The Paulo & Liwa show...

We took Nixi, our small boat, to a nearby island for an early morning trip. It is definitely worth getting up early as the mornings are the dolphins favourite ‘chill-out’ time in the shallow waters. Indeed, as soon as we (Suhail, Michelle, Luka and me) approached the island, we were surrounded by dolphins...Paulo & Liwa as always got very excited and as soon as we arrived on the island, Paulo went on his usual dolphin hunting swim. He swims far out into the open sea trying to catch up with the dolphins...at one point I have to call him back as I am not sure how far he would swim and if he would have enough energy to come back all the way to shore. Once Paulo was back, we decided to walk from one side of the island to the other and while walking we could already sense that Paulo and Liwa had a great deal of energy that day...Soon we found an idyllic spot nearby the water where we sat down to ‘chill out’...However, very fast this very ‘idyllic’ spot looked like a hurricane had just come through. The Paulo & Liwa show had started.: They would just run around us as if they got completely insane or they had been injected a considerable dose of ecstasy, dug holes in between us and ran again. It surely is a first class entertainment. At the same time I wonder why they always choose to do it right in the spot that we choose to relax when they have a whole island to themselves...The Paulo & Liwa show was repeated soon after this when we got back to the boat and took out the chairs on the beach to enjoy a few drinks. Paulo and Liwa worked very well in a team to dig holes under our chairs in a way that we would suddenly sink into the sand...Finally, we decided that they got enough fund and that now it was our turn. We drove to another island where there are no dogs allowed to enjoy a nice lunch in the beach club. I tied they dogs up inside the boat and after they drank about 2 litres of water, they took a long nap in the shade enjoying the fresh sea breeze...