For our international friends there is an english version at the bottom. Thanx to Simon we have amazing underwater photos we can share with you.
Ura je 6.30. Danes nama ni do polezavanja. S strahom pogledujeva skozi okno najine tradicionalne fale in opazujeva grozece oblake. Vsak pri sebi ugotavljava, da danes ni ravno popolen dan, kot sva si ga predstavljala. Med zajtrkom naju pozdravljajo dezevne kaplje. Tonganski bogovi nama ocitno niso naklonjeni.
Skupaj s Simonom in se nekaj upajocimi dusami se pridruzimo Hepu in Moi iz Beluga diving. Moa, cistokrvna tonganka, ki zivi za nezne velikane morja, verjame da je danes nas srecen dan. Po 20 minutah voznje na ladji zavlada panika. Kit!!! Zivcno si oblacimo neoprene, natikamo plavutke in pljuvamo v maske. Ko se mu priblizamo Moa zakrici "Go!!". S pulzom 200 se pozenemo v vodo. Plavamo kot nori in zremo v modrino morja. Nic! Ocitno prevec adrenalina za sramezljivega velikana. Moa nam razlozi, da je samica z mladicem, ki jo opazujemo, izredno sramezljiva. Nikomur se ni uspelo plavati z njo.
Po eni uri zopet poskusimo sreco. Tokrat bolj mirno (pulz samo 150). Ko se zazremo v modrino se v daljavi prikaze ogromen temen obris. V nekaj sekundah se obris prelevi v popolno sliko. 15 metrov velika in 10 ton tezka samica z mladicem, ki plava tesno ob njejnem telesu, kot elegantna baletka zaokrozi okrog nas in zopet izgine v modrino. Sramezljiva mama nam je namenila 20 sekund in prvic pokazala svoj narascaj. Z nasmeski do uses se vrnemo na ladjo. Moa nam obljubi, da to se ni vse. V daljavi namrec opazi drugo kitovko z mladicem. Ocitno je, da je ta mama izredno ponosna na svoj narascaj in ga zeli deliti z nami. Kmalu smo spet v vodi. Tokrat ze cisto mirni. Ocitno to ne moti novopecene mame, ki lebdi 5m pod gladino in opazuje svojega mladica kako razigrano plava naokoli. Mladic se utrudi in se uleze na njeno plavut. Sele po nekaj minutah lebdenja nad njimi se zaveva kako ogromna bitja so to, vendar kljub svoji velikosti tako elegantna in nezna. Cudez narave! Zeliva si da se ta trenutek ne bi nikoli koncal!
Dan je popoln! Se vec. To je eden tistih dni, ki jih nikoli ne pozabis. Tega ne morejo spremeniti niti temni oblaki in dezevne kaplje!
It's 6.30 in the morning. We don't feel like laying in bed today. With fear in our eyes we are looking at black clouds trough the window of our traditional tongan fale. It's not a perfect day like we imagined. Breakfast... rain drops make it even worse. Tongan Gods are not on our side.
With our friend Simon we jump on the boat of Beluga diving and join our guides Hep and Moa. Moa is pure blooded tongan lady, who lives for gentle giants and she believes it is our lucky day today. After 20 minutes boat ride there is a panic on the boat. Whales!!! Get prepared! In a panic we are dressing our wetsuits, flippers and spitting in the masks. Next minute we hear shout from Moa "Go!". With 200 heart beats per minute we jump into the water. We are swiming like crazy and starring into deep blue sea. Nothing! Obviousely to much adrenaline for shy giant. Moa explains that we are observing a very shy female with a calf. Nobody swam with it so far.
After one hour we try our luck again. We are calmer (only 150 heart beats per minute). When we stare at the deep blue colour of underwater world we can se enormous dark shape in the distance. In a few seconds dark shape becomes a perfect view of 15 meter long and 10 tons heavy mother with a calf. Calf is swimming next to mother's body. They swim around us like a balet dancers and dissapear into the blue. Shy mother allowed us to glance at her baby for 20 seconds. We return to the boat with big smiles. Moa promises us that this is not all for today. She already spoted another mother with a calf in the water. It is obvious that this whale is not so shy and wants to show the calf to us. We are back in the water soon. Now we are totally calm. Whale does't care about us. Mum whale floats 5 meters under water and observes her calf swimming around. Calf is tired and lays on mother's fin. After a few minutes we realize how big this animals are but they are so elegant and gentle. It's a wonder of nature! We wish this moment would never end!Day is perfect! Even more. This is one of those days that you remember for a whole of your life. Even black clouds and rain drops can' t change that!
