Late last night we crossed the equator. First around dinner time. We had a toast with the captain and watched the navigation go to all 0s. Then we crossed again around 2 a.m. I set my watch but was so tired I didn't wake Kyra. It was a very rough night - very wavy and I slept very little. The boat sounded like it would break in two!
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| Equator Crossing |
Santiago Island
We got to Santiago Island and had a wet landing. The rock was beautiful with striations of lava. There were some buildings left over from when the island was inhabited. We walked a long a wooded area and saw some introduced ani and some fly catchers. We got to another beach and saw fur sea lions hiding among some rocks. There were a lot of birds there too and some iguana along the water. After that we went snorkeling. The bull was curious about us so the 5 of us snorkeling stuck together and he left us alone. The current was also fairly strong so it was a pretty good swim. We played with the sea lions a lot here.
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| Santiago Island |
Bartolome Island
After lunch I took a wonderful 2 hour nap. We arrived around 2:45 to Bartolome and climbed 350 steps to the top of a volcano for a lovely view. There wasn't much wildlife there, but the view was great. We could see several of the islands we had already visited. We then headed back to the boat to change into our snorkel gear and headed to the beach. We swam along the rocks and played for quite awhile with a very playful sea lion. We also saw some fish and 2 sea turtles.
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| Bartolome |
Snorkeling Today
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| Snorkeling |
After dinner, when were anchored at Caleta Tortuga I watched a sea lion position himself next to the boat and eat a ton of fish swimming by. The lights from the boat were attracting the fish and helping him...he was having quite the feast!
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