Subject: Post: The purpose of our visit to Samana area was to go seeing humpback whales on a tour operated by the marine biologist Kim Beddall and her crew. The whales migrate every year to Samana Bay for reproduction, and there should be massive amount of them in the bay. Well, should.During the trip today we were unlucky and saw exactly zero whales, not even a single one. It was their first trip today as the whale season is just beginning, so I guess there are not too many whales in the bay yet. They already had confirmed earlier sightings though. Well, they are wild animals which are hard to predict, so sometimes it's normal to not see anything. At least we got free tickets for second tour, which are valid forever. :PAfter the whal...err..oceanwatching trip we just drove down to La Romana area again, staying one night in the same apartment where we started our journey in the country. Time to repack all the stuff so they are suitable packed for the flights, spend tomorrow on the beach and then fly home..Here's a video of some mountain road driving yesterday: https://youtu.be/ZqSJSCnqLa4. Too bad Gopro lens seems to flatten the hills a bit, the ascents and descents are not looking so steep on the video as they were. Traffic here is relatively crazy, with nobody following any rules and small motorcycles everywhere.. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
The purpose of our visit to Samana area was to go seeing humpback whales on a tour operated by the marine biologist Kim Beddall and her crew. The whales migrate every year to Samana Bay for reproduction, and there should be massive amount of them in the bay. Well, should.
During the trip today we were unlucky and saw exactly zero whales, not even a single one. It was their first trip today as the whale season is just beginning, so I guess there are not too many whales in the bay yet. They already had confirmed earlier sightings though. Well, they are wild animals which are hard to predict, so sometimes it's normal to not see anything. At least we got free tickets for second tour, which are valid forever. :P
After the whal...err..oceanwatching trip we just drove down to La Romana area again, staying one night in the same apartment where we started our journey in the country. Time to repack all the stuff so they are suitable packed for the flights, spend tomorrow on the beach and then fly home..
Here's a video of some mountain road driving yesterday: https://youtu.be/ZqSJSCnqLa4. Too bad Gopro lens seems to flatten the hills a bit, the ascents and descents are not looking so steep on the video as they were. Traffic here is relatively crazy, with nobody following any rules and small motorcycles everywhere..
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