On our way to "CBX" we accidentally crossed the border in the wrong area, and we had to turn around and get back in America to make it to our correct destination.
Coming into America from Mexico isn't near as easy as getting into Mexico. We ended up missing our first flight.
But no worries! After moving through about 10 different lines, we were right on time for the second flight out!
Once we got to our resort, we spent the night in, getting settled and ready for the week.
Day two in Cabo, Kathie and I made our way out to sea to go swimming with sharks!! Possibility of seeing makos, blue sharks, and some people even saw orcas!
Out in the ocean, our guides were chumming the water (dumping fish blood and guts to attack sharks) for what must have been an hour.
The idea of chumming once scared me, because in the past I had read that it is illegal to do it in America, but seeing the process and understanding the chum line and the swim line, it felt very safe.
Finally, we hear "shark!!!" and it's go time.
Kathie was the first to get in.
The water was cold and choppy. And there were sharks underneath us!
The shock of it all on top of being forced to mouth breath because of the snorkeling mask, panic started to set in.
I struggled to swim with my fins on but finally made it to the rope we were all to hold on to so we didn't float away.
After some good deep practice breathes, I was ready to check out the sharks.
Right in front of us was a cute little mako shark, about 3 feet big.
He swam around us and gave us a good show.
Then a blue shark showed up. They're much more curious. He got nice and close to us, also just a little baby, about 3 feet big.
And that was the show.
It was short, with small sharks, but I forever get to say I swam with makos in the wild!
Day three was swimming with whale sharks! More sharks!
We had a 2 hour drive to La Paz where we got on a boat and patiently waited for permission to go see the sharks.
They are protected and only 56 boats a day are allowed into the area.
Broken up into 4 groups of 18.
When it was our time we could see the gentle giants swimming near the surface of the ocean.
We had to time our jump perfectly to be able to keep up with the whale shark.
Once in, we had to swim swim swim to meet the shark. Again, I was struggling to breathe with the mask and the water was super choppy. I had no idea where the shark was or where to go.
I was about to give up and tap out when our guide, Joe, grabbed my hand and dragged me along. He said "hold your breath 5 seconds" and carried me along.
I put my face in the water and see a giant shark tail.
My fear quickly turned into excitement and I was ready to catch up to see more.
Joe dragged me along some more and said "5 more seconds"
I got to take another look and saw the rest of the massive 24 ft shark. It was super cool to see this beautiful creature just exist in the wild.
Day four we spent the day at the beach in a cabana. Soaking up sun and cooling off in the water.
Day five was whale watching. My favorite thing to do!
We barely made it out of the marina when a humpback whale breached fairly close to us
We saw and followed so many whales, chasing one that breached like ten times in a row!
We had a trio of whales come up super close to us and we watched the magnificent fluke say hello as one dived into the water
We then took time to put a microphone in the water to hear the beautiful whale songs. The most magical experience ever.
Last day was a relaxing day while we waited to get back home!
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