We are staying at the Royal Sea Aquarium here in Curacao. The resort itself is on a man-made island, so technically, we’re not even on Curacao! They have a Dolphin Academy, where you can interact with the dolphins, right in the water. They have also what they call Dolphin Therapy, where autistic and troubled kids are given some joy in their lives by interacting with the dolphins.

We took in the main dolphin show yesterday, and it really was something to see. The dolphins are housed in large ocean pools, and the trainers are clearly in love with them. It was really moving to see the dolphins come to them for a hug and pet.

They do tricks, and some people think this is something dolphins don’t do in the wild, but they clearly do! Jumping over the trainers, somersaults in the air, and breaching and swimming like crazy are things they do. In fact, we were watching Animal Planet last night and the dolphins in the wild were doing exactly these things!

Anyway – it was a total blast to watch the show. And I was glad and a little honored to have witnessed it. Literally, it brought tears of joy to my eyes.

We were supposed to go fishing this afternoon. Old style fishing, and they’d clean and bbq the fish for us right on the beach. However, it was too windy today, and they cancelled it! I cannot even tell you how disappointed Pam was…. I really felt for her.

So instead we went into town for some sightseeing and a little shopping. The jewelry stores were not as prevalent as they are in Aruba or the Caymans. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not – but the wallet says it’s a good thing!

We snorkeled around the beach here again, and saw some cool fish of course. Always something neat to see. All in all, a quiet day.

Friday Pam is going on an “animal encounter” with a 9 foot grouper called Herby, and she’s going to feed some sharks, by hand naturally. (Hopefully, NOT feeding them a hand….) Then we’re heading out to Westpunt again – to an area where turtles are supposed to frequent.

From the Dolphin show – pretty cool! She throws her pretty high! Must be a riot to do.