Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Galapagos Day 8

We got to sleep in a bit this morning, breakfast was at 7:30 instead of 7:00. We went to Esponola Island over night.Went to the beach about 8:00 to hang out. Cloudy and cool today, but the sun came out for a bit at the beach. Got an awesome picture of a pelican hitting the water, fishing.Back to the boat and dinghy snorkelled. At the first spot saw a turtle and a couple of rays. Second spot had tons of fish. Super strong current at the second spot.After lunch we headed to Suarez Point for a 2.5 hour hike. Very nice. Albatrosses, blue-footed boobies, doves, iguanas, etc. And an awesome blowhole. Lots of nice views on this island. This is the oldest of the Galapagos islands. Also saw a seal that suffered a shark attack.Back to boat, briefing, then supper, the left early for Isla Floreana.In the evening, we found a little bird on the upper deck of the boat just hanging out. We thought it was injured, Mehmet and me wanted to tell our guide, but Evan picked it up and threw it overboard. It started to try and fly back to the boat, but hit the side of the boat, and into the water. A few minutes later we found another bird (or the same bird?) on the upper deck. Evan left this one alone.

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