The boat had moved during the night and when we woke up we were in Urbina Bay, on the western coast of Isabella Island. This morning's activities were going to be a combined land tour with snorkeling from the beach straight after. As usual, the crew had our snorkel gear and wetsuits ready at the back of the boat so all we had to do was grab them and a lifevest and jump in the dinghy. It was a wet landing, getting our feet wet, on a black sand beach. If we hadn'...

We sailed throughout the night last night, crossing the equator twice as we made our way round the northern side of Isla Isabela. As predicted, it was a bumpy ride, especially once we rounded the top of island and hit the prevailing swell side on. Everyone survived though and made it to breakfast albeit a bit tired from lack of sleep. The boat had been rolling enough from side to side to make it almost impossible not to be rolled backwards and forwards in yo...