On Thursday, June 1, we caught an early taxi back to Marina Vallarta, to go on a whale-watching cruise with Ocean Friendly. After an orientation (and observing the endangered green iguanas on the trees overlooking the water), we got on a small boat with eight or ten other people and headed off into the bay. Other than being accompanied for a while by some dolphins, for the first three hours we didn't see much--some humpback whales spouting and surfacing, off in the distance. The last hour, however was very eventful. Besides seeing a sea turtle, we finally caught up with a group of humpbacks (probably about ten males chasing a female). Then someone noticed a dorsal fin in the distance: an orca. We went to investigate and soon found ourselves in a whole group of them (four or five?). The fact that they were there may have been one reason why it had been so hard to find humpbacks: orcas (or "killer whales") prey upon very young or old or ill humpbacks. We got very close to them. Some of them even passed under the boat.
After walking from the whale-watching pier up the highway to the marina, with a couple who were staying there, we caught a city bus downtown. That evening we had a very nice dinner at El Arrayan.
After walking from the whale-watching pier up the highway to the marina, with a couple who were staying there, we caught a city bus downtown. That evening we had a very nice dinner at El Arrayan.
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