2014/05/29

在海豚海岸的最後一星期

Zach, 自從我們Hilo回來,只在二步灣黃昏見過海豚和木筏一起暢游,之後我們就算每天一早去海灣,留了整個早上,又於黃昏到二步灣,奈何他們還未出現。

這是野生海豚的權利,可以決定到那一個海灘,甚至可以唔出現。樂得自在。只是我們自找煩惱,強求心中所想,累得麻煩自己。整個星期我們就如追星族,生活就圍著找海豚轉。聽當地認識的朋友玫瑰說,與其警覺地看著海面,倒不如放鬆心神,隨遇而安,怎料這樣她就這樣遇到他們。看來他們是知道岸上我們的精神狀態,要我們學到尊重自然謙卑的課。

這堂課對對於只有一星期在這海岸的我們很難學。所以我們仍舊忙碌着。

隨着日子漸近,您也越來越活躍了,經常在媽媽肚來伸展,弄得本來纖細的媽媽叫得不亦樂乎。我戲說您遺傳媽媽"啞炸"的性格。

還有我們發覺您喜歡海浪聲,當我們靠近海邊,發覺您在媽媽內定定的。當我們到海灘途中,您就興奮地跳着。當我們離開途中,您就不拾得地踼着腿,好像叫媽媽多留一會。

給您改過名字和海有關好嗎? 現在我們還未有中文名的主意。至於姓氏,我們打算把我們兩人的姓氏合作您的姓氏。作為非常爸媽,我們不想隨波逐流,姓氏不一定跟父姓,可以是我們一起的姓。這不是很有意思嗎? 至於名字,我們費盡心機,還未想好。

在沙灘等候的時候,我們看有關生育的書。對您的來臨作知識上的預備 ,感到生命的奧妙,人體結構的精密。原來媽媽的身體為您已做了足夠帶您來世界的準備,而準備是經年已在。媽媽要做的,就只是和自己的原始身體感應,相信自己的身體感觀直覺。當然這不是代表一件容易的事,一來現代人要重拾和身體的聯系已經要掏空被科技養懶的自我,把身心靈重新連接;二來生育本身亦是一件身體大事。我們只有不住禱告,靠主保守帶領。因為這是主造的身體,衪最知道其所造的運作。

Zach, 我們期代你的來臨。

2014/05/15

月圓前後會出事

在黑沙灘聽聞海豚在月圓前後等別活躍,怪不得月圓之前一日我們錯過了在黑沙灘的派對,之後我們到了仍見兩羣海豚在灣內睡覺。今日我們更聽聞昨夜他們在灣內打獵,這較少見,因為他們通常出灣外打獵。海豚兵團圍捕魚兒至水花四濺,可想像當時的熱鬧及壯觀。

今朝一早到另一海灣,除了開始在岸上遠遠看到一羣海豚,就再看不到他們。縱使已早上十時,海豚應該要睡覺,我們仍回黑沙灘碰運氣,怎料見到十多人在海面,心知海豚出現在海灣。我們便盡快下水。

今次熱鬧了,有兩大羣海豚遊玩,在水底見到他們活潑地互相追逐。跳水傳樹葉當然是熱門遊戲。



我嘗試潛深一點,在水底聽到他們很熱烈的互相交談。


 
怎料我們看到三四個海豚圍着一隻海豚扭在一團,期間我們看到一個海豚在肚上伸出一條細長的管插入這個被圍的海豚肚上。我倆對望一下,難道繼在非洲看到獅子路旁交配,今次我們有眼福看到海豚交配 ?

嘩,果然月圓期間黑沙灘海灣變成派對天堂豚慾橫流! Zach 你的生命力多厲害,吸引他們在你面前表演。

2014/05/14

落大雨邊阻你哋訓覺

今日晨早起身,周圍落大雨,心諗落水都係濕,落雨落水無分別。我們便去番上次大湧個海灣,去到海邊仍大風大雨,海面無乜海豚動靜,食完早餐就走。

交完給助產士酬金,我們回黑沙灘,見到朋友湯姆,他說今朝有海豚在海裏玩,看來我們錯過了和他們玩的時間。望出海見到他們慢慢游著,他們應該是睡着。

當是仍落雨,我們急急落水,今次見到兩班海豚。我們不應該太騷擾他們休息,所以沒有帶玩具。看看他們慢慢的游,感受他們的緩慢和閒逸,他們當中也游過來看看我們

Zach,你見他們很多,下次和他們玩玩 !

