01 ngo-04
Ukubhukuda ne-Whale Sharks: Ukulungiswa Kamuva Kwaku-Cancun. Ungayisingatha?
Cancun ... Ngesikhathi Ucabanga ukuthi Ngeke Uthole Okumangalisayo Kakhulu
Indawo yokuvakasha yamazwe angaphandle yase-USA e- Cancun. Leli dolobha elitholakala kalula, ilanga nelomnandi linalo lonke ... kufaka phakathi u-shark sharks!
• I- Cancun ibona ezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka ezinobuningi kunabo bonke, njengeLe Blanc Spa Resort kanye ne-NIZUC (kanye nezindawo zokungcebeleka zomndeni ezinjengeFiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach ). Kukhona indawo yokudlela yamazwe ngamazwe ekhulayo, amabhishi ahloniphekile, nokusakaza okungenangqondo okuphatha yonke imidlalo yamanzi engacabangeka.Kodwa emuva kulawo shark whale. Amanzi aseCaribbean ayenokuthula, angama-turquoise e-Cancun ayenawo wonke amazwe amakhulu emhlabeni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iCancun yindawo engcono kakhulu yokubhukuda nalezi zingoma.
Linda ... Ngabe ngisho nje ngeWhale Sharks? Yebo ngikwenzile. Futhi, ngokusobala, lo mbono wangikhala ekuqaleni. Ngisho noma ngazi ukuthi ama-shark sharks awawona oshaka ababulala igazi, kodwa ama-giants amancane. Inhlanzi enkulu kunazo zonke, eningi kakhulu, eningi kakhulu ekuloleni olwandle. (Izinhlanzi zikhula kakhulu, kodwa ziyizilwane ezincelisayo.)
Ngithi, angikwesabi kakhulu. Ngikhumbuze imifula e-Australia, i-cliff-dived ibe ngumkhumbi olwandle olwandle eHawaii, futhi (iningi le-spine-chilling of all) eliqhutshwa yilapho i- loco yaseMexico City traffic.
Yebo, ngenzile ezimbalwa ezinhlelweni eziphezulu eziyishumi njengoba zikhethiwe ngesayithi. Ukubhukuda no-whale sharks kungomunye wazo, ngakho ngazi ukuthi isikhathi sami sifikile. Yini engase ibe ukuhamba okunethezeka kakhulu kunokuhlangana kwezilwane zasendle ezingavamile e-sophisto Cancun? Kwakuyisikhathi sokuba ngivivinye amanzi.
Namanje ... sharks sharks? Ubukhulu babo buyi-jaw-dropping. Lezi zinhlanzi zihlanza kakhulu. Ngakho nganginamahloni amancane ngokubahlangabeza ubuso nobuso. Ingabe bezokwehlisa izinhlanzi zabo bese bezama ukungidla? Ngithole ngicasulayo futhi ngifake isikwashi? Noma nje ungesabise ukukhanya okuphilayo okuphuma kimi? Noma ingabe ama-shark ahlasela?
Ukuze uthole umbono wesayizi whale shark: i-whale shark ehlukahlukene yensimu inamamitha angu-25 kuya kwangu-30 ubude. Eziningi zazo zinkulu njengebhasi yesikole (okungamamitha angu-45 ubude) . Ngifunde ukuthi izinhlanzi ze-whale zingakwazi ukufika emakhaleni amamitha angu-80 ubude, uma nje inkantolo ye-NBA basketball.
Nginzima kangakanani? Ngidinga ukuthola. Ngangizimisele ukunqoba ukwesaba kwami inhlanzi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ngawela eCancun futhi ngajoyina uhambo lwama-whale shark.
