Galápagos - Day Three

Our boat moved to a new island position during the night. We had some fairly rough waters and the ride was up and down and sideways. Thank goodness I slept through most of it. We started the day by cruising around Champion Island in the zodiacs to observe the wildlife that was living in the lava cliffs. There were several different species of birds and of course sea lions.

Swallow Tail Gulls

Brown Noddy

Swallow Tail GULL AND chick

YellowCrown Night Heron

Floriana Mockingbird 

Blue-Footed Booby 

Brown Noddies

Noddy

Noddy

After we returned from our cruise it was time to go snorkeling. I joined the group today for awonderful experience looking at all the beautiful fish swimming along the bottom of the ocean. I especially enjoyed watching the sea lions swim around me as they were playing in the water.

The chef gave a cooking lesson on how to ceviche after we finished our snorkeling outing. It is kind of a salsa with fish, shrimp, octopus, lemon juice, tomatoes, peppers, and onions. It was delicious.

We enjoyed a great lunch before taking the zodiacs to Floreana Island to visit the highlands. A jungle bus took us up the dirt and gravel road to a place to see the giant tortoises.

The waves were really big and the ride in was exciting.

There were some large marine iguanas roaming around the dock area.

Hiking to see the Giant tortoises.

A young tortoise was a very rare find as they try to destroy the eggs to keep the tortoises from reproducing.

There was one tortoise in a romantic mood but the other one wasn't interested.

Lulu told the story about the mystery of Floreana Island where several people went missing and some weird couples that came to live on the island back in the 1930's. There are books written about it.

It was soon time to head back to the boat for the night.

We had a Sangria cocktail hour before dinner.

It is hard to believe that this will be our last night on the boat and only two more nights until I head home. What an experience!!!