We were back at Galápagos Deli for breakfast, the freshly ground coffee and freshly baked bread were amazing and a great way to start the day. After breakfast and a second coffee, we took a water taxi to the other side of the harbor to walk to Las Grietas. The water filled canyon was formed by the movement of the lava bed during a volcanic eruption. It's 10m wide and 12m deep, the bottom being filled with a mixture of salt and fresh water that comes from t...

David was up early and went in search of coffee whilst Maria slept a bit longer. There were a couple of cafes in the next street that were doing takeaway coffee. Perhaps polystyrene cups are very expensive in Galapagos or maybe the woman just decided to rip off David but his coffee cost $2. A sit-in breakfast including coffee was only $3. Later in the morning, we ventured out for breakfast and found Galapagos Deli in a side street. It was twice the price of the...

David was up early and out the door to be at the dive shop for 7am. Xavier was already at the shop when David arrived, trying on his wetsuit. Within minutes, David had all his gear handed to him and was trying it out for size. Soon after, a girl came into the shop who had booked the previous day for the dive but asked if we would be doing an easy dive. This immediately seemed strange because Gordon Rocks is one of the most difficult dives in Galapagos with a c...

The boat set off at 2am and the rough sea had us rolling around in bed for a while but it settled down the further north we traveled. We were awake early and were greeted with a beautiful sunrise. The final part of our cruise was a sail around Daphne Mayor island to see the birds and sealions. There were mostly Nazca boobies (which are a bit rarer than their blue footed cousins). There were a couple of turtles in the water mating. A frigate bird had been swoopi...

It was a bit rough during the night, especially for the first couple of hours after we set sail but we all made it in one piece to Floreana. After breakfast we took the dinghies to Cormorant Point, landing on beach with brown sand and green olivine crystals. A couple of sealions were on the beach but too lazy to be disturbed from their sleep. We saw our first baby blue-footed boobie, sitting on the top of the dune. Walking off the beach, we headed towards a lag...