• Day 22 Faro and the Dolphins

    25 april, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Pretty loud and crazy last night so did not sleep very much . This place has the feel of Playa del Carmen🥳🥳 I later found out they were celebratng " Freedom Day."

    I gott ready for the dolphin boat ride.
    Perfect day with hardly any wind🫶
    I dressed with long pants and my jacket and I am so glad I did as it was chilly There were so many young girls with hardly anything covering their body....

    We were accompanied by a marine biologist who was super excited at the prospect of seeing some whales passing through. This is a prime time to see them as there are a lot of tuna.

    You can also see tortugas, loggerhead ones in particular. Interestingly they come from the Gulf of Mexico on their way to the Mediterranean to nest. Unfortunately, we didn't see any.

    What we did see were 2 groups of bottle nosed dolphins They are in groups for different reasons. Some are females with their calves....

    I loved the ride, scenery and of course the beautiful dolphins who are very social and curious with regards to boats..

    We also saw striped dolphins that are the opposite and swim away from boats.

    It was a full day on the water from 11:30 to 1500 hrs.

    The biologist was disappointed that she didn't see any different marine life.....but "that's Nature" as she said.

    I was amazed at how calm the ocean was. We were fairly far out....you can see on the map. So if there were any whales you could spot them for sure!!

    Wonderful day. Walked around town in the evening🤗🤔

    Please note on the videos you can enlarge the picture size to see more of the dolphins😉
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