Today was a busy day! This morning we went to Urvina Bay. With all of our gear, we had a wet landing on a small beach. We went for a decent hike. First, we hiked along the coast that at high tide is under water. There were many finches in the bushes and birds along the water in the black lava rocks. We saw a lot of cool shells and bones from animals. We also saw a small octopus in a tide pool. We headed into an uplift that happened recently when the volcano erupted and the lava flow was underwater and pushed the seabed up. You could see lots of coral, including the brain. We then saw yellow land iguanas. They were very cool and actually golden in color. After the hike - which was very warm - we all took a dip in the water to cool off. The water was murky so we didn't really snorkel.
After that the boat moved to Fernandina Island. We had a 'wet-dry' landing. We saw everything on this island! A lot of land iguana, whale bones, a snake, cormorants, sea lions, galapagos hawks, lava lizards, crabs, an octopus, galapagos dove, lava birds, pelicans, and more!!! We saw hawks fighting the cormorants and eating something, an octopus who tried several times to catch a crab but didn't, a small iguana or lava lizard eating a small crab. It was great!
Around 4:30 we headed back to the boat on a very bumpy panga ride. A lot of people got wet. Ian decided to take advantage of the situation and splashed even more water on Robert, who then yelled that the water was running down his back. It was hilarious. After that we were off into the sunset, to the equator, and saw a whale spout. We never saw it surface but did see it blow water at least 10 times.
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