On the end of February, we welcomed Laura, a girl from Germany studying biology.
That week was both Darren and Laura's birthdays. We gave Darren a Donald Trump piñata that he thoroughly enjoyed. We had to get it special ordered since the shop had run out of them as they were very popular. Laura had special visitors from home surprise her and we went out for a dinner to Bandido's, where they cook their burgers on the hood of a 50s era car.
We headed out one day for an afternoon at Balandra, which was Laura's first time there and Tobias' and mine last time there. Everyone visiting La Paz should go there at least once, it's very beautiful. I really hope they don't develop it.
Last Saturday, Tobias, Laura and I headed down to Cabo Pulmo to stay overnight and do some dives the next day. We stayed in some nice bungalows called Eco Adventures Cabo Pulmo. We went diving with Cabo Pulmo Watersports, who were great. The visibility was alright, but better than what I've heard it's been lately. On the first dive, we dove around a wreck, excitedly hoping for a bull shark, but alas didn't see one. The second dive we swam with a school of 1000-2000 big eye trevallies. It was a surreal experience!
This Monday we welcomed 3 more volunteers from Sweden - Andrea, Sanna, Pontus. So this week was full in the volunteer house!
Wednesday the six of us volunteers and Manolo headed up to Magdalena Bay in the hopes of seeing gray whales. It's nearing the end of the season and the wind was pretty strong that day, so unfortunately we didn't see any. But we did see dolphins, a sea lion and nice birds in the mangroves.
Today we are losing one of our volunteers. Tobias is heading back to Sweden. We've enjoyed having him here these past 6 weeks and he was my first volunteer buddy. As well as my dive buddy - we completed 5 dives together in the past month. We're sad to see him go. Safe travels back to Sweden and best of luck in the future!
Sarah
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