2014/05/13

喺另一個場見到你啲朋友

今日起身陽光普照, 心想又是海豚朋友出來的時候。今次沒有去黑沙灘,而去十五分鐘車程外的另一海灘。這裏出名有海豚出現,但之前我們去了幾次都見不到。而且黑沙灘又近又容易見到他們,所以大多數時候都去了較近的。

但今次想去看看這個海灘附近的海岸公園,見到海豚是額外收獲,更想去看這裏的珊瑚。這個Captain Cook紀念碑附近的海灣,是這個探險家第三次航程中的葬身之地。這裏有當地土著的神廟,是遊客必遊景點。我們走到附近的小公園,離開遊客停車場,但附近有不少渡假小屋,仍算清靜。

我們在網上看到這裏的海豚會和人說話,使我們滿有期望。當時據聞背景有鯨唱歌。



在草地上安頓下來,就帶浮潛裝備下水了。當天海面湧浪較大,有一次老婆差點兒被大浪湧到石嶕,她還以為可以悠然在石間游水,要我喝止要她游回來才幸免於難。費一番努力才游出灣。

不久一班海豚游過來,他們比在黑沙灘的海豚活躍 ,對我們很好奇,游過來打招呼。他們也開心地玩樹葉,旋轉跳水。我們浮了半小時,老婆覺得累了,游回去還有一段距離,就些和他們告別。



我們上岸不久,也不見你們了,明天還見到你們嗎?

2014/05/08

After the long wait, you are back !!!

On the second day on the Big Island, we felt so blessed to be able to swim with the spinning dolphins at Ho'okena beach. We kept coming everyday in the same week but did not meet any dolphins. We wonder whether they are tired of human after the intense interaction on that day. Like our past experience of seeing aurora, that we were blessed on the first sight but the luck did not maintain, we worried that this first encounter would be the last.

Finally after a long wait, we met the dolphins on the same beach 10 days afterward. The morning started from a sunny calm sea surface. We had the gut feeling that the dolphins came, thus started off quickly and arrived the beach at 7:30am. A few fins appeared in the bay. Yeah... here we came.

After an evening of hunting, they were very active and curious of human being and swam around us. At that time including us there were ten people. We picked some big leaves as the dolphins' toy. Some snorkelers seem to be familiar with them and swam well, thus they could swim around with the dolphins. As less competent swimmers, we just floated and waited for them to swim to us.

They surely like us, as there were several occasions that they swam to us among other people. It seemed that they knew about Zach and were very curious of him the new life. As the group of spinning dolphins also have younger members, they were very active and also followed their mothers from time to time.

One of them even swam in front of my face while I was attending to a further away dolphin group. I could hear the "click-click" sound from that dolphin before bumping to me. It seems that he was making fun out of me with a surprise.



The game they played was to pass a piece of leaf among each other, or showed their skill by putting a leaf from the beak, then to front fin and back fin. They took some of the leaves I brought from the site.



They were in the bay in the whole morning. Different group of people went to the water to meet them. Sometimes I was concerned that their rest and sleep would be bothered. In fact they need to rest (from around 10am to 3pm) before they went out for hunting again. If their rest was disturbed, their hunting and self-defense would be affected. According to the local marine-life guideline. People should keep a distance from the dolphins (half-the-football) so not to disturb them. When one can see them underwater, it means it is too close.

So we got too closed to them. As less-competent swimmers we went back ashore more shortly than other snorkelers. We hope that would minimize our disturbance by not staying in water for too long. We were there the whole morning and they still did not leave after 1pm.

Their swim was so gracefully relaxed and they kept their observant senses on us, both with their ultra-side and also with the spiritual sight from their eyes on us. It did not make sense to us why such spiritual being were hunted in other part of the world. Their presence in the water was so real and assuring that their energy extend to us in the same water space. That made me feel humble to them.

With such fulfilling experience, we found that Zach was calmer in the womb. Zach, glad to know that you like the dolphins and it seems that they like you too. Hope both of you can meet each other more.

好耐無見又出來同你遊水

上次喺天堂大島同旋轉海豚游水,已經過一星期,期間我們每天清早八九點就去到沙灘,但都不見他們踪影。心想會否和我們找北極光一樣,想看的就只是曇花一現,之後消失無踪?

