Always up for a challenge, you both decided to try Slack Lining so the first time. It is a VERY difficult activity and takes a lot of skill, core strength and patience. The teacher was of course blown away by you both but the goal seemed to be to get you to be able to get from one side to the other in a painfully slow walk by the end of a two hour session. This activity was not your usual adrenaline fueled endeavor. You both stuck with it though and definitely improved throughout the class.
What a beautiful setting!
That night we went on a tour that turned out the be the highlight of our trip: a sunset trip to see Manta Rays up close! Here's how it works. The tour company fabricates a board with handles around the edges to hold on to with lights on the underside to shine down. Plankton are attracted to the lights and Manta Rays are attracted to them in turn. So basically we got a front row seat to a feeding frenzy right underneath us!
Manta Rays can get up to 18' in diameter. I think the ones that we saw were closer to 10' or so but still huge! This is one of them having a snack before we were even in the water:
I couldn't believe my eyes. They kept coming toward us with their huge mouths agape and then flipping onto their backs inches below us and then floated down into the depths again while another would make the trip up to us in rapid succession. It was unreal!
Their mouth were so huge and we could see right down into the depths of them, as if they were hollow.
Will, you were way into it. Charlie you were kinda freaking out but I have to give you credit for even doing it. It WAS freaky!
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