Today was the fantastica trip and fantastic it was too !!! We were picked up at 8:30am and first taken to the country park to go horse riding, what a hoot that was !! I was a bit scared at first it was a while since i had been on a horse, but we were all given helmets and helped on to the horses so that was ok. I got chatting to a couple of guys, Danny and Steve they were as bad as me, so i rode along with them. They were nice guys and we laughed all the way, mine had a mind of it’s own and kept wanting to go off and feed, trot off or come to a stand still it was so funny. When we arrived at the farmers house we dismounted and left the horses but we wanted to continue it was such good fun. The farmer showed us around his house then how they make the coffee and the coffee plants. We saw baby chicks, new born piglets suckling and baby piglets sleeping and others running about, they were so sweet.
Then we were taken across the marina to sea the dolphins. First we watched a sea lion show then the dolphin show, it’s fantastic how they get them to perform. After the shows we then got to swim with the dolphins, oh wow what an amazing experience and such gorgeous creatures.

We had to wait our turn, so while we waited i watched another group, they were all lined up and the dolphin went along and kissed everyone, everyone except the person at the end of the line. The last person didn’t get a kiss she was nudged by the way butted instead, then the dolphin laughed and splashed her , i thought it was so funny.

Then it was our turn, we were given life jackets and climbed down into the water with the dolphins. The trainer told us all to line up and the dolphin would go along and kiss each of us. When the dolphin got to me i turned my cheek to be kissed, i was so excited, but i did not get one, i was at the end of the line so i was the one that was butted , laughed at and splashed instead !!! I had not realised when i was watching the others that it was part of the act, i had just thought it was the dolphin being cheeky. Then we got to stroke and lift the dolphin it was fantastic, i could not believe i was holding and stroking a dolphin. Then he/she got me again i was stunned, but it was so funny, they are so clever i can only imagine they remember the person they got at the end of the line.

We then got to do an exercise with the dolphins, this we had to pay an extra 10 pesos for. I opted for the exercise where you hold onto the two dolphins fins and they take you around, it was amazing and i could feel their bodies hitting me as they swam. Some did the exercise where they had to tread water and the two dolphins pick them up by their feet so they are are standing and swim along with them in the air, i was too afraid to do that one. While we were waiting for the others to finish i was treading water when this dolphin came up in front of me from nowhere, butted my head, laughed at me then splashed me again !!! I was dumbstruck, the guys said they saw it swimming around then disappear, i could not believe it happened again, but we all had a good laugh about it. What incredible creatures and so much fun. The guys had pictures taken and said they would email them on to me.
When we got out the water our tour guide had one of my flip flops she told me the other one had blew away and the baby dolphin was playing with it and taken it somewhere. So that was something else for us to laugh about. My only problem was i was left barefoot, the shoes i wore to go on the horse ride had broken walking around the farm and now no flip flop.

We then went for our lunch, you could have chicken or seafood. I chose the seafood it was lovely there was everything and it was all cooked individually. After lunch were taken back across the bay and to the coach, luckily i did not have too far to walk, barefoot,, then on to our respective hotels. So thank you Danny and Steve for befriending me, being good fun and helping me, thanks for being a part in the enjoyment of what turned out to be a fantastic day !!!

In the evening i went to the La Trattoria Italian restaurant for my dinner, i met up with Roz, Keith and their son Aden. So we had a nice meal, i had prawn cocktail to start and a very nice fish steak for my main course and we laughed about the days events.

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