This morning we visited Santiago, the fourth largest island and a favourite for pirates and whalers in days gone by. It was a wet landing but an easy one so no danger to the cameras.
Once again the walk was very fast and not particularly inspiring but we did see a few things along the way.
Female Lava Lizard
Galapagos Painted Locust
Finch of some kind, plenty around but hard to see as they are rather plain.
This rock formation is known as Darwin's Toilet as it fills up and empties just like a toilet (really needs a video to show it)
We then arrived at Fur Seal Grotto where we'd been told we'd see a "colony" of fur seals - we saw two very dozy ones (they are nocturnal).
Interesting lava formations
Yet another lizard, more Sallys and Imps (sorry!!!)
Heading back to the boat for some more snorkelling (double dose today am and pm - phew!)
Whilst we were having lunch the boat moved a short distance to Bartolome, one of the younger islands famous for Pinnacle Rock and the beautiful landscapes
Heading off for our last snorkelling session.
Our masks have been absolutely brilliant and I would recommend them to anyone.
Pity I can't say the same about the waterproof camera.
The lovely view of the bay was rather marred by the moored Anahi
So when we headed out in the panga I asked if we could go in front of it but sadly I couldn't quite get the same angle
On landing we then climbed the 335 steps up to the top for some glorious views (it was a tough climb even with the steps and boardwalk and I dread to think how hard it must have been before they'd been built).
Sadly the weather wasn't kind to us when we got to the top.
The group - a great one
Ivan or Gilbert coming to collect us (I never could work out which one it was as they used to wear scarves over their faces, presumably because of the diesel fumes).
