Today we are on Isabela. We were up and off the boat by 6:30 today. We went on the island at Punta Moreno which is a lava field. It was an amazing black landscape, some laval rock that was smooth, some rippled, some broken up, some like gravel. The laval was oxidizing in some places which made the rocks yellow and red and pink. Some of the cracks in the laval looked bottomless, which was a little bit scary. There were some plants and cactus growing and some pools of water. In the pools were some flamingos and frigate birds. In the last pool of water near the edge of the island were some white-tipped sharks waiting for high tide so that they could leave.
After a late breakfast we decided not to snorkel and went on a panga ride around the edge of the island. We saw flightless cormorants, large iguanas, blue-footed boobies, and pelicans. We also saw a sea turtle and some sea lions swimming. Just after we finished lunch we saw dolphins. They slowed down the boat and circled the dolphins several times. The dolphins jumped near the bow of the boat and swam alongside. It was awesome!
After a siesta we took the pangas into a mangrove at Elizabeth Bay and watched the sea turtles for like 2 hours. There were different types and they were very cool. Some hid or slept among the mangrove roots, others swam along and occasionally popped their head up to catch their breath. After that we went over to two rocks to see penguins!! They were soooo cool.
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