Original La Jolla Kayak Tour in La Jolla, CA

The kayaking and snorkelling tour was by far the most humiliating experience I have ever had. I think I puked as well. Definitely went back to the hotel dazed and confused, unsure of the ground under my feet. However, 100% my fault. And I should start from the beginning. Buckle up, this is a journey. I flew into San Diego after 38 hours of travelling on Saturday night. In my infinite hubris/optimism/stupidity (take your pick), I scheduled this tour for Sunday afternoon. It was.. not a good idea. Severely jet lagged, zero sleep, and with a cocktail event I was meant to attend an HOUR after this tour wrapped, I went for the tour after spending the morning in a nearby aquarium. It was doomed to failure. And fail it did. I was too exhausted (and out of shape) to kayak properly. You know how there is always the one person who is woefully out of their depth on any tour, and is looked upon pityingly by all the others? Yeah that chump was me. Of the two tour (amazing, spectacular) tour guides, one was forced to babysit me. They even hooked up my kayak to theirs because I was SO behind. So the kayaking part was bad. But the snorkelling part was great? HAHA NOPE. It was so much worse. I was able to get out of the kayak, but couldn't clamp down on my nausea long enough to stomach the snorkel in my mouth. Lost cause. Time for everyone to clamber back onto their kayaks. Could I do it? Of course not. The guides had to haul me on like dead weight. I immediately started feeling even sicker. I leaned over to puke (sorry to the Pacific), and fell into the water. The tour guide had to tow me into the beach Baywatch-style. She got me my bearings, and I slithered miserably back the dive shop. Did I mention this was my first time ever? Now, you can reasonably ask why am I putting this out on the internet; that too in a review. Tangent, much? BECAUSE THE TOUR GUIDES WERE AWESOME. It was my first time. They never for a moment made me feel like failure. I mean, I was definitely a 100% failure, but they were positive the whole time. I always felt safe. It was terrifying to do something so out of my comfort zone on my own, but Niko and Kaya were incredible the whole time. They take their jobs really seriously, and they were exceptional in every way. Again, my first time so I didn't know what to do, what to wear, how to do anything. They walked me through all of it super patiently. There was zero judgement (even though I deserved it) and they were incredible. Even though I was very humiliated that I had to be hauled onto a kayak because of my negligible upper body strength and considerable body weight, I am totally going to doing this again. I will get into shape, find a way to conquer the gag reflex, and go back to Everyday California to do this tour again. This time though, I will not puke in the Pacific.