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"Happy Birthday to me , Happy Birthday to me , Happy Birthday to me i am 23!!!"
Another year older and the 19th December 2006 has been one to remember.
Starting with an early rise and Eggs benedict followed by the opening of beautiful presents as you can see in my pics!
I then left Jess for a day in the Bay of islands, boarding Kings cruises i had plans of swimming with dolphins, this has always been a dream and to view these magnificent mammals in their own natural habitat and not that of an enclosure. Cruising over the bay we first saw sightings of a family of Bottle nose dolphins showing themselves to three other cruise boats , although even with my glasses on, a camera on full zoom i could only make out a tail!!!
Due to rules from the Department of Conservation of only three boats allowed at one time we waited patiently before we were able to get up and close with the playful Kings of the Ocean.
I was overcome , it wasnt just a family there were millions everywhere you looked were tails flipping in and out, watching them glide the water proudly showing off . They certainly put on a show for me performing flips and friskly chasing eachother. I have never felt so pleased and proud to view such amazing sights so close and it brought tears to my eyes. They were much larger thn i expected and a variety were on show from the Hester dolphins ranging from 1.2-1.4m in length the babies to the bottlenose 1.4-4m.
Sadly i was unable to get wet with them due to the hesters being present but i wasnt disappointed i just felt privelged to see these amazing animals in trios jumping through the sky and back into the ocean........it was amazing. I cant explain how it felt as i was in complete awe, they love human contact and being the only other mammals barr human to mate for pleasure this was definately shown in there flirty behaviour!! The pictures were hard to captivate as they flew so fast past the sides of the boat , my eyes following their every move and the "oohs and aahs" were echoed by all.
I made some friends on the boat as the clouds turned and the rain was brought in but nothing could take the smile from me which was still beaming from amazement as i was met by jess from the boat back in Paihia.
That evening i wowed Jess with the picture and my facts and we celebrated my 23rd in style with strawberries and a bottle of Moet&Chandon. I was truly spolit and we then headed out for an Italian and of course another bottle. Feeling slightly less together than on arrival we gratefully received a lift home by the owner in his Jaguar as the rain poured.
Yet again i had that blurred vision and couldnt focus on the TV as it all mingled into one - what is it with Tuesday nights lately??? What a perfect end to my day!
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