Up about 7:00am, went for breakfast then to the Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Centre (WSORC) to see about doing a whale shark tour, where you go out and try to find whale sharks and snorkel with them. It wasn't open yet, so we walked to the iguana research centre and got a tour from Sharon, a British born Indian. The iguana research centre is run completely by volunteers. After the tour, she even took us up to the water tower where you can see around the whole island. Much of the island is swamp and mangrove.
After that, walked back to WSORC to inquire about boat trips. They need a minimum of 5 people, so we signed up to go to tomorrow. We're the first two to sign up.
We went shopping for shorts for Tracy, then hung around a cafe and a had a smoothie.
In the afternoon, we walked to the lagoon and rented a kayak and kayaked part way up the lagoon channel that runs between the north and south coasts of the island. Very nice mangrove forests the whole way. Got lots of sun, got a sunburn on my face and legs.
Started walking back to town, stopped at WSORC and two more people had signed up. Woohoo! Only one more. It's a dream of mine to swim with whale sharks, the biggest shark in the ocean. They said they will send an email later letting us know if the tour will go ahead or not.
Back to town, showered (cold water) and went for another smoothie, then to El Picante, a Mexican restaurant, for supper. Super delicious.
Did nothing special tonight. We did an email from the whale shark and oceanic research centre indicating that the boat tour will go ahead tomorrow. Yippee!
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