Cry of the Dolphins
I have been to many
places. But never did I have an experience as amazing as this. I am talking
about the summer of 2003, I was 13 years old. Dad was away at Bahrain since a
long time, due to the new project at work (the client site being at Bahrain).
Mum and I were at Delhi, of course since I was in school at that time.
With my summer vacations
at school just starting, dad had a brainwave! We could spend the summer with
him at Bahrain!
And so, we were off to
the little island of Bahrain. This incident happened during those summer
vacations, where we went on a holiday within a holiday to the Hawar
Island (which is near Bahrain).
Friday 6th June, 2003, Hawar Resort Hotel, Bahrain
10.00
pm
Walking
along the beach at night is something that you must do, if you haven't done it
already of course. That too barefoot! Don't worry about the crabs! ;)
It
just feels like bliss to feel the wind in my hair, hearing the lashing of the
waves, feeling the sand (and shells) under my feet and of course, staring up at
the stars. It is quite warm here, but the cool wind feels good. In fact it is
so windy that sometimes I feel like Mary Poppins when she flew over the sky on
her umbrella ha ha. Even better, I am walking through the little waves that are
lapping against the shore. The beach here is full of shells! And those pretty
looking ones as well. You can't stand for long with bare feet as the shells
prick! I have already collected a few really nice looking shells which are now
neatly stored in a box upstairs in our hotel. This isn't a rough beach. There
are hardly any waves.
We
have just finished our dinner and are now sitting under those straw umbrellas.
Well, mum and dad are sitting and I am walking.
People
at the hotel said that sometimes dolphins came near the hotel, and you can hear
them! SO exciting! I hope we can hear some! I have seen dolphins of course, but
in an aquarium in USA.
I am
going to head towards the umbrella so I can hold on to something! It is SO
windy I think I am going to fly away!!!
So.
Now I am sitting under the umbrella and I can feel the wind rapidly flapping my
shirt.
Wait,
what is that?
"Is
that someone crying?" Mum said.
"It
sounds more like the wind"
"They
are the cries of dolpins."
I
turned back to see an old man standing behind us. He said that the dolphins
come near the beach quite a few times. He works in the hotel, hence he knows.
WOW.
To imagine. Dolphins. Just with metres of us! Calling out (to us! - just
imagining)!
They
are so clever to come at the right time, when WE happened to be outside and
close to them!
We are
leaving tomorrow evening, so if we hadn't heard them this night, we would have
missed it!
Anyways,
we are off to bed now with a happy feeling residing in our hearts. The nice
cozy bed awaits me. Here I come!!!
It was the most
beautiful feeling in the world, to be so close to them. It is a different
feeling you see, to feel their presence in the sea than to see them in an
aquarium. It was thrilling to think that just beyond the little waves, the
dolphins must be there calling out to each other, somewhere in the darkness...
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