Saturday, August 26, 2006

From Dolphins to Pearls to Stars

It would be hard to fit much more into a day! Up early to watch the dolphin feeding (which is very tightly regulated due to historical overfeeding wiping out the prime tourist attraction). The girls went to the second one as well and actually got to feed one! To keep the event clear of pestering Pelicans they feed them at the same time on the beach behind.
Then we went on a tour aboard a large catamaran to spot some Dugong feasting on the grass sea floors of the bay, which also included a stop at the local pearl farm which was very enlightening for all of us. Louisa scored a natural pearl for being so attentive. On the homeward leg the girls jumped into the net on the back of the cat for drag through the cold (21c) sea.
Pool and hot tub was the order for the afternoon followed by a late night stroll on the beach under a perfect starry sky (no Moon, no unnatural light, no clouds, no pollution and an uninterrupted 360 degrees horizon). We could easily see by the star light and there were stars around our feat as we splashed through the calm shallows (suspect some sort of phosphorous glow worms).
Magical !

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