our BIO (Butanding Interaction Officer)
BIO wannabees
spot the butanding!i can finally lay claim that i swam with the butandings of donsol!
i love snorkeling, i love the sea and i am not really a swimmer but i just had to meet the butandings!
we had 2 briefings which were pretty important if we want to keep the butandings coming back to donsol. a video briefing giving out instructions and guidance on how we should behave. after all, this was butanding turf. 🙂 the second briefing was that from the BIO who gave specific instructions that we just had to follow him.
when our BIO said “baba!”, i just did so. not minding (and realizing later) that this deep blue expanse was 150m++ deep. holy cow!
and the butandings did not disappoint. they were quite the gentle ang gracious host just letting us swim up to them. of course we had to be careful not to get caught by their tail nor to even attempt to touch them.
it was a very unnerving but exhilirating experience to meet up front these gentle creatures. and yes, they do have this huge mouths!
if there is one regret i have, it was for lack of a picture-taking opportunity with them. hmm…it looks like i really need that digital underwater camera after all.
borrowing a pix taken of one of the butandings we met 🙂
my take 