Floreana Island
An old tradition as an option for early risers; Post Office Bay which hold a barrel containing postcards from all over the World with addresses which might be close to your home. The task is to hand delivering this mail just like whalers did on the seventeen hundreds, today the tradition continued on. Some of us stayed aboard for some good stretching directed by our Wellness Specialist Patty Cueva.
Back onboard while our ship repositions to our next site, Champion Islet; there we had all kinds of water activities like snorkeling, glass bottom boat, and even a Zodiac ride searching for the elusive Charles or Floreana mockingbird. Today water temperature, sea calmness and visibility were optimal, a perfect prop for lots of fish, like sharks, mammals like our acrobatic Galapagos sea lions and invertebrates of different kinds like sea stars and sea urchins; snorkeling was breathtaking.
As we lunch we headed to Punta Cormorant (Cormorant’s point). In this place there are not cormorants but pink “tulips” can be seen over a brackish water lagoon, yes! Greater flamingoes. Before the walk several guests opted for water activities like kayaks outings and swimming at the beach. Some kids were with Naturalist Giancarlo Toti who was fully occupied with them directing optional activities for our younger guests. Just at the beach we landed we observed the tiny little green crystals called peridot or olivine. Later on as we surrounded the lagoon we arrived to a white sandy beach properly called "flour beach", an important nesting site for Pacific green sea turtles.
Back onboard we had our recaps; today we had the honor to listen to hear our Guest lecturer from the Smithsonian, Dr. David Clapp. Our expedition continues as we are headed for our next islands, I wish you could be here my dear reader.
An old tradition as an option for early risers; Post Office Bay which hold a barrel containing postcards from all over the World with addresses which might be close to your home. The task is to hand delivering this mail just like whalers did on the seventeen hundreds, today the tradition continued on. Some of us stayed aboard for some good stretching directed by our Wellness Specialist Patty Cueva.
Back onboard while our ship repositions to our next site, Champion Islet; there we had all kinds of water activities like snorkeling, glass bottom boat, and even a Zodiac ride searching for the elusive Charles or Floreana mockingbird. Today water temperature, sea calmness and visibility were optimal, a perfect prop for lots of fish, like sharks, mammals like our acrobatic Galapagos sea lions and invertebrates of different kinds like sea stars and sea urchins; snorkeling was breathtaking.
As we lunch we headed to Punta Cormorant (Cormorant’s point). In this place there are not cormorants but pink “tulips” can be seen over a brackish water lagoon, yes! Greater flamingoes. Before the walk several guests opted for water activities like kayaks outings and swimming at the beach. Some kids were with Naturalist Giancarlo Toti who was fully occupied with them directing optional activities for our younger guests. Just at the beach we landed we observed the tiny little green crystals called peridot or olivine. Later on as we surrounded the lagoon we arrived to a white sandy beach properly called "flour beach", an important nesting site for Pacific green sea turtles.
Back onboard we had our recaps; today we had the honor to listen to hear our Guest lecturer from the Smithsonian, Dr. David Clapp. Our expedition continues as we are headed for our next islands, I wish you could be here my dear reader.
