We then travelled for about 5 hours and went snorkelling at another island, which was surrounded by marine turtles... the giant variety... and we totally swam with them! There was also a shark and many large rays including a sting ray and an eagle ray. The next day took us to another island where we saw more sea lions... there's just sea lions everywhere, perhaps we'll just say they're a given... and then we snorkelled off the beach. It was pretty cool snorkelling with lots of white tipped sharks and some rays, as well as a few more big turtles. I should note that the fish are absolutely amazing as well, such a huge quantity and variety with amazing colours, however I don't know any of their names. We then went around Espanola island and saw many different iguanas on the other side, as well as lava lizards which are really cool little guys. This was also the home of the albatros, blue footed boobies, nazca boobies, galapagos hawks, and a good variety of mockingbirds.
The next day we took off to Floreana island to see the mailbox re. below. We then did some awesome snorkelling with just mad amounts of fish, it was pretty unreal. Also more sharks, turtles, etc. I was doing a little mental summary and in this trip we have had a tarantuala in our bed room, a scorpion on our dinner table, a boa constrictor at the farm we stayed at, and now we've swum with sharks and sting rays. Pretty wild.
Well we have to head back to the ship now for dinner, so I must say goodbye. Tomorrow we're headed to Isabella island and we'll stay in a hotel for a couple nights... showers! real matresses! no seasickness! I'm stoked. This is supposed to be a cool place for snorkelling, checking out volcanoes, and penguins! Whoo! So it should continue to be thrilling. Lots of love to everyone!
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Your pictures from the Galapagos are truly amazing!!! Visiting the Galapagos has always been a dream of mine, Now I'm really itching to go.
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