Time for beer or wine or both :)

Time for beer or wine or both :)

Hundreds of friends (coming from all sides) came to visit us along the way. I will never tire of this. They seem excited to see you, rushing over to get a look at you, as curious and excited to see us as we are of them.  We also saw at least a dozen whales (Sei whales? and Fins), some curious, swimming close to the boat, much to my chagrin, and checking us out.

I’m going to sound new age, but I have no other way to explain it: when a whale decides to pursue you, despite your change of direction, there is this feeling of presence, a sentience that I have not felt with any other other animal before, including monkeys, whom I’m also very fond of. It’s not just their size, which is formidable, but rather an energy that overtakes you (ok, that’s pretty new age) and this reminder of  how we know so little about these ancient creatures who roam the sea.   Even though whales coming so close was unnerving at first, I have to say that after a while I sensed that they just wanted to see us, see what we were, all around, a very profound experience.