Saturday, December 5, 2009

Kayaking, Baja California Sur

Our kayak trip was absolutely spectacular! We had the entire national
park completely to ourselves, seriously. Although we did share the
space with an incredible array of wildlife; mostly aquatic in nature.
The snorkeling was some of the best I've seen with thousands of fish
of all types including trumpet fish, puffer fish, nudibranches, tuna,
angel fish, etc etc... A number of times we saw sailfish come right
to the shore with their massive fins breaking the surface chasing
their prey. The hermit crabs were hilarious and plentiful to say the
least. Who knew that they love melon? We had two encounters with
dolphins as they hunted schools of fish. One of the oddest things we
saw was a ray jumping/flying across the water, about 2-3 metres high
and 3-4 metres long, coming straight at me in the kayak. It flew
right by my head on about the 5th jump and then was gone back into the
sea. Cormorant catching an eel was cool too.

Our camp sites were splendid. On the 3rd day the winds were gale
force and there was a 2-3 metre swell. Luckily we could head with it.

An incredible wilderness area!
I think we'll head to La Paz tomorrow and may go off on another kayak
trip from there.

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