Las Islas Galapagos - Dia 3

During the night we sailed to Isla Española, starting the day at 6:30AM with a dive in Gardener Bay. The 6 of us went down together this time, with the exception of one of the Spanish guys, whose ears were giving him problems, and a a pretty good dive, seeing plenty of fish and some other cool stuff. The dive got off to a good start as a hammerhead shark swam by about 3 metres away. The highlight of the dive for me was watching a school of seven Golden Cowrays make a slow, ghostly march in front of us. They looked completely otherworldly slipping silently through the water that it sent a chill through me and brought a smile to my face.

After the dive we landed on the beach and were met by another big sea lion colony. After a quick sun back, I snorkeled over to some rocks where I found thousands of small fish being chased by a hungry sea lion. It was absolutely amazing watching her dart around and through the fish that I couldn't help but giggle. It was the first of many magical experiences with sea lions that have well and truly placed them in my heart as my favourite animal.

After lunch we made our second dive, again in Gardener Bay, this time seeing lots of Marine Turtles and Galapagos Sharks, and rays of various types.

Unfortunately I started getting sick every time I tried to write down what I'd been doing after that, so this is the abridged, post-cruise version.