Seeing Spots

Over the last several days there have been four sightings of whale sharks in Gorontalo. The first was on Lunar New Year when our dive master spotted a fin sinking into the calm blue waters on the way to a dive sight. All the guests from Jakarta's ODY Dive saw the six-meter long cetacean and several of them joined it in the water. At one point it turned around to take a good look at the strange yellow-finned creature persistently following it, coming within inches of our dive master. The next night a pair of them competed with local fishermen for the night's squid catch. Then earlier today divers spotted a whale shark swimming right over them along the coral wall. So far, all memories have been in sharper focus than the photos taken by our surprised guests.