With the boat moored for the night we had a restful sleep, although I definitely have the cold now as I ran a slight fever during the night, but a couple of Tylenol and it was time to hit our next island.
We started with a panga (zodiak) ride along the cliffs where we saw blue-footed boobies, fur sea-lions, iguanas, razor fish and brown pelicans. They all posed together so nicely for us, just one big Galapagos family.
As we landed for our hike we were met by 3 baby sea-lions. As we walked over to see them the male came out of the water to chase us away- he was serious so we backed away quickly. A short hike followed where Daniel explained how animals and plants came to the island as well as some geological history of the area. We saw some amazing views and interesting cacti on the hike. By the end we were all ready to hit the water. The snorkeling was fantastic with good visibility and a huge variety of fish, including white tipped sharks circling below! A friendly sea-lion even joined us. Rabida is certainly one of our favorite islands.
Back on board just as another downpour began. Best lunch yet; chicken lasagna. Seems like the food kicked up a notch since our stop in Baltra. Lunch was with a couple from Sweden, very nice and they were even hockey fans!
Started our tour of Port Egos on Santiago with a short lecture on how it was attempted to be colonized and the damage it did to the ecosystem. Hiked to see a huge colony of marine iguanas and learned they were unique to Galapagos and descendants of green iguanas from the mainland. Then out to the fur sea lion grotto,but they were out for dinner. Returned for more snorkeling, more sharks and a huge school of razor fish, but no sea turtles-maybe tomorrow. Started the engines to head on the long trip to Fernandina tonight including 2 crossings the equator.
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