Espanola Island
After all the excitement we have had throughout the week, it is understandable that – even having the chance to sleep longer – most of our guests were awoke early in the morning. By seven we had the first round for kayakers – the pre-breakfast paddlers – and as soon as they returned we proceeded to enjoy our first meal of the day.
By midmorning, the last snorkeling session of the week was performed and we got thrilled by the wonders of the ocean; the usual lots of excitement. We were escorted by the typical gang of young sea lions (all of them making fun of us) and we witnessed a cleaning station performed on a big marbled sting ray.
Noon was somehow sad, but sadness is part of the game and everybody went to attend the departure briefing and learn about the painful process of leaving the islands. But once it was finished, we were ready for the afternoon departure; Punta Suarez, and the possibility of finding waved albatrosses.
And we found them! It was a rush, just like when one checks on the capabilities of a sport model car, from 0 to 100 km in 4.5 seconds… well it was like that. There were none last week, but today 15 albatrosses were on land. The race for reproduction had begun again for this species and we were there to watch it.
The boobies have calmed down and we felt the intense heat of the still present rainy season. Marine iguanas were digging to lay eggs and finches and doves hopped all along the trail. A frail feeling of abandonment came to all our guests, but we know for sure that the memories they have taken will last even longer than their pictures, because they will be transmitted to the world.
After all the excitement we have had throughout the week, it is understandable that – even having the chance to sleep longer – most of our guests were awoke early in the morning. By seven we had the first round for kayakers – the pre-breakfast paddlers – and as soon as they returned we proceeded to enjoy our first meal of the day.
By midmorning, the last snorkeling session of the week was performed and we got thrilled by the wonders of the ocean; the usual lots of excitement. We were escorted by the typical gang of young sea lions (all of them making fun of us) and we witnessed a cleaning station performed on a big marbled sting ray.
Noon was somehow sad, but sadness is part of the game and everybody went to attend the departure briefing and learn about the painful process of leaving the islands. But once it was finished, we were ready for the afternoon departure; Punta Suarez, and the possibility of finding waved albatrosses.
And we found them! It was a rush, just like when one checks on the capabilities of a sport model car, from 0 to 100 km in 4.5 seconds… well it was like that. There were none last week, but today 15 albatrosses were on land. The race for reproduction had begun again for this species and we were there to watch it.
The boobies have calmed down and we felt the intense heat of the still present rainy season. Marine iguanas were digging to lay eggs and finches and doves hopped all along the trail. A frail feeling of abandonment came to all our guests, but we know for sure that the memories they have taken will last even longer than their pictures, because they will be transmitted to the world.