Okulandelayo: U-Starre uphuma ukuyohlangabeza i-Señor Whale Shark, kodwa udlala ukudla okunzima
02 ka 04
Okokuqala, Uzitholele e-Cancun. Khona-ke, Kumele Ufike E-Sharks Whale
Udinga i-Wrangler ye-Shark ukukuhola
Ushaka lwamawhale aluyikuzaza izinzwane zakho ezinqabeni zaseCancun. Kufanele ujoyine uhambo lwe-whale shark. Ngithole i-Cancun engcono kakhulu: i-Solo Buceo. Umsunguli u-Alberto Friscione Carrascosa uyisazi sezilwane zasolwandle nomvikeli wehoka lika-whale.
UCarrascosa ungumdayisi we-divemaster womhlaba wonke obizwa ngokuthi yi-Legends of Diving emhlabeni. Le ngxabano ye-shark nayo ibuyele ezinkanyezini. Uye wafaka izinkulungwane zabantu abathintekayo ekujuleni okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - kuhlanganise nabamanye amazwe uTom Cruise noBruce Willis.
Ukuthola i- Solo Buceo kuyisinyathelo esihle sokuqala. Uzofaka uphawu lwe-waivers, smear kwi-suncreen yakho eco-friendly, biodegradable, high-SPF, bese ubuthana ehoreni elimangalisa ukugibela isikebhe sokuhamba: ibhuloho elincane, elivulekile.
Utholile lokho? Nginezeluleko ezithile ngawe. Khetha ukuhamba ekuseni. Ushaka lwamawhale luyanyamalala ntambama, ehamba ngokujulile ngokuthula okuthulile olwandle. (Izinduna ezihamba phambili ze-whale-shark zinganikezi ngisho nangezintambama zentambama).
Abakwa-Shark bahlukumezeka abakwazi ukutholwa amanzi! Ngakho-ke thatha izinyathelo zokugwema ukuzwela lokho, mhlawumbe imithi yemvelo ngendlela ye-candied ginger root. Ukugibela isikebhe ngokuvamile kuvame ukwanele ngisho nokushaya isisu. (One tip ongakaze ufunde, kodwa ngithembele: gwema OJ noma yisiphi juice izithelo acidic kusengaphambili.)
Kulungile, manje kufanele uthole izinhlanzi ze-whale / Ukuphuma esikebheni esedlule esikhunjeni eside seCancun eside, ngangivalo kodwa ngineqhwa kakhulu; ukwesaba kwakuyi-adrenaline yami. Letha kulezo zingubo!
Izinhlanzi ze-whale zikaCancun zizungezile kusukela ngoMeyi kuya kuSeptemba. Kodwa ukuzithola kuyinto yobuciko obuncane; Abakhombisi kahle indawo yabo yamanje. Kungathatha ihora. Noma ngaphezulu. Ukuhamba kwami, siseshe ihora nesigamu.
Kodwa uma ubona i-phale whale shark, uyazi. Oshaka be-Whale benza ukuba khona kwabo kwaziwe kusuka kude. Izinhlanzi zazo zihlukanisa amanzi olwandle. Futhi nakuba bebhukuda ngaphansi kwakho, izimpunga zabo ezimhlophe, ezimhlophe-ezibonakalayo zibonakala emanzini acacile aseCaribbean.
U-Thar ushaya! Uma izinhlanzi ze-whale sezibonakala futhi isikebhe sichitha izinjini zayo, sekuyisikhathi sokungena emanzini.
Usuphethwe nje nge-snorkel kanye ne-mask, amaphiko, nesigqoko sokuphila ngaphezu kwe-swimsuit yakho. Awudingi ukuhamba kwegeyimu, ngoba uzobhukuda nabagxila amakhulu noma eduze kakhulu emanzini. (Ungaletha i-wetsuit uma ufuna, kepha amanzi azoba ngaphezu kuka-80º F., noma i-27º C.)
Isikhathi sami sifikile. Kwakuyisikhathi sami sokungena. I-Yikes! Ngokushesha nje lapho u-buddy wami owayegijimise ukugijima egijimayo egijima emanzini, ngazama ukungena eLwandle LwaseCaribbean. Phandle phakathi nendawo, ejikelezwe yinhlanzi enkulu emhlabeni. Shark.
