was fun! And, how often do you get the chance to swim with Sea Lions in the wild? (You can see how fun the Sea Lions are - I have attached a picture of one trying to join us in our DIB.)
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One of the best feelings in the world is to visit a beautiful piece of earth that is still natural and traveled by few. I loved Isla Partida, there I took a short and easy beach walk with our Exploration Guide, Paulino. Paulino was very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of the Baja region and from the moment we met him we knew he loved this beautiful region. On our beach walk Paulino started to pick up small pieces of trash, and old fish hooks that he would find washed up on the beach. Following Paulino's lead other Cruise West guests started doing the same. There was a great since of pride in leaving the beautiful island even more unsoiled then it was when we arrived.
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The local children of Loreto that performed in the beautiful courtyard of the Loreto Mission were so fun. They were so excited to perform for us and were talented too. | Chesna traveled on our Whales & Wildlife cruise through Mexico's Sea of Cortes in March 2006. Thanks for sharing your experience, Chesna.
Posted by Chesna on September 26, 2007 1:00 AM
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» Awwww, swimming with sea lions would be a cool adventure. I'm glad you braved the waters to do it. :)
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