On this week's of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew drops the hook in Matanchen Bay and explore this beautiful historical town. Emma tries her hand at "wakeboarding" with our SUP and we take a fun tour to see if we can see some crocodiles in the wild. The "Bells of San Blas" did not disappoint and we are glad for this stop. Next Up Chacala.....see you then!
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[Music]
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previously on onboard lifestyle
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we left marina mazelon to shake down our
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port engine repair and drop the hook at
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the stone island anchorage
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after a quick inspection the engine
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actually sounds better than it has
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well forever it's all systems go so we
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set sail for isla isabella
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unfortunately the anchorage was a bit
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too crowded so we were forced to divert
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a few too many votes for us to safely
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have a good night
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the 40-mile diversion was mixed with
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plenty of excitement the humpback whales
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were putting on quite the show
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we landed a few fish that were not so
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desirable
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jack i think yep yep skip jack okay let
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it go
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oh it's huge
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and the crew sets the rocta in 17 feet
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of the calm blue water of bahia mantijn
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and that's where we'll pick up our story
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[Music]
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do
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[Music]
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welcome to manchester bay
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i know what everyone's thinking
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look at that
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tail without a shirt working on his hand
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man i got to
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so we are just
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beach combing
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manta chin bay
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trying to of the no siems
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and sidestepping these little clams with
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the spikes on them
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i do not want to step on one of those
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it'll be one of you two first i'm sure
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look at this we're anchored half a mile
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offshore probably about 15 feet of water
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out there for a good reason too though
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yeah to stay up we want to stay in the
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middle of the bay to stay away from the
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bugs at night
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during the day it's fine here
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it's kind of interesting you'll see a
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ton of
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these stands that sell banana bread and
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bug repellent yes
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so i think they're known for their
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banana bread
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and their bugs
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and there's little smudge pots they'll
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start lighting these up right before
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dusk to help combat the insects for the
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tourists but
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we'll be uh we're prepared this time
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with lots of bug spray and we'll be way
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out there so hopefully we'll be fine i
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know we will we were fine last night but
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this is a great place to uh explore
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there's a lot of history here
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and crocodiles
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you know
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i was like yeah
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maybe you could swim with them we'll see
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what happened
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your dad stepped on right after i said i
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bet you that would hurt if you stepped
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on one of those yeah there's pretty bad
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there's some
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are they inside my skin yes
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i mean like below the skin level not
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that i'm seeing right now there was
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something oh that hurts yeah
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oh
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are you okay well i'm fine
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oh right here i see one right here
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hold on
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that one nope
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is it bleeding no it's not bleeding but
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it could be pretty good this whole area
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oh oh
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okay i need tweezers i think yeah
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these ones are really close
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so it's like this you guys haven't
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there's a clam right here right next to
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you look yeah this
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here this is this is what he stepped in
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right here and of course you have to
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rake them all off
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there's spikes on all of these usually
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they break off so easy and who who
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warned us all of stepping on these that
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would be me
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okay my foot is on fire
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[Music]
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wow okay lesson learned
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look before you step
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man
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yeah i think you got him wow that hurt
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okay let's go i'll see you
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let's see if i can hurt myself again
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i've been really looking forward to this
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place san blas was once a thriving port
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for shipbuilding as well as explorers
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and i've been doing a bit of research
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thank you google
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on this place because we're going to the
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florida stamp loss today did you know
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that there was a famous poem written
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about this place it's called the bells
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of san blas by henry watsworth
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longfellow
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let's say the bells of san blas to the
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ships that southward pass from the
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harbor of mazatlan
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to them it is nothing more than a sound
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of surf on shore
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nothing more to master or man
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but to me a dreamer of dreams to whom
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what is and what seems are often one and
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the same
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the bells of sin blast to me have a
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strange wild melody and are nothing more
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than a name
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the bells are the voice of the church
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they have tones that touch and search
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the hearts of young and old
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one sound to all yet each lends a
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meaning to their speech and the meaning
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is manifold it is just wild that this
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building is still standing it was
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constructed in 1781
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and it just feels
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amazing i mean
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just think about the history and
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how many people have gone through here
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it's beautiful it is it's so cool
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they are the voice of the past of an age
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that is fading fast of power as true and
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grand when the flag of spain unfurled we
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fold over this western world and the
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priest was lord of the land
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the chapel that once looked down on the
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little seaport town has crumbled into
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dust on open beams below the bells swing
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to and fro and are green with mold and
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rest
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is then the old faith dead they say and
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instead in new faith proclaimed and we