Okulandelayo: I-starre ihlangana ubuso nobuso ngombala whale wechungechunge olambile nokulambile
03 ka 04
I-Whale Sharks Yenza Uqaphele ukuthi Awusona Isikhungo Sezwe
Ngimangele! Ungumuntu Obuthakathaka, Umuntu Omncane
Yenye enye izwe lapho uqala ukungena: okumanzi, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okuthula. Siyakwamukela ku-Whale Shark World esheshayo, enhle ngaphansi kolwandle. Kulungile, ngifake emanzini. Yini elandelayo?
I-Whoa! Kwakukhona i-whale shark ye-gargantu nje ngamamitha ambalwa avela kimi. Wayazi ukuthi ngilapho - banezinzwa ezingavamile futhi bangabona ukuthi ukuhamba kancane kunazo zonke. Kodwa i-whale shark yangishaya indiva ngokuphelele.
Ngibamba inzwa yami, ngahamba ngifinyelela phezulu kwaze kwaba ngapha nangapha. Bengingelutho uma ngiqhathaniswa. Ake sithi ubambe i-iPad Mini yakho ehlathini. Yilokho esikalini.
I-whale shark yayihamba kabi, Futhi ngaqala ukugodla amaphiko ami eceleni. Kumele ngivume ukuthi kwakungavamile ukuba ungalondolozwa ngokuphelele isilwane esiphezulu. Kodwa kwakujabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi ngangisemanzini ngokumelene nalesi sidalwa esinamandla, esiphezulu.
Futhi ngangithembisiwe ukuthi ngeke ngidle.
Singakwazi yini ukukhuluma ngomunye umzuzu mayelana nokuthi ama-shark amakhulu ama-shark angakanani? Asikho isilwane sezwe esiseduze. (Indlovu? Lokhu kufana ne-Corgi ngokuphambene.) Gigantic kungaba yilo gama.
U-Rodrigo Friscione, indodana ka-Alberto kanye nomholi wezokuvakasha we-Solo Buceo, usho ngokulula. "Le shark enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ngakho-ke, inhlanzi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Asibalulekile kubo."
Uzizwa kanjani ukuthi usemanzini azungezwe izinhlanzi ezinamahlumela ezincane, noma eziningi? Uyabona ukuthi ... ezweni labo, awunayo umuntu. Yimuphi umqondo. Iqiniso liwukuthi awunandaba nomuntu whale shark. Kodwa kuhle ukuthi umphefumulo wakho wehliswe emhlabeni ... phakathi kolwandle!
Okulandelayo: Ukuthungatha imifudlana imibono ye-cuddly lapho i-whale shark ilandela emva kwayo
04 ka 04
I-Whale Sharks ye-Cancun Inenhlanhla, Kodwa Akusiyo Yethu. Isiqinisekiso: i-Experience Experience
Lokho Engakwenza Lapho Ngibhekene Nomlomo Omkhulu Ovulekile
Ngisho nalapho ukhululekile ngokuphelele futhi uqiniseka ukuthi awuyena umfudumalo ofudumele whale shark, ukubhukuda nabo kunesikhathi esesabekayo.
Ngangethusa empilweni yami lapho esinye isiqu esikhulu sigijimela kimi nomlomo wayo omkhulu kakhulu evulekile, njengomnyango wegaraji.
Inhliziyo yami ibanjwe emqaleni, futhi ngangihamba ngiphume kakhulu, kakhulu, ngokushesha kakhulu (okuyinto okwakunzima ukuyifinyelela kancane). Kodwa udoki awuzange ulandele. Ushaka akazange akhathalele.
Ngempela isidalwa sasisendleleni yokudla. Kodwa kwakungelambile kimi.
