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Originally Posted by Simon & Nicky
By the way - Manatee's? Don't make me laugh! There is a tourist office for manatee watcher's and on two seperate occassions we have been and both times there was nobody there but a guard. There are no boats to take you out - nothing. It is sponsored by the EU who apparently send money to run the place. I doubt if there's been a manatee dumb enough to swim there in years but if the EU keeps paying I guess they just keep the money and tell people like us to go away and come back tomorrow - when there will still be nobody there.
Sorry to be so blunt but when we left there everyone in the car was close to tears. It is a sad and sorry place.
Simon
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Simon,
You probably noticed I said in my post that there USED to be Manatee there some 11 years ago. My comment on the ecological tour related to a tour which DID have a boat to take visitors round the lake. I did NOT suggest that that boat was still there &/or operating - that facility will obviously now be down to the local town officials to organise.
Now, I wouldn't be so bold as to insist that the manatee are still there, that would be very irresponsible as I haven't been to the area for over 10 years, but I certainly wouldn't dismiss the idea that they COULD still be entering the lake, without seeing some form of report on an investigation/research of the lake. It is a natural habitat for the manatee afterall - the right sort of vegitation, water conditions & (hopefully still) devoid of intense boat trafic.
Next time you are up that way Chris, take a SLOW boat out & see what you can see. "SWMBO" saw some when SHE was tour guiding, so should be able to advise the tell-tale signs for what to look for!! - Grahame.