Friday, October 30, 2009

Dolphins WATCH....!!!

We were given a weeks holiday during September. We all were planning for many trips . We came up with many options, like going to an island, to stay in a resort in the mid of a desert ,etc. Basically, we were looking forward for an exciting and interesting one. Inspite of our planning, we could make it for only one, but not any of the above mentioned ones.
We went to Dolphin watch on the Arabian sea. It wasn't a show, where we could imagine trained dolphins jumping to great heights inside the rings with a trainer, but just to watch the dolphins out there at the sea naturally . When enquired people around us about the watch, we got mixed reviews, since it was all mere luck if could see the dolphins. Though this was discouraging, we all wanted to try our luck also and finally planned for it.
Its been very long since we had holidays on Sunday (here weekends are friday and saturday). This trip was planned on a Sunday only. All were set ready for the trip and we went there with least expectations. First, we went to a port, where we found quite large number of boats stranded. These boats resembled a minie ship with 12 seater ,anyone would love to go on it. It was a 2 hours trip in the sea. It was too good, the clear blue sea with very less waves was worth the sight in the morning sun light. After few minutes of travel, we could see only sea at all directions. I was able to sea few other boats around us who came for the dolphin watch. After, some say 20 to 25 minutes the boat was stopped when the first dolphin was sighted. Then onwards, we use to ride for some time and halt in a place and all in our boat curiously wavering in all directions in an attempt to get a clear sight of the dolphins jumping. We managed to get the sight of dolphins jumping to a certain height which gave us the full satisfaction for the trip. Then, slowly the enthusiasm started to cease down and all got settled back to their seats.
We were actually warned not to have any food, which would lead to a dizzy feeling and sea sickness, and that was true. After an hour or so, I too felt the same. The wavering boat travelling swiftly through the waves, beating the water harshly, made us feel very drowsy.
So, finally after this enjoyment, we all were waiting patiently to reach the shore as soon as possible. Ironically, we were not able to take the pics of many dolphins since it was too fast for us capture in our cameras, my friends managed to take one or two decent snaps also. Those great sights of the dolphins jumping around in pairs with the sense of freedom in the sea still remains in my memories unerased. This was one of my most remarkable and memorable trips.

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