Day Thirty Five: Day 1 in the Galapagos

Today we were off to the Galapagos. We headed out to the airport and were on our way. We arrived at 11am.
The place at first reminded me a little of Australia, desert like with similar plant species.
We headed down to the port where our boat was awaiting us. This would be home for the next 4 days. At the port we were greeted by sealions, Iguanas and pelicans, the Galapagos kind. One flew over and shat over the whole group; we were going to have good luck supposedly.

Once on the boat we were treated to lunch, the food was again really really good. Good food seems to be following us.

In the afternoon we ventured onto our first island, Nth Seymour island. Here we got our first real look at the many amazing animals of Galapagos. Several types of Iguanas, different types of birds, mockingbirds, finches, Frigattes (the ones where the males have the massive red balloon throats), boobies, blue foot boobies, red foot boobies and nazca boobies, all kinds of boobies! Made for a fun afternoon. You can never have enough boobies!
We then walked to the shore of the island, where the ocean was pounding the coastline. Was quite a beautiful sight seeing all the sealions lazing around, whilst the waves came crashing in. They're amazing creatures and they are everywhere. So tame and playful too. Amazing!

The day was so hot, the sun is very strong here. The evening brought some much needed respite and we then settled in for dinner and some beers. Not to be outdone by lunch, dinner was sensational. Soup, main course buffet and dessert.

I could really get used to life on the galapagos; lazing on boats, eating, drinking and visiting cool stuff. It's tough!

Nite nite