No tortoises in the road this time. Taxi. To boat shuttle. To airport bus shuttle to airport. Arrived one hour early. Wasted time on the internet and started searching for the Santa Cruz ii signs. Found them. Boarded a bus hopefully to take us not back to Puerto Ayora where we started. Traveled to the north end of the island. Where we boarded a zodiac (known here as a panga) or a rubber 10person pontoon boat. Our to a giant ship in the middle of the bay.
Enjoyed our welcome juice and found our room. Nothing special about this. Two twin beds pushed together one bathroom and a closet. Pulled everything out of our suitcase and arranged it Marie kondo style in the closet before lunch and emergency drill.
Had an amazing buffet lunch compliments of the Austrian head chef before learning emergency information and going to our muster stations.
We then set out on our first excursion to banchas bay and did a two hour hike walking past iguanas and sea lions. And birds galore. Made it back to the zodiac for a wet landing back to the ship.
Showered and tidyed up for dinner (no shorts allowed) and learned about the next day activities. Deep sea snorkeling, black beach snorkel and hike.
Had a fantastic buffet dinner before calling it a night.
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