Costa Rica - Day 4

We spent yesterday on this catamaran - fishing, whale watching and snorkeling. Glorious weather! They built the marina about 10 years ago and it has been great for the local economy. As evidenced by all the yachts!

This is the huge boat lift they were using to dry dock the big yacht!

We went out about 8 miles and started trolling for fish. Kyle caught two tuna and Emily caught a mahi-mahi. As usual, it is more about fishing than catching! The crew cooked them for our lunch, along with a wonderful salad, chicken and rice we had another feast!

Poor Samantha got sea sick, despite taking Dramamine, so she laid low most of the trip. Heather asked her if she wanted anything at lunch time and she said "shore!" She was a real "trooper" and felt fine within an hour of landing.

It was exhilarating riding in the net but would not want to be there in rough waters!

We followed a mother hump back whale and her calf as they leisurely swam along. The water was so clear you could see their dark shadows before they breached the water. How lucky were we!

The crew gave Emily some fish food to sprinkle in the water while we were snorkeling and as soon as she did the fish swarmed us! Just small yellow and blue ones but it was creepy! We also saw larger dark gray/black fish with bright yellow fins.

Another great day!!