Thurs 27th
Arrived in a bay after dark. Lots of sea lion noises.
Took the Panga to land on the beach and had a short walk on the island. Two little beaches. Massive cactus trees. Saw one land iguana and Galapagos Hawke on the sign.
20 minute cruise to a snorkelling area (first bay too dangerous due to bull sharks.)


I went to bed as I was feeling sick. Not sure why but I was feeling very nauseous since waking. Couldn’t eat any breakfast so skipped the snorkelling and lunch and slept on and off to 3.30pm when went ashore and visited the Charles Darwin research centre.


Saw some Galapagos Giant tortoises including “Lonesome George” who was found on one island 20 years ago as the last of his species. They had been trying to breed him since and he had a couple of female companions of a closely related species from another island but no success. They may try cloning him as a last resort but he is a youthful 85 years old so they still have 150 years or so to try breed him before needing to resort to that.
They also had baby tortoises who look so funny because they looked exactly like the big ones but only a few centimetres high. Like they had been shrunk!

Walked through the town to the dock to be picked up. Juan Carlos had ditched us to have coffee with a girlfriend. Lots of t-shirt (“I like Boobies” ones are popular) shops along the main street but very high prices. Saw a fish stall on the dock with some pelicans and a sea-lion keeping a close eye.
After dinner most people went back to the shore to go out in the town. I stayed in bed as I was still feeling sick. Apparently they had fun at the bars and caught a water taxi back to the boat just before midnight.