Galapagos

Welcome 2015. 

We anchored outside Rapida Island where we went a shore on the red lava beach meeting a lot of sea lions and their pupps. We took a walk up on to a hill watching over the ocean, the evergreen terrain and the lagun. Our guide told about animals, plants, the islands etc. very interesting. 

After the walk it was time for one of the highlights for me on this trip, the snorkelling. My very first time. We went from the beach so my first struggle was to to get the,hurting sand out of my flippers. 

However that turned out to be a minor problem when it came to the most important thing about snorkelling. Breathing! Above water I was fine breathing in the snorkel. As soon as I put my head in the water I started to hyperventilate... the more that happened the more frustrated I got and the worse the breathing got. Finally I got it to work and I could enjoy the experience. And if I did!! Wow!! That was just awesome. Watching all this beautiful coloured fish swimming under you. What a feeling! 

I got up and I was like a kid on Christmas! 

Back on the boat we got served lunch and had a siesta on deck while the boat moved to the north side of Santa Cruz. At the start of the journey around ten dolphines were playing and swimming in front of the boat. 

We arrived and entered Bachas Beach, where we took a walk to a lagun where we were very lucky to see three flamingos. They are rather rare in the area. We saw some blue-footed boobies in a distance, marks after turtles and  iguanas, and even a few iguanas. 

Before leaving the beach I had a quick swim in the lovely turquoise water. It wasn't very warm, but lovely and refreshing.

On the way back to the boat we saw a group of around 15 dotted dragon rays. 

After a shower, dinner and a glass of wine it was lovely to get in to bed. 

It was a fantastic day and tomorrow there will be another one to follow...