I was up with the dawn; excited by the prospect of flamingos and penguins. I did some laundry, hung it on the close line on the balcony and attempted to upload the blog again. It takes a good 8-10 minutes extra per picture. Facebook is a faster but you still have to wait. I noticed a lot of people were making and eating their breakfasts in the hostel kitchen. …
Early mornings and early nights are a thing for us in the Galápagos. Today we left Santa Cruz for the island of Isabela on the 2:30pm ferry boat. After packing up we went to the early morning fish market. Restaurants were purchasing their fish for tonight’s offerings. The humans were outnumbered by local wildlife. Marine iguanas chilled on the dock while pelicans were all over the place, eyes scanning for opportunity. …
After saying “Never again!”, when I was in Mauritius, it’s happened again! Yesterday I brought my wet suit on our day tour, fully planning to be totally protected from the sun while snorkelling. Then the water was so warm, I only wore my bathing suit and snorkelling shirt. Now I have burnt buttocks and the back of my legs. Words of advice: Really load on the sun screen in …
Today went to Bartolome Island which is a 2 hour boat ride north of Santa Cruz Island where we are staying.We were up and ready for our bus by 6:00am. There were fourteen of us. The bus took us to the port on the north side of Santa Cruz Island and as we waited for our dingy to the yacht we watched a large flock of blue footed boobies …