After a good night's sleep we had a slightly earlier wake up call at 6:30 to accommodate those leaving the ship. I guess it will be good practice for when we leave in 4 days as we have a 6am wakeup that day. Bonnie seems to have come down with a cold, and since we share our water bottles on the trail I guess I am next. A special treat after breakfast were the Galapagos sharks swimming around the boat - have to rethink snorkeling today- ha ha.
Had a nice easy walk around Seymore Norte, with the highlight seeing the frigate birds with the male's red balloon all puffed out trying to attract a mate. There were also some sea lions, cute baby ones for sure, and some marine iguanas. I think we are getting used to just being around all these animals.
Said farewell to our new friends then off for a relaxing snorkel. Water was perfect temp and we enjoyed the day, although it was bit murky to see much. The highlight was watching the brown pelicans dive for fish. Back on the boat for lunch and a restful afternoon (e.g. naps) before our next hike at Dragon hill on Santa Cruz. As we motored over to dragon hill it began to pour and continued to do so for the first part of our hike resulting in a red mud slosh instead of a hike. We learned about the goat problems in the Galapagos and how the are using the Judas and sex poison method to eradicate them. Saw a pair of flamingos pretty close up. Back to the boat and prepared for dinner and the welcome cocktail (again). Definitely another international group with Aussies, Swiss, Swedes, Dutch, Canadians and Americans. We had a real after dinner treat as a trio of Galapagos sharks were circling the boat as well as sea lions and flying fish. The sea lion made a meal out of the fish and the sharks kept circling. Snorkeling tomorrow will be for the brave ones only. We will be off to 2 new islands and 2 more snorkel sessions; hopefully the great weather will return.
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