Day Thirty Six: Day 2 (Australia Day) in the Galapagos

Today began with brekkie on the boat before a trip to mainland in the rubber dingy. We landed on the crisp and clean beaches of Espanol Island. There were hundreds of sealions lounging on the beaches. Such an amazing site. We had a few hours to lounge around with them as well as check out the other wildlife. Walking up the length of the beach, you can't help but take multiple photos with the sealions. So friendly. Its truly amazing how placid these creatures are. You can get so close ti them. We also saw lots of cool crabs and birds too.

We then went for a much needed swim, the water was so clean and the temperature was perfect. Simi nearly got kissed by a sealion as she was swimming. Very funny!
We went back to the main boat briefly, before heading out for a deep water snorkel. The girls loved it, despite being apprehensive at first. I liked it too, but my snorkel gear wasn't working properly, at least that's what my excuse was! Made for a difficult breathing experience. Sim got to see lots though, manta rays, sealions, coral and lots of fish.

After our snorkel, we headed back for lunch and a siesta.
That afternoon, we ventured around to the otherside of the island and went ashore to check out more wildlife. There was more sealions, more Iguanas and more birds---aka---more boobies. The cool part of today's adventure was seeing some galapagos albatross, which apparently weren't meant to be here this time of year. We saw one adolescent albatross trying to take off and fly for the first time, was a very David Attenborough moment. The island was stunning, so beautiful. It also had a blowhole, where the water went 20 odd meters high. Quite cool.

The sun began to set, and we hopped back in the dingy and headed for the main boat.
We stayed on the sundeck, drinking beers and watched the sunset. Amazing! I started to feel like we were actually on holiday, not just traveling.

Dinner was again delicious, and we went to bed early again, the sun just saps the energy from you. We were quite tired.

the blue footed boobies