Well I survived the New Year's cruise. It was a lot of work but it turned out to be pretty fun as well. After all of the New Year craziness wore off the rest of the cruise was just like any other (expect our ports of call where different than normal). On Friday I had a chance to get off the ship in Tortola and go swimming with dolphins which was cool.
I was really hesitant to go as I'm opposed to the way they capture a lot of dolphins for this type of purpose (see: THE COVE), but my friends convinced me to go and I'm glad I did. I talked to a few of the trainers about it and they explained where they got their dolphins and that they only started with two and they just grow as a family and don't have to capture any more. I got to see a calf who was only 6 days old. Her name is Layli (I think?) and she was so cute swimming along her mom's side.
I got to hold onto one of the dolphin's fins and have her pull me around as I lay on her stomach. It was a really neat sensation. We also got to kiss them, feed them and do other things as we swam around. I have a bunch of video but of course the internet is too slow to upload so I'll try to just put a few pictures.
This week we have a new cruise director from Ireland whose name is Chloe. She'll only be with us for one cruise and then next week Marc will be joining us for the duration of my contract. He was here when I signed on in July and seems pretty easy to work with. Nothing much else too report. I'm sitting outside a coffee shop in Puerto Rico and getting really tired so I'm not going to write much more. I think I'm going to head back to the ship and try to grab a quick nap before I start work tonight.
Did they say where they got the first two? How do you make sure you get a male and female? And after that, how is there not crazy inbreeding? Just curious because this isn't something I had considered until you wrote about it.
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