Nanka amaqiniso. Ushaka lwamawhale awunawo amazinyo! Futhi balandela ukudla kokudla okudliwa yizilwandle ze-zooplankton ne-baitfish encane. Bavame ukuvula imilomo yabo ukugcoba amanzi besebenzisa i- baleen yabo , i-giant-sieve-like contraption eyakhiwe emilonyeni yabo. Ngakho bavula imilomo yabo ngokubanzi ukuze bangene emanzini olwandle - kanye nezinto ezikuyo.Ngezansi: abantu akufanele besabe ukwesaba whale. Uma kukhona, kufanele basabe. Kuphela kwalezi zinhlobo ezingu-275 eziziwa ngokuthi yi-shark ezaziwa ngokuhlasela abantu. Ngonyaka, abantu abangaphansi kuka-20 emhlabeni jikelele babulawa oshaka. Kodwa izigidi zamashikashi (ezinye zithi izigidi eziyikhulu) zibulawa ngabantu, ikakhulukazi ukwenza isobho seShayina sokupheka. Ubulawe isobho!
Kodwa Manje Ngenxusa Ejabulisayo Buyela kimi, emanzini, ukhumbule konke lokhu kwe-whale shark biology futhi uzizwe uphephile kusuka e-jawed-jawed Caribbean colossus. Ngaqoqa izinzwa zami futhi ngigijimela ngakwezinye i-whale shark.
Lo, njengowokuqala, wangishaya indiva ngokuphelele, ngihamba ngesivinini eceleni kwemilenze yami. Lesi giant sojulile sasingenaso isithakazelo enhlanzini encane ekhangeleka ngendlela enobuso obubukeka kahle futhi ubuso be-ponytail bugeleza emanzini.
Ngaqaphela ukuthi, njengezinye izinhlanzi ezincane ezizungeze izinhlanzi ezinamahlombe, abantu bayashesha ukuzizwa bekhululekile nabo.
I-whale shark yami yayiyindoda ehlelekile. Yena nami sigijimela eceleni ngesikhashana. Kwakudumala kakhulu, cishe ukuhamba kancane. Kodwa ingqondo yami yayigijimela emangalisweni yayo yonke. Ngangizizwa sengathi thina bobabili siboshwe ngandlela-thile. Ngazizwa ngivikelwe ubukhona obuhle. Kwakunjengokungumntwana osemncane, nasezingalweni zothando zikagogo.
Kodwa-ke u-shark shark wanquma ukuthi wayenele ngokwami. Yashesha futhi yahamba.
Ngishayele ucingo, kodwa kwakuyinto engokomoya. Lapho ngifika ekhaya, ngangizizwa sengathi ukucindezeleka okukhulu sekuphumile. Nganginqobe ukwesaba kwami futhi ngathungatha izinhlanzi ezinkulu ze-whale. Ngangihlanganyela ekhaya labo elihlala emanzini, ngizibamba ngokuzethemba nokuphakama kwabo. Konke kwabonakala kubonakala kulula kakhulu kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuya phambili.
Manje nginomuzwa wokuthi phakathi kwama-whale sharks endaweni yawo yemvelo kuyinto yeqiniso yebhakede. Ngisho noma i-Cancun yayingeyona indawo engafinyeleleka yokubalekela, ngiphinde ngiphinde ngiyobhukuda nezinhlanzi zayo. Ucabanga ukuthi bangangiqaphela ngesikhathi esizayo?
Ufuna ukuba nolwazi olunjenge-Starre? Thola okuningi mayelana nokubhukuda nezinhlanzi ze-whale e-Cancun! Nakhu i-Starre's whale-shark expedition outfitters, uSolo Buceo, nevidiyo yakhe eyintandokazi ye-whale shark. Nansi indawo yezivakashi ezikhethiwe 'zendawo yezokuvakasha esemthethweni yaseCancun naseCancun
. Njengoba kuvamile embonini yezokuvakasha, uMlobi Wezindwendwe wanikezwa ngesihambeli sokuhambela nokuhlala ukuze abhale nge-Cancun whale shark. .