Las Islas Galapagos - Dia 2

The day started with a visit to Isla Santa Fé, a dry, rocky island where we saw more sea lions, this time with suckling pups and some blue footed boobies, which are sea birds the Islands are famous for… plus they allow people to go around saying "I Love Boobies", something that refused to get old no matter how many times you say it. We also saw Land Iguanas and Frigates, which are another type of bird named after the type of pirate ships because they steal everything they can, food, nest and even mates… just like us but they can fly, which is way cooler.

After lunch, we headed to Isla San Cristóbal where 6 of us made our first Galapagos dive. A quick descent ended with 2 Spaniards and I sitting 20 metres below the surface wondering where everyone was, including the dive master. After 10 minutes we went back up and was the others 300 metres away, so much for the introductory dive with a gentle current. A quick ride holding onto the side of the dingy got us over to the others, who had had problems equalizing on the way down. We tired again, this time without any problems, and were taken by a strong current past thousands of beautiful fish.

After the dive we went snorkeling and got to swim with a huge 2 meter bull sea lion. He was totally at ease with us which was good, because the bulls can be very aggressive as they protect their group of 30 or so females.

I felt a little queasy at night, but some fresh air (and a sea sickness tablet) got be back to normal, which was fortunate as there was a dive waiting for me at 6:30 the next morning.