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Day 2 on Galapagos started early - 6.45 for breakfast - then into the pangas to go to Floreana Island where we were met by loads of sea lions, lazing around on the beach, flippers on each other, casually spooning. We walked a few 100 yards inland to a large brackish lagoon where we found flamingoes, including the rare sight of a group of 6 babies. Adults were pink, babies white and fluffy (they feed on milk from mother, don't you know), though all with stupidly long legs.
Walked to a lovely beach with glorious white sand and stood in the shallows, spotting stingrays.
Back to boat to go deep water snorkelling... and we ended up swimming with sea lions! Amazing! They totally swam around us, playing and larking about.
After lunch we had a well-deserved siesta. And the reason it was so well-deserved was that the night-time navigation to Floreana started at midnight, finished at 5 or so and took us through VERY choppy water. This wasn't a ¨sea sickness¨ kind of choppiness - rather it was a ¨hold on to your bunk for dear life¨ kind. Seriously, it was incredible.
In the afternoon we went to Post Office Bay where our crew and some of boys had played football. It turns our Ecuadorean sailors take their football very seriously indeed.
So, Post Office Bay. Many centuries ago, sailors, whalers, etc would leave mail in a barrel here, and would check through it for any mail that they could take with them on their onward journey. The tradition continues today... no cards for us though, not least because nobody would receive them before March.
Walked up to an underground lava tube and decended into blackness. Great time for the torch to break, too. Lava tube cool though.
Shallow water snorkelling next, and straight away Suzie spotted a turtle. So big and so gracefull. Saw three more, at one point, we, Tim and Stephen swam alongside one that moved so fast we had to really flipper to keep up.
Spent the evening stargazing and drinking bootleg wine on top of the boat following an awe-inspiring sunset.
More navigation, from 6pm to 1.30am, through even rougher seas. Andrew has proved that he has adapted to the sea life well as he slept soundly. Though the combination of red wine and seasickness pills may have helped a tad. Suzie, though, nearly fell out of her bunk a few times and was kept awake by pretty much all of our possessions falling around the cabin.
Walked to a lovely beach with glorious white sand and stood in the shallows, spotting stingrays.
Back to boat to go deep water snorkelling... and we ended up swimming with sea lions! Amazing! They totally swam around us, playing and larking about.
After lunch we had a well-deserved siesta. And the reason it was so well-deserved was that the night-time navigation to Floreana started at midnight, finished at 5 or so and took us through VERY choppy water. This wasn't a ¨sea sickness¨ kind of choppiness - rather it was a ¨hold on to your bunk for dear life¨ kind. Seriously, it was incredible.
In the afternoon we went to Post Office Bay where our crew and some of boys had played football. It turns our Ecuadorean sailors take their football very seriously indeed.
So, Post Office Bay. Many centuries ago, sailors, whalers, etc would leave mail in a barrel here, and would check through it for any mail that they could take with them on their onward journey. The tradition continues today... no cards for us though, not least because nobody would receive them before March.
Walked up to an underground lava tube and decended into blackness. Great time for the torch to break, too. Lava tube cool though.
Shallow water snorkelling next, and straight away Suzie spotted a turtle. So big and so gracefull. Saw three more, at one point, we, Tim and Stephen swam alongside one that moved so fast we had to really flipper to keep up.
Spent the evening stargazing and drinking bootleg wine on top of the boat following an awe-inspiring sunset.
More navigation, from 6pm to 1.30am, through even rougher seas. Andrew has proved that he has adapted to the sea life well as he slept soundly. Though the combination of red wine and seasickness pills may have helped a tad. Suzie, though, nearly fell out of her bunk a few times and was kept awake by pretty much all of our possessions falling around the cabin.
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