Boating and fishing day

Yesterday was a very exciting day. We hired a boat to go for a trip to San Agustin, go snorkeling there and stop in different beaches along the way. When we started the ride I noticed that the cooler had 6 beers, water and coke but no ice. We stopped at “El Maguey “where we got a bag of ice and another six-pack of beer. Our “captain”, 16 year old Alex, suggested we go looking for Orca whales or some other sea-living creatures. Mary was a little reluctant but I suggested that if after 30 minutes we didn’t see anything we should go straight to the beach. About 10 minutes went by and he veered to the right where he said he saw dolphins. Sure enough, as we were approaching the location, we started seeing their dorsal fins over the water. Pretty soon we were surrounded by them. Some would follow the boat, others jumped way high in the distance. I notice a mom and the baby dolphin swimming side by side.

Mary and Jonathan went to the front of the boat where their heads were facing downwards looking at the dolphins. Nickolas was busy getting his “pro” camera ready and trying to film them under the water.

You could see dolphins all around us, I would guess in a half a mile radius. Down in the water, there were layers of dolphins. When we thought there was no excitement left, we see a different fin sticking out of the water. Alex points at it and tell us is a sword fish. We could see it going around in circles in the middle of all the dolphins, probably feeding on the same fish the dolphins were eating.  Alex already had a line trolling behind the boat, so he decides to throw it by the swordfish to entice it to bite it. The trick worked and before we know it Alex accelerates the boat and we have the swordfish in the hook. He encourages me to bring it in and I started to pull it. It was exciting to see it jumping in the air trying to escape. I guess it took me about 8 minutes to bring it in. Alex takes a rag from the boat and grabs the fish by the sword and pulls it in. I help him grab it and we all take the opportunity to take pictures of the trophy. Alex and I decide to let it loose. He guessed it was about 25 Kg (about 55Lb).

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We sailed to San Agustin and went snorkeling while Mary picked up small shells and corals. Rebeca packed a lunch and we ate it in one of the beach.

We took a taxi back from the marina. We spent some time around the pool with the young couple that stayed (the other two older couples left earlier during the day) and topped up the evening with a delicious dinner.  Rebeca, Hugo and Feliciano joined us at the table.

We finished breakfast this morning and now we are ready for the day!