Dolphin Swim

So why not get ourselves into the thick of things right away. One month may seem like a long time, but in reality it will fly by without thinking twice. We decide to start our adventure by swimming with the dolphins.

(though its hard to see, the pic on the right is myself with a hector dolphin)

These however, are no ordinary dolphins. Considered endangered, the Hector Dolphin can only be found in the south island of New Zealand. They grow to about half the size of a blue nosed dolphin (or about 3 meters).

As these animals our wild, once we end up finding a pod (group of dolphins), we need to convince them that we are a friendly bunch of people and just want to play with them. Imagine a bunch of grown adults jumping into the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean with only a wetsuit and a snorkel then pretending they are able to speak dolphin paints a pretty accurate picture of what we were doing.