Today was our first official full day in the Galapagos. Our typical day started at 700am with breakfast, then touching down on land to explore a different island/part of the island for a couple of hours. After the excursion, we would get back on the boat and get ready to snorkel for an hour. Lunch would follow with some time to relax on the boat, then we would repeat the morning: land excursion, snorkel, back on the boat to relax, then dinner. Since each day started so early, everyone was pretty tired in the evening. By 900pm, everyone was in their cabin and ready for bed, including us!
In the morning half, we visited Chinese Hat, named due to the shape of the island. Here, we saw sea lions (they were practically everywhere we went though), sally lightfoot crabs (saw these everywhere as well), pelicans (same), and land iguanas...which, we saw everywhere as well. Since today was the first day, seeing all these guys was new to us, but we never got tired of seeing them all week!
We visited Bartolomé Island in the afternoon. We hiked to the summit of the island which has a great panoramic view of the Island itself and the surrounding Islands. From up top, we saw the Pinnacle rock, which is a softer rock and was simply shaped that way from the wind over the years. The snorkeling in the afternoon was amazing, with tons of fish, and a close encounter with a white tipped shark...luckily it seemed it already had lunch :)
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| Morning commute to Chinese Hat. |
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| Chinese Hat. |
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| A Brown Pelican looking for lunch. |
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| A baby sea lion working on its tan. |
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| The remains of a sea lion, unfortunately. |
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| Marine Iguana. |
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| Sally Lightfoot Crab. |
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| View from the top of Bartolomé Island, Pinnacle Rock in the middle. |
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| Our shadows while walking back down. |
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| Got the chance to see the Galapagos Penguins! Only 800 exist and are rare to see! |
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| Pinnacle Rock from another view. |
very interesting !
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