Up at 7:30 to catch our 7:45 pickup to the airport, which didn't come. Hostal lady called the tour company and they gave her the runaround, so we ended up taking a taxi to the airport.Caught our flight and landed in Galapagos around 10:50. From the airport on Baltra (a former US airbase during WWII), it's a short bus ride to passenger ferries crossing over to Isla Santa Cruz. Two seals were sunning themselves on the buoy anjd we pulled withing 5 feet of them and they didn't care. As we pulled up to the dock, 2 pelicans were fishing, literally, 2 feet from the boat. No fear of humans. Way cool.Caught a bus to town and found a hostal (Hostal Salinas), $15/night each. We walked around town scoping out dive operators, buying postcards and then had some lunch.I settled on a dive operator, and then we went for coffee around 5:30 to El Chocolate. Lisa and Kirsty are planning on renting bicycles tomorrow, while I dive.The north end of the island is very dry, cacti everywhere, everything very brown, starving for water. Then all of a sudden, it's very wet (misty) and everything is super green, when you hit the highlands. It's very bizarre how it changed in the blink of an eye.In town, there's a small fish market near the harbour. When the catch is brought in, seals come up, along with numerous birds (blue-footed boobies, cormorants, pelicans, etc.) all fighting over scraps the fisherman throw at them. The whole time, tourists are snapping pictures.Went to El Chocolat for evening coffee/snack, then to bed early.What I learned today:
Naranja
Tiene Cambio
Sin
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