Two Crazy Chicks Productions is pleased to present Episode 6 of The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden in Mexico. (A note to our frum readers: the following contains profanity.)
The next morning, thoughts of the damiana bottle are far from everyone's mind. The focus is on wildlife – the kind that does not stay up so late swapping stories with new friends that they get kicked out of the bar… again.
The next morning, thoughts of the damiana bottle are far from everyone's mind. The focus is on wildlife – the kind that does not stay up so late swapping stories with new friends that they get kicked out of the bar… again.
The bus heads for the marshes of Guerrero Negro, home to prodigious numbers of wading birds. Eden is given the "jump seat" right next to the bus driver so that she can hop out at a moment's notice to take photos. The marshes do not disappoint. Dozens of yellow-crowned and black-crowned night-herons hunt in the shallows. Ospreys fly overhead bearing fish to feed their newborn chicks.
The tour group lingers too long in the marshes and the driver rushes them back to town to board vans bound for the lagoon. At the dock, Eden and Miko are thrilled when the young whale biologist, Zac, joins them on their boat.
"Whale! Twelve o'clock!"
"Whale! Three o' clock!"
"Whale!"
Our group of travelers is ecstatic to discover that on this particular day the whales of Laguna Ojo de Liebre (known to be less friendly than those of San Ignacio) are inclined to allow the boats to get quite close – and to approach the boats themselves.
A whale and her calf surface right next to our fearless females' craft.
"Oh my gosh!" So near, so enormous are these creatures and so amazed, so awe-struck is Eden that her vast vocabulary is reduced to three words.
"Oh my gosh!" So near, so enormous are these creatures and so amazed, so awe-struck is Eden that her vast vocabulary is reduced to three words.
That's one more word than Zac manages.
"Holy shit!" he exclaims.
The calf swims close and Eden and Zac lean out and reach for it. Contact!
"Miko! Come here!" Eden commands. "C'mon! Touch it!"
Miko tentatively reaches out until she, too, lays a hand on the whale's surprisingly soft skin. The other passengers follow suit. And then everyone is grinning wildly, high-fiving each other, exulting.
Those smiles only widen when, later, another whale surfaces within a few feet of the boat.
"Oh my gosh!"
"Holy shit!"
The whale spouts, covering Eden with a fine, fishy-smelling mist.
"Well," she laughs, carefully wiping off her camera, "now I can say that not only have I French-kissed a giraffe and hugged a shark, I have also been blown by a whale! How many people can lay claim to that?!"
Ummm, how many people would want to?
It is a very happy group that clambers out of the boats, onto the dock, and into the bus that afternoon. Nearly everyone touched a whale. Many were blown by a whale. And one person (no, not Eden) even managed to catch a glimpse of "pink Floyd."
"Tonight, when we reach Cataviña," Karla announces, "we will have a party with food, tequila, and a piñata. In the meantime, we have a three and a half hour ride ahead of us, so let's finish off the damiana!"
The sight of the damiana bottle renews Eden's fierce desire to possess it. Never mind that she could walk into just about any Mexican liquor store and buy one. This particular bottle must be hers.
With her trademark flirtatious smile, Karla sets the stakes. "The damiana bottle will go to the person who gets the most correct answers on the word games I passed out yesterday."
Eden smirks. Game on, baby. Game on.
Will Eden win the damiana bottle? And what will the journey north bring? Be sure to tune in to the final episode of The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden in Mexico!
Will Eden win the damiana bottle? And what will the journey north bring? Be sure to tune in to the final episode of The Adventures of Yumiko and Eden in Mexico!
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