As promised here are some pictures of the whale shark tagging expedition 2009. This is the microlight.
This is the flight crew. Alexis is the pilot and he is in the middle, his girlfriend Emma and Chris the cameraman on either side of him. The team fly for 3 – 4 hours per day and do an amazing job helping us!
This is the boat we used called Melia (daughter of Neptune). It belongs to Southern Cross Scuba. SXS has several dive bases, one of which is at Aqualand Watersports Centre next to Pinewood Village Hotel on Galu Kinondo beach where we meet each morning at 10am.
And here are the lucky people swimming with the biggest fish on the planet! An experience you will never forget 
We have circled the shark for you. They are not as easy to spot as you think! Best is when they are swimming over a sandy patch like in the picture here.
Meet Bumble, adopted by Peter and Philipa Gibbon, Kenya’s first acoustically tagged shark. May he bumble on peacefully for many years to come and enjoy a long and happy life.
Great pictures! I’m always impressed at how large whale sharks are when you see them near humans. It takes some guts to go swimming after one to poke it with a tag.
s.
Great post Nimu and Volker, wish I could have been there! next year I promise!
Thanks S, I know – they are HUGE!! And Paula, you say this every year!! Get yourself down here, we run through March 15! Underwater pics to follow soon but for now Volker has been really busy doing the tagging and organising. Next week when Rachel arrives he will be able to film and photograph it all!
Great job Nimu and Volker – I wish I could be there with you!