On the way to meet blue whales

We board panga boats captained by locale fisherman from the back of the Venture and head out. On the way to see blue whales, we pass a colony of frigate birds, pelicans, and the odd heron.
Peggy meets her whale

More of our friend the blue whale

When you play with a whale

Some times, they play back!
Whale audio and video

Another time another beach

We make another landing to explore dunes and mangroves. We saw three coyotes and Loren was attacked by a huge crab.
San Carlos

While we eat dinner, we make our way to San Carlos where we will dock for the next two nights. We’ll be going to see blue whale calves in an area to the north, Boca de Soledad. It’s not an easyLæs mere
Looking for baby whales

After a 2 hour bus ride to the interior, then north, then back out to the Puerto Lopez Mateo we find our panga and head out. But before we do, the town turns out: vendors, dancers, and we do not haveLæs mere
Pink Floyd

When we get back to the Boca, the wind has picked up a little. We see a disturbance, several fins bending and twisting in the water. It’s three males trying to mate with a female. Blue whales areLæs mere
The End of the Voyage

We get on the bus and travel back to the Venture where dinner and the end of the cruise photo show are provided. I had to recreate the movie in iMovie in order to have the original music that theLæs mere