我們相信Zach和海豚是有緣,如果唔係點會賜俾我哋呢兩個可以話去就去嘅父母,嘅坦桑尼亞同伊朗都見到海豚,而又嚟到大到呢度 ? 前一晚早啲上床,一早起身七點已見陽光普照,海面平靜清晰,心感如果我是海豚,也想出來伸展一下見見人。

急急吃過早餐收拾午餐及游水裝備,來到黑沙灘,已經見到一堆鰭喺不遠處游移。我們便急急熱身下水,並帶同佢哋喜歡嘅玩具:從沙灘邊大樹落下嘅大紅樹葉。

游到離岸一百米,旋轉海豚好像知道 Zach嚟咗,有一兩個有善海豚圍住我哋游大圈,又用眼睇我哋。要知道海豚用聲納已經辨明四周,讓我哋睇佢哋嘅眼其實係兩者靈魂接觸。其實係我哋人類愚拙,往往要用眼睇萬物嚟確定現實,睇唔到當無;但其他生物有其多元嘅感觀能力,而海豚就有聲納,可以感知天下非眼睇到嘅世界。佢哋嘅現實比我哋嘅豐富好多,而我哋自以為是認為我哋所看嘅先係現實。



海豚鍾意玩樹葉,我帶去嘅樹葉半浮喺水中,佢哋就用前鰭接住,一係傳俾其他海豚,一係由前鰭傳到背鰭又傳到尾鰭,好似自己玩拋波咁。



叫得做旋轉海豚,因為佢地鍾意跳出水面旋轉。我認為有一兩個鐘意我,而又特別活躍,係我前面跳水俾我睇。後來聽講啲小海豚特別喜歡跳離水係要整走身上寄生魚,但很奇怪地啲海豚媽媽又唔會幫嘅細路。睇嚟海豚媽媽比較忍心要嘅子女自己解決問題。



佢哋仲識整蠱我,當我集中精神影緊一對母子,突然我聽身後"click-click"聲,一隻小海豚喺我前面遊過及轉身。好似要俾個驚嚇我。



呢個黑沙灘係海豚嘅睡房,當佢哋喺夜晚打獵到天光,日出後兩三小時到翻房,臨睡前玩下,當然想唔想見人由佢哋決定。如果唔想見人,佢哋有呢一個睡房遠離人煙。這樣的生活較有尊嚴,唔似喺島上一間豪華酒店飼養海豚俾住客玩,被屈喺一個小小的水池,好似喺馬戲團或海洋公園度當小丑,極不尊重這智慧生物的尊嚴。

其實跟據當地保護動物指引,在這海豚休息的地方,人要和他們保持距離,否則缺乏休息會影響他們覓食及照顧子女。 所謂適當距離係至少有半個美式足球場咁遠,如果喺水底可以睇見佢哋,就已經係太近。所以我哋都會檢點一啲,每次落水睇唔會超過半個鐘,喺佢哋訓覺時間(約上午十時至下午三時),就唔落水同佢哋玩。佢哋有啲比較心野,一見到有人就走埋去,唔理自己休息時間。 佢哋訓覺時仍然會游水,容易令人誤會仲好活躍,但係其實佢哋熄咗聲納,每次一邊腦袋休息而另一邊活躍,輪流休息。

當然有好多人唔知,喺佢哋訓覺時騷擾佢哋。

人就係咁自私,為私慾唔理其他。

活躍會面後一日, 開心又見到你們, 但你們已經睡了

和你們玩了一個早上,第二天我們再來到黑沙灘,見到你們仍在游水,立刻下水會一會你們。 點知你們的行為和前天不同,游得輕柔,較少單獨行動,一组往同一方向游。又唔玩樹葉,又唔旋轉跳水。

原來你們在睡覺!

當睡覺的時候,你們是關掉其聲納,只用眼着世界,所以在陽光普照時的沙底海中游,方便看見敵人。每次只有一邊腦睡覺,而另一邊腦仍然活動。一羣游水,由較年長的帶領方向,其他海豚就省得勞心。



我們浮着看他們,有一對母子游過來。其後就有一較大的從後游上,夾在我們中間,並瞄了我一下,好像對我說:「唔好咁近好喎。」跟着一起游走。



這是有尊嚴的活着,雖然要在殘酷的大自然覓食及面對天險,但是還比困在酒店和海洋公園的海豚小丑幸福得多。況且自然亦有其慷慨的一面:大大的海洋和魚,風和日麗的時候。

我們也不應騷擾你們休息,再見。希望後會有期。