Last night, we had the amazing opportunity to see the magic of the Bioluminescent Bay in the Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Preserve. We started at the mouth of a river, where we were put in kayaks and sent off downstream. As we rowed along, we encountered quite a few obstacles, the least of which was rowing along in almost complete darkness. We had to pick our way out of bushes when we drifted off path, and dodge low hanging branches and kayakers heading the other way. After struggling downstream for about half an hour, the river finally let us out into the Bay. As our tour guide gathered us all together to give us a very entertaining lesson on bioluminescent creatures, we began to notice that the water sparkled when we moved our oars through it. The farther into the middle of the Bay we got, the more beautiful the water became. When we started to row back to the mouth of the river, there was so much bioluminescent life in the water that our oars look like they were on fire. Luckily for us we were the last group, so there wasn't any traffic on our way back, but we had an even bigger problem: we were rowing against the current. Fortunately, we had pretty much gotten the hang of rowing by then, so it didn't take us too much longer to get back. Getting the chance to see the Bioluminescent Bay was absolutely incredible, and we are all so grateful for this amazing opportunity.
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