Blue Whales and the Straits of Gibraltar

After five monotonous sea days on the cruise ship, Vision of the Seas, we made land in the Azores Islands. We disembarked as quickly as we could…and boarded a smaller boat.

Blue Whale

The Futirisimo took us on our quest for dolphins and whales. I can’t say it was the best whale watching experience I’ve ever had (I’m not sure anything will beat the first time we went off the coast of Ecuador), but we did get to see a mighty Blue Whale.

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