Watching
whale from distance/Carlos Pueblo
On the first
morning, I had my morning walk on the 12th deck pedestrian path.
A young lady
told me that she saw a lone whale faraway and I went down to
my stateroom
to get my binoculars. Kathy is from Portland, Oregon, an expert
of whale
watcher. I could see the blow far away yet my Canon still got it. It was
a humpback she
indicated. Later, there was another expert joined us for watching.
This
gentleman was equipped with telescopes, tripod, and wide angle camera.
They had exchanged
their experience and shared with me, a beginner. The ship
was moving
forward and the humpback was approaching while I could see the
black tail
waving around.
This is a
kind of leisure whale watching and is a bonus of cruise traveling yet not
that exciting.
The cruise has whale watching excursion for a fee to get closer to look
this huge
animal. It is a guarantee business now or you get your $100 back if you don’t
see the
whale. Why? Because the business practice is to pre-feed the whales and then
get the
vessel closer to look. It is a 2.1 billion U.S. dollars industry nowadays and
employs
13,000
people while the traditional whale catch business dwindle to a merely 31 million
U.S. dollars
and is the reason why we can still see whales on a cruise trip.
I often
found people gathering on the window side of the restaurants to watch the
whales
passing by
in some cases very closed to the ship even waving at the ship and that is why I
feel like
receiving a bonus on the cruise after room and board, transportation from port
to
port, and
entertainment every night.
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