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are forced to remain naked to sun and
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rain unsheltered and reshaped
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once our tower aloof we rang over wall
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and roof
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warning our complaints we ran us there
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like white dubs filled the air
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like the white
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souls of the saints
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the saints are they've grown forgetful
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of their own or they sleep or dead that
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opened to the sky they ruined the
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mission's lie no longer tenanted
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o bring us back once more the vanished
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days of yore when the world was with
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faith was filled bring back the
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forbidden seal
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the hearts of fire and steel
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the hands that believe and build
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then from our tower again we will send
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over land and main our voices of command
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when the like the exile kings who return
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to their thrones and the people learn
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that the priest was lord of the lamb
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oh the bells of san blas in vain you
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call back the past again
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the past is death to your prayer over
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the shadows of the night the world rolls
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into light it is daybreak everywhere
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the fort was way more than i expected it
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was beautiful i loved everything about
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today
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except for the taxi ride that was a
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little sketchy
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okay we are heading
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to san blas downtown
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and uh there's five of us the taxi only
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holds
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comfortably four so
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this is comfortable this is what happens
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so
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i the mother is sitting on the child's
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lap i think it's very comfortable
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[Music]
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[Music]
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just checking on
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emma it is a
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pretty hot day
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and so they decided to go for a little
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run
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on the paddle board just kind of
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stringing something up eventually we'll
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get something better for uh
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for us to play behind
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our dinghy but in the meantime
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nothing like a good old rope
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and your paddleboard
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looks like that's a pretty nice setup so
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far
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i think i want to do it too
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it is um
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just noon i'm trying to get some work
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done on my cookbook
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but it is pretty hot the humidity is i'd
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have to say
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80 and it's 85 degrees inside the cabin
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so
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yeah a little sweltering but i can't
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complain i've been talking about how i
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want this heat the heat's here
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and it's only going to get hotter
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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i think that this is going to be a new
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sport for us huh
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maybe
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you want to jump in the water
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emma how'd you like it
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i want to try it too
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[Music]
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time for some fun
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lots of fun
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okay we got everything right we have
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everything i've got
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everything
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we're gonna be gone for a few hours this
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is a long one it's a four-hour tour on
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the crocodile tour a four-hour tour
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i feel bad compass wants to go so bad
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but i don't think this is a good one for
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him to uh no he'd be including a little
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hors d'oeuvre on this tour
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some other cruisers have done this we
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have never done the crocodile tour it's
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at a nature preserve just
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maybe a half a mile up off the beach
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we're gonna walk up there we'll uh land
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the dinghy over here by these palapas
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and uh go have some fun today
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what do you think
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i am so excited this is going to be
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awesome i've never seen a crocodile
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before oh actually i think i have not
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known a long time ago not in the wild
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not in the wild okay count your fingers
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make sure when we come back with all of
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our toes and fingers
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and not stumps right okay let's go
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[Music]
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so
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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foreign oh nothing good happens in the
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front seat
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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for
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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oh geez
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bad idea that idea
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um
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this is a bad idea
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why
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because
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it's
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not far away
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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well this place did not disappoint right
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guys so far
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it was so nice with the crocodiles not
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with any crocodiles but we are we have
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been seeing a lot of crocodiles and uh
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not too bad it's a three to four hour uh
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little trip
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and it has uh
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a lot to offer there's a restaurant at
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the end and for 200 pesos you just can't
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beat that okay
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[Music]
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just hanging on while they race us back
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to
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the entrance
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[Music]
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i think the last couple days in san blas
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has been
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successful
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we kind of just
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slowed our pace down and just really
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enjoyed the area
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and i have to say that
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aside from the no stand
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this
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this stuff was a success
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we're starting to kind of get the hang
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of cruising slowing down our face and uh
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just kind of enjoying the spice
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gonna be a nice simple meal of mongolian
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beef tonight because tomorrow we are
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heading to chicago
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in san blas no seems and all and are
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excited for our next stop to see where
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the adventure takes us
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Added on
11 February 2022
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Location:
San Blas, MX
Description
On this week's of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew drops the hook in Matanchen Bay and explore this beautiful historical town. Emma tries her hand at "wakeboarding" with our SUP and we take a fun tour to see if we can see some crocodiles in the wild. The "Bells of San Blas" did not...