01 ngo 04
Ukubhukuda kunye neWhale Sharks: I-Cancun entsha yokuLungisa. Ngaba Ungayisingatha?
Cancun ... Kanye Xa Ucinga Ukuba Awukwazi Ukufumana Okumangalisayo Kakhulu
Indawo yokufika yeholide yangaphandle ye-USA yi- Cancun. Le dolophu elula-yokufikelela, ilanga nelomnandi inalo lonke ... kuquka i-whale sharks!
• I- Cancun ibonisa ezinye zeendawo zokungcebeleka ezinobunxwemeni kunamaphi na, njengeLe Blanc Spa Resort kunye ne-NIZUC (kwakunye neendawo zokuhlalisa iintsapho ezikhululekile ezifana neFiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach ). Kukhona indawo yokutya yamazwe ngamazwe ekhulayo, amabhishi azukileyo, kunye ne-surf ephazamisayo ephethe imidlalo yamanzi enokucinga.Kodwa emva kwalawo mafutha whale. Amanzi e-Caribbean ahlala e-Cancun, ahlala e-Cancun, ahlala kwikhaya elona likhulu kwiinkalo ze-whale sharks emhlabeni. Oku kuthetha ukuba iTancun yindawo efanelekileyo yokubhukuda nale miba.
Lindela ... Ngaba ndivele nditsho ngeWhale Sharks? Ewe ndayenza. Kwaye, ngokucacileyo, le ngcamango yangifaka kuqala. Nangona ndiyazi ukuba i-whale sharks ayinayo i-sharks yegazi, kodwa i-giants. Inkulu, ininzi, inentlanzi eninzi kwizilwandle ezixhenxe. (Iinyama zikhula, kodwa zizilwanyana ezincelisayo.)
Ndimele ndithi, andiyikiyi into eninzi. Ndikhumbule iifomfesi e-Australia, i-cliff-dived into e-ocean blowhole eHawaii, kwaye (ininzi ye-spine-chilling of all) eqhutywe ngumbono kwi- loco yaseMexico City traffic.
Ewe, ndenzile ezimbalwa kwiintlobo ezi-10 eziphezulu ezikhethiweyo njengeziko. Ukubhukuda ne-whale sharks ngenye yazo, ngoko ndazi ukuba ixesha lam lifikile. Yintoni enokuba yindlela ehamba phambili yokunethezeka ngaphezu kokuhlangana kwezilwanyana zasendle ezingaqhelekanga kwi-sophisto Cancun? Kwakuyixesha lokuba ndivavanye amanzi.
Namanje ... i-whale sharks? Ubungakanani babo bunqabileyo. Ezi ntlanzi zihlaziya kakhulu. Ngoko ndandingenangxaki xa ndidibana nabo. Ngaba babeza kuhlalisa imithi yabo kwaye bazame ukungidla? Ndifumana ndicaphukisa kwaye ndiqhekeza? Okanye ukwesaba nje izibane eziphilayo eziphuma kum? Okanye uhlaselo lwe-whale sharks?
Ukuze ufumane ingcamango yobukhulu be-whale shark: i-whale shark yimiyezo yimiyezo eyi-25 ukuya kwii-30 ubude. Uninzi lwazo lukhulu njengebhasi yesikolo (eyi-45 ubude ubude) . Ndandifunda ukuba i-whale sharks ingafikelela kumaphesenti angama-80 ubude bempumlo kwi-flipper, nje kuphela inkundla yebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola lebhola.
Ndibuhlungu kangakanani na? Ndifuna ukufumana. Ndandizimisele ukunqoba ukwesaba kwam intlanzi enkulu yeplanethi. Ndandiwela e-Cancun ndaza ndajoyina i-whale shark.
