Wed 26th.
Woken up to the sounds of something being "shooed" up on deck and saw a sea lion walk over our cabin hatch! He then settled in outside our cabin window for an hour or so. So very cute!

Later we took the Panga to the beach, “wet landing” in the water with a small number of sea lions. Walked across the island from “green” beach on one side which had lots of small semi-precious stones (Malachite?) to “flour” beach on the other which was fine white sand from coral. Some turtle nests in the dunes.
Afternoon trip to post-office bay. Walked through a lava-tube (cave) before going to the “post office” which was a wooden barrel and tradition dating back to 1700s. You could leave a letter or postcard and someone who later visited might collect it and hand deliver it to the recipient. Someone went through calling out towns in case someone present lived there!

In the afternoon we left quite early as had a distance to cover before dinner. During previous days the boat had been doing most of the cruising during the night while we slept. They put the sails up (and left the motor on too) and we saw a massive pod of dolphins which must have numbered 50 or more. We all went up the front of the catamaran and sat on the netting as they swam with the boat below us.