We were up at 6am for a ride to this nearby mangrove area in the zodiacs. It’s a nursery area for sharks including hammerhead sharks. It was a glorious still morning and a real highlight. We got great pictures of 2 herons up in a tree. This is obviously just one of them For the […]

Well we survived the night better than others. Quite a few were sick and one of the English women, (a young doctor) got thrown across her bathroom and has a badly bruised hip and lower back. Pam and Nigel, the other Kiwi couple had a water pipe burst above them so the upper bunk got […]

We had a pretty good night. Not too rough and we slept quite well after the boat dropped anchor at about 2.30am. After breakfast we took the zodiacs to the nearby beach and had a short walk looking at the various sea birds. Today we got up close with red footed boobies. So beautiful. They […]

The voyage was a bit rough during the early morning but nothing too bad. Mike’s camera fell off the shelf, which didn’t do the zoom any good. It seems to be sticking today. It was a bit noisy when the anchor came up and the engines began but you get used to it. It was […]

We were collected at 6am for our flight to San Cristobal via another coastal city (name unknown). There was almost no traffic on the road or at the airport so had an hour to wait. We’d been given a packed breakfast to eat on the way: ham and cheese sandwich (do they eat anything else […]

We had a nice breakfast at La Cartuja Hotel: cereal, fresh fruit scrambled eggs, fresh fruit juice (orange or plum) and toast. We decided to walk into town having discovered that the Hilton was just down the road and they are normally located near something of note. Our hotel is beautifully clean and very secure […]

We got up early so that we could have our option 2 breakfast before our transfer arrived. The breakfasts are in the cafe/bakery next door, which is a very typical cafe in the city. People come in and get the pastries either to eat there or take away. We’d been liaising with Flightcentre to get […]