Whale Sharks are the largest fish in the world, that can grow above 40 feet or 4 storeys long. Getting to swim alongside them was a real privilege

Isla Mujeres

In Mexico, whale sharks can be spotted near Isla Mujeres, which literally means Women Island. There are some good restaurants next to the ocean, where you can dine on some fresh seafood.

Isla Mujeres

The boating area is much more modest with tourist boats rather than big yachts you see around the Caribbean Ocean

Isla Mujeres Dock

The top of the dock gives you a glimpse of what you might see on the voyage ahead. Sharks, saw fish, yellow fish, rainbow fish, unicorns and such.

Caribbean Ocean

Even though their massive size, they are feed on plankton which include small copepods, krill, fish eggs, crab larvae etc. They don't have big sharp teeth but are rather filter feeder, so they let water in through their mouth and it gets filtered out leaving all it's delicious tiny food inside

Caribbean Ocean

A human hand to show relative size of this giant. They don't pose any threat to us humans, in fact they seems least bother that we were around.

Caribbean Ocean

You can seem some small humans swimming next to one of the whale sharks. They are so big in size, that you only fully comprehend it when you are swimming next to them.

Caribbean Ocean

One of the other whale sharks accidentally bumped into one of our friends while they were looking at one another one. She screamed but it just moved along to side and went about it's business.

Caribbean Ocean

These humble giants are a must see. So get on your snorkeling masks and dive in!

Cancun

Back on land, this little iguana is waiting patiently for evolution to make it as big as a whale shark