Okulandelayo: I-Starre iyaphuma ukuhlangabeza i-Señor Whale Shark, kodwa idlala ngokukhawuleza
02 we 04
Okokuqala, Uya Ku-Cancun. Emva koko, kufuneka Ufike kwi-Whale Sharks
Ufuna umthunywa we-Shark ukuba akukhokele kuzo
Iifolanzi ze-Whale aziyi kuza zizenzele iinzwane zakho ezinxwemeni zaseCancun. Kufuneka ujoyine i-whale shark. Ndifumene i-Cancun engcono kakhulu: iSolo Buceo. Umsunguli u-Alberto Friscione Carrascosa uyingcali kwizilwanyana zaselwandle kunye nomkhuseli whale sharks.
I-Carrascosa yi-divemaster ye-scuba ye-world-class ebizwa ngokuba yi-Legends of Diving. Le ngxabano ye-shark nayo idivemaster kwiinkwenkwezi. Uye wazisa amawaka abantu abanjengobuninzi kwi-deep deep-kuquka i-Tom Cruise kunye noBruce Willis.
Ukufumana iSolo Buceo yinqanaba lokuqala elifanelekileyo. Uza kusayinela ukukhupha, u-smear kwi-eco-friendly, i-biodegradable, kwi-SPF ephakamileyo ye-sun, kwaye ubuthe kwixesha elimangalisa ngokukhawuleza ukukhwela isikhephe sokuhamba.
Ufumene oko? Ndineengcebiso malunga nawe. Khetha ukuhamba kwentsasa. I-sharks sharks iyanyamalala emva kwemini, idilika ngokujulile ekuphumeni komthunzi othule elwandle. (I-whale-shark exitters iinqununu ayifuni ukuhambisa ii-afternoon).
Abakrokreli be-Shark abakwazi ukufumana ulwandle! Ngoko zithatha isilumkiso ukuphepha loo mvakalelo, mhlawumbi imivalo engokwemvelo ngohlobo lwe-root candied root. Ukuhamba ngomkhombe ngokuqhelekileyo kulukhuni ngokwaneleyo ukwenzela ukuba kuqhube nesisu esisinyithi. (Enye into ongayifundiyo, kodwa uthembele kum: gweba i-OJ okanye nayiphi na ijusi yesithelo esicacileyo ngaphambili).
Kulungile, ngoku kufuneka ufune i-whale sharks / Ukuphuma kwisikhululo esiphezu kweCancun, ixesha elide lokungcwaba i-coral, ndandiyika kodwa ndonwabile kakhulu; ukwesaba kwakuyi-adrenaline. Yizisa loo maqhekeza!
I-shark whale sharks zijikeleze ukusuka ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba. Kodwa ukuzifumana zizinto zobugcisa; abayiboni kakuhle indawo yabo yangoku. Ingathatha iyure. Okanye ngaphezulu. Ukuhamba kwam, siye safuna iyure nesiqingatha.
Kodwa xa ubona i-whale shark pod, uyazi. Iifolanzi ze-Whale zenza ukuba kwaziwe ukuvela kwabo kude. Iimfesane zazo ziyingxenye yolwandle ekuvukeni kwayo. Kwaye nangona bebhukuda ngaphantsi kwakho, amaqabunga abo amhlophe, awamhlophe abonakala amhlophe ayabonakala ngamanzi acacileyo eCaribbean.
UThar u vuthela! Emva kokuba i-whale sharks ibonakale kwaye isikebhe sichitha iinjini zayo, sekuyisikhathi sokungena emanzini.
Ufakwe nje nge-snorkel kunye ne-mask, iifom, kunye ne-lifejacket phezu kwe-swimsuit yakho. Awudingi ukudibanisa, kuba uya kubhukuda kunye nabagxumi abakhulu okanye ngokusondele kakhulu kummandla wamanzi. (Unokuzisa i-wetsuit ukuba ufuna, kodwa amanzi aya kuba ngaphezu kwama-80º F., okanye i-27º C.)
