Floreana Island
Today we had an early start at 6:30 am to learn about the human history of the Galápagos and couldn’t have chosen a better setting than Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana (Charles). A post office barrel was erected on this place in 1793 by James Colnett that came to the archipelago to study the possibility of whaling, allowing the communication between ships from England and the United States. After a short walk and a long talk, we took our Zodiacs to ride around nearby islets and rocks where we found large colonies of sea lions, blue footed boobies diving for fish and prickly pear Opuntia cactuses that would perfectly fit in a fairy tale with their wide stalks and their short sizes.
By the mid-morning, we couldn’t wait to get in the water. The sun was shining, and we had our swimming suits ready to snorkel around Champion Island. If you thought that we were the only ones enjoying the freedom of the ocean, combined with colorful fish, you are wrong. The wildlife was having a great taste of us; the goofy humans wearing masks and fins as the sea lions watched this uncommon school of two legged creatures. They did graceful pirouettes and showed us who is boss under water.
To wrap it up, in the afternoon we followed the border of a brackish lagoon in Point Cormorant only to find over 30 flamingos feeding. Aside from taking wonderful pictures, we took some time to get pleasure from the spectacular sunset and the quietness of the place. What a day!
Today we had an early start at 6:30 am to learn about the human history of the Galápagos and couldn’t have chosen a better setting than Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana (Charles). A post office barrel was erected on this place in 1793 by James Colnett that came to the archipelago to study the possibility of whaling, allowing the communication between ships from England and the United States. After a short walk and a long talk, we took our Zodiacs to ride around nearby islets and rocks where we found large colonies of sea lions, blue footed boobies diving for fish and prickly pear Opuntia cactuses that would perfectly fit in a fairy tale with their wide stalks and their short sizes.
By the mid-morning, we couldn’t wait to get in the water. The sun was shining, and we had our swimming suits ready to snorkel around Champion Island. If you thought that we were the only ones enjoying the freedom of the ocean, combined with colorful fish, you are wrong. The wildlife was having a great taste of us; the goofy humans wearing masks and fins as the sea lions watched this uncommon school of two legged creatures. They did graceful pirouettes and showed us who is boss under water.
To wrap it up, in the afternoon we followed the border of a brackish lagoon in Point Cormorant only to find over 30 flamingos feeding. Aside from taking wonderful pictures, we took some time to get pleasure from the spectacular sunset and the quietness of the place. What a day!
