An overcast day greeted us but we were ready for another day
Dan – I thought Karaoke was a nice touch of entertainment and dinner.
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Diesel is back!
The island is back in action as both fuel boats arrived today. So, it was back aboard Bimini Undersea’s Adventurer for dolphin trip #21. It was another good day, beginning with some relatively fast moving adults. We followed them, getting to watch one chase a mackerel and successfully catch it! It then carried it around for over 2 minutes before, as far as I could tell, swallowing it. The passengers got in the water as I attempted to get some surface photographs. Shortly after, I decided to get in the water as well –
Day Two in Tokyo
It was a bright, hot and sunny day!
We visited the Edo Museum (and outside of the Sumo museum), McDonald’s, Shinjuku Station (largest and busiest in the world), Tokyo Government Building, Meiji Shrine, and had Sukiyake for dinner.
Mr. Williams – I found the Meiji Shrine to be a contemplative experience, particularly the walk through the Iris Garden. I found it much more warm than the Buddhist Temple that we visited on Sunday. I did not expect the temple to be found in the midst of the commercialism of the city. (this note written Sunday evening.)
Ms.
No Diesel ANYWHERE
The day started with genuine curiosity as to whether or not the dolphin trip today would actually be able to go. It was a nearly full group of passengers, but no fuel for the boat. Luckily, another boat operator had full tanks, so Bimini Undersea was able to charter him & his boat (www.biminiadventures.com). So, it was out to sea on a new vessel. The dolphin sightings began with a very brief bottlenose “swim-by” before coming up on the mother-load of spotted juveniles & calves.
Our First Full Day in Tokyo
We had a LONG day but it was good and everyone had fun. It was the summer solstice.
Mr. Williams – the tea ceremony has bene one of my favorite parts of this trip.
Dan – The tea ceremony was an experience like no other I have had. And, I have never seen such organized chaos at the fish market.
Duncan – The fish market was really amazing because it was organized chaos. It was really huge and surprising to find such a place in Tokyo.
Finn, Romeo
Happy summer solstice everyone! Since I’m a resident of Alaska now, I kept picturing the longest day of the year up here…Here in Bimini the sun rose at 626 and set at 2011 today. A great summer day, but nothing compared to those northern latitudes. Today’s trip was a bit rougher than expected, but our patience paid off as the dolphins approached the boat at approximately 1930. It was Finn (#09) and Romeo (#10) doing quite a bit of swell surfing. Since light was fading, we hopped in the water.
Maria
It was an early morning today as Maria was leaving the island. But, not before a final golf cart ride & a breakfast of Bimini bread French toast at one of the local breakfast spots. It was great to have you here Maria – travel safely & good luck in Connecticut! For Kel, it was then time for the Wednesday phone link, field reports & other computer catch up. Tomorrow, Friday & Saturday there are dolphin trips –finally.
Hiking to Nango
Today we hiked to Nango to see the biggest tree in Japan
Today began early because the DRT team had a skype video chat with our families back at Pine Point. It was great to see everyone and share a bit of our trip. By far, our favorite event so far was the dolphin swim. (Side note from Kathleen: our DRTs are well trained, budding scientists and remembered several of the identified dolphins and saw new scars. They identified about half a dozen individual dolphins!)
The hike was 1 km each way with much uphill, downhill and some flat pathways.
Stingrays EVERYWHERE!
Today was Maria’s last day here on Bimini – at least for this year. We spent the day with the Bimini Undersea family at “Honeymoon Harbor” located at Gun Cay, just south of Bimini. Here, a group of stingrays has become habituated to human presence & whether or not you’ve ever seen one before, it’s a great place to get more than just a glance. The southern stingrays here can be over 2 feet in diameter with very smooth (and sensitive) skin. It was a great day!
DRT Dolphin Trip!
Three boats carried the DRT team to observe the dolphins around Mikura this afternoon.
The stars aligned for our trip around Mikura with the DRT team. The sea was flat calm and warmer than lately (MUCH warmer than what Justin has had to endure for 4 weeks). The dolphins were all around us on several entries. We saw a mother calf group and several male sub-adult groups. We were spread over three boats for our DRT trips with 4-5 DRTs per boat. Everyone did EXCELLENT in the water and got to see the dolphins often.