Skupaj s Simonom in se nekaj upajocimi dusami se pridruzimo Hepu in Moi iz Beluga diving. Moa, cistokrvna tonganka, ki zivi za nezne velikane morja, verjame da je danes nas srecen dan. Po 20 minutah voznje na ladji zavlada panika. Kit!!! Zivcno si oblacimo neoprene, natikamo plavutke in pljuvamo v maske. Ko se mu priblizamo Moa zakrici "Go!!". S pulzom 200 se pozenemo v vodo. Plavamo kot nori in zremo v modrino morja. Nic! Ocitno prevec adrenalina za sramezljivega velikana. Moa nam razlozi, da je samica z mladicem, ki jo opazujemo, izredno sramezljiva. Nikomur se ni uspelo plavati z njo.
Po eni uri zopet poskusimo sreco. Tokrat bolj mirno (pulz samo 150). Ko se zazremo v modrino se v daljavi prikaze ogromen temen obris. V nekaj sekundah se obris prelevi v popolno sliko. 15 metrov velika in 10 ton tezka samica z mladicem, ki plava tesno ob njejnem telesu, kot elegantna baletka zaokrozi okrog nas in zopet izgine v modrino. Sramezljiva mama nam je namenila 20 sekund in prvic pokazala svoj narascaj. Z nasmeski do uses se vrnemo na ladjo. Moa nam obljubi, da to se ni vse. V daljavi namrec opazi drugo kitovko z mladicem. Ocitno je, da je ta mama izredno ponosna na svoj narascaj in ga zeli deliti z nami. Kmalu smo spet v vodi. Tokrat ze cisto mirni. Ocitno to ne moti novopecene mame, ki lebdi 5m pod gladino in opazuje svojega mladica kako razigrano plava naokoli. Mladic se utrudi in se uleze na njeno plavut. Sele po nekaj minutah lebdenja nad njimi se zaveva kako ogromna bitja so to, vendar kljub svoji velikosti tako elegantna in nezna. Cudez narave! Zeliva si da se ta trenutek ne bi nikoli koncal!
Dan je popoln! Se vec. To je eden tistih dni, ki jih nikoli ne pozabis. Tega ne morejo spremeniti niti temni oblaki in dezevne kaplje!
It's 6.30 in the morning. We don't feel like laying in bed today. With fear in our eyes we are looking at black clouds trough the window of our traditional tongan fale. It's not a perfect day like we imagined. Breakfast... rain drops make it even worse. Tongan Gods are not on our side.
With our friend Simon we jump on the boat of Beluga diving and join our guides Hep and Moa. Moa is pure blooded tongan lady, who lives for gentle giants and she believes it is our lucky day today. After 20 minutes boat ride there is a panic on the boat. Whales!!! Get prepared! In a panic we are dressing our wetsuits, flippers and spitting in the masks. Next minute we hear shout from Moa "Go!". With 200 heart beats per minute we jump into the water. We are swiming like crazy and starring into deep blue sea. Nothing! Obviousely to much adrenaline for shy giant. Moa explains that we are observing a very shy female with a calf. Nobody swam with it so far.
After one hour we try our luck again. We are calmer (only 150 heart beats per minute). When we stare at the deep blue colour of underwater world we can se enormous dark shape in the distance. In a few seconds dark shape becomes a perfect view of 15 meter long and 10 tons heavy mother with a calf. Calf is swimming next to mother's body. They swim around us like a balet dancers and dissapear into the blue. Shy mother allowed us to glance at her baby for 20 seconds. We return to the boat with big smiles. Moa promises us that this is not all for today. She already spoted another mother with a calf in the water. It is obvious that this whale is not so shy and wants to show the calf to us. We are back in the water soon. Now we are totally calm. Whale does't care about us. Mum whale floats 5 meters under water and observes her calf swimming around. Calf is tired and lays on mother's fin. After a few minutes we realize how big this animals are but they are so elegant and gentle. It's a wonder of nature! We wish this moment would never end!Day is perfect! Even more. This is one of those days that you remember for a whole of your life. Even black clouds and rain drops can' t change that!
Moa- whale professional
3 comments:
adijo pamet! zdej sem vama pa uradno fauš!
;-)
kok sem fouuuuš!
...eni v pisarni 7:05 v ponedeljek zjutraj na šihtu gledajo te fotke ...mmmm...in sanjajo :)
imata resničen privilegij!
Pozdravček in Srečno pot naprej!
Uri
ps:pozdravta mi kolegico Sasho, Dolenjka v Hawkes Bayu :)
kaksna vrsta kitov je to? Ful ful lepo.
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