Umzuzu wam ufikile. Kwakuyithuba lam lokungena kuyo. Yikes! Ngokukhawuleza ukuba ukunyanzela kwam ukukhupha udibandi wadibana namanzi, ndazama ukuzigxuma eLwandle lwaseCaribbean. Phandle phakathi nendawo, ijikelezwe yintlanzi enkulu emhlabeni. Sharks.
Okulandelayo: Inkwenkwezi iza ubuso nobuso kunye ne-shark-looking-hungry hungry-looking hungry
03 we 04
I-Whale Sharks yenza ukuba uqaphele ukuba akuyona iziko lehlabathi
Yimangalisa! Unobuthathaka, Ubuncinci
Yilinye ihlabathi xa uqala ukungena: umanzi, uhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, phantse uthule. Siyakwamkelwa kwiXhabathi leWhale Shark elincinci, elisezantsi elwandle. Kulungile, ndayifaka emanzini. Yintoni elandelayo?
Whoa! Kwakukhona i-whale shark e-gargantu nje iindidi ezimbalwa ezivela kum. Wayeyazi ukuba ndilapho - baneenzwakala ezingenangqondo kwaye banokuqonda ukuba i-smallest splash. Kodwa i-whale shark yandikhathalela ngokupheleleyo.
Ukubiza i-nerve yam, ndanduluka ngaphaya kwiplanki engapheliyo. Andingenanto ekuthelekiseni. Cinga ukuba ubambelele kwi-iPad yakho kwi-hip yakho. Lelo lizinga.
I-whale shark yayigxotha, kwaye ndaqala ukukhwela iifinini zam ecaleni. Ndimele ndivume ukuba kwakungangqaliyo ukuba ungagqitywanga ngokupheleleyo yilwanyana ephezulu. Kwaye kwakumnandi ukuqonda ukuba ndandisemanzini ngokuchasene nale sidalwa esinamandla, esiyintloko.
Kwaye ndathembiswa ukuba kwakungayi kundidla.
Ngaba sinokuthetha ngomnye umzuzu malunga nendlela ezinkulu i-whale sharks ziphi? Akukho ndawo yezilwanyana esondelayo. (Indlovu? Efana neCorgi ngokuchaseneyo.) I-Gigantic iya kuba lizwi.
U Rodrigo Friscione, unyana ka-Alberto kunye nomkhokeli we-Solo Buceo, utsho ngokucacileyo. "Le ngqungquthela enkulu emhlabeni, kwaye ngoko ke, intlanzi enkulu kwihlabathi. Asibalulekanga kubo."
Uvakalelwa njani ukuba usemanzini azungezwe ngamaninzi, okanye amaninzi, e-shark sharks? Uyabona ukuba ... kwilizwe labo, awukho mntu. Yiyiphi ingqiqo. Inyaniso kukuba, awunandaba ne-whale shark. Kodwa kuhle ukuba umphefumlo wakho uphonywe emhlabeni ... phakathi kolwandle!
Okulandelayo: Ukuthungca imifudlana iingcamango ezinqabileyo xa i-shark shark ilandela emva kwayo
04 we 04
I-Whale Sharks i-Cancun ilambile, ayiyiyo. Isiqinisekiso: I-Experience Experience
Oko Ndiyenzile Xa Ndijamelene Nomlomo Omkhulu Ovulekileyo
Nangona ukhululekile ngokupheleleyo kwaye unethemba lokuba awukho into efudumalayo yokutsala i-whale shark, ukubhukuda kunye nabo kunethuba eliyikrakra.
Ndothuswa ngobomi bam xa omnye umzekelo omkhulu wagijimela kum nomlomo omkhulu uvulekile, njengengcango yomgaraji.
Intliziyo yam ibanjwe emqaleni, kwaye ndanduluka ngokukhawuleza kakhulu, ngokukhawuleza (oko kwakunzima ukukhawuleza kwintoka). Kodwa inkokwe ayizange ilandele. Ushaka alukhathalele.
Ngokwenene isidalwa sasisisigxina sokutya. Kodwa bekungayilambile .
Nazi i nyaniso. I-shark sharks ayinayo amazinyo! Kwaye zilandela ukutya kwezilwanyana zasolwandle ze-zooplankton kunye ne-baitfish encinci. Bavame ukuvula imilomo yabo ukugubha amanzi ngokusebenzisa i- baleen yabo , i-contraant-sieve-like-contraction eyenziwe emilonyeni yabo. Ngoko bavula imilomo yabo ngokubanzi ukuze bathathe amanzi angaselwandle - kunye neendawo ezikuyo.Eyona nto: abantu akufanele babe noyiko lwehawha. Ukuba nantoni na, bamele bathuke. Zintathu kuphela zee-275 ezaziwa ngokuba yi-shark eziye zaziwa ngokuhlasela abantu. Ngonyaka, abantu abangaphantsi kwe-20 ehlabathini lonke babulawa ngutywala. Kodwa izigidi zeentlanzi (ezinye zithi izigidi ezili-100) zibulawa ngabantu, ngokuyininzi zenza isobho seShayina. Ubulawe isobho!
Kodwa Ngoku Inxalenye Eyonwabileyo Yabuyela kum, emanzini, ukhumbule yonke le bhile shark biology kwaye uzive ukhuselekile kwi-jawed-jawed Caribbean colossus. Ndadibanisa i-nerve kwaye ndaya kwi-whale shark.
Lo, njengowokuqala, wandihoxisa ngokupheleleyo, ndihamba ngephandle emilenzeni yam. Le nkqantosi yezinzulu yayingeyona nto inomdla kwintlanzi encinci ekhangeleka ngokukrakra kunye ne-ponytail ehlabayo emanzini.
Ndabona ukuba, njengezinye iintlanzi ezincinci ezixhoma i-whale sharks, abantu baziva bekhululekile kunye nabo.
I-whale shark yayingumntu osisigxina. Yena kunye nathi sasihamba ngecala ixesha elide. Bekuncipha kakhulu, ngokukhawuleza ukuhamba. Sekunjalo ke ingqondo yam yayikugijimayo kuyo yonke into. Ndandiziva ngathi thina sibini sasiboshwe ngandlela-thile. Ndandiziva ndikhuselwe ukuba khona. Kwakufana nokuba ngumntwana osemncinci, kwiingalo zikagogo zothando.
Kodwa ke i-whale shark yanquma ukuba yanele ngokwam. Yakhawuleza kwaye yahamba.
Ndibize ngokuba nomsindo, kodwa kwakukho amava okomoya. Xa ndaya ekhaya, ndandiziva ngathi ukuxinezeleka okukhulu kuye kwaphuma. Ndandidla ngokuloyiko lwam, ndaza ndandibhayisa i-whale sharks. Ndandibelana ngekhaya labo elwandle elincinci, ndizithemba ngokuzithemba nokuphakama kwabo. Yonke into ibonakala ibonakala lula lula ukususela ngoku.
Ngoku ndivakalelwa kukuba phakathi kwe-whale sharks kwindawo yabo yokuhlala yindawo ekhoyo yebhakethi. Nangona ukuba iCancun yayingekabikho indawo yokufudumala, ndingabuya kwakhona ukuba ndibhukude kunye ne-sharks yayo. Ucinga ukuba baya kundibona ngokuzayo?
Ngaba ufuna ukufumana amava anjenge-Starre? Fumana oku ngakumbi malunga nokubhukuda kunye ne-whale sharks e-Cancun! Nantsi i-Starre's whale-shark i-outfitters, i-Solo Buceo kunye nevidiyo yakhe eyintandokazi ye-whale shark. Nantsi indawo ekhethiweyo yeendwendwe ezikhokelayo kwi-Cancun nase-Cancun
. Njengoko eqhelekileyo kwishishini lokuhamba, uMlobi weNdwendwe unikezelwa ngokuhambela ngokukhawuleza kunye nokuhlala ukuze abhale ngethuba le-Cancun le-shark. .