Friday, January 25, 2019

Galapagos day 2: snorkel disaster

Woke up at 7am for 8 am breakfast and morning zodiac ride. Also got out snorkeling equipment for the excursions throughout the trip. Saw some blue footed boobies and Nazca boobies and a lot of pelicans. No penguins. 

Then deep sea snorkeling to depart at 1030a. Where you get off the boat and snorkel. Only problem is with the full moon the waters have been so rough the normal snorkel g spot wasn't available so they brought us to the Nazca boobie spot to snorkel around that rock island. Only problem. Is that the water was producing massive swells and the clarity of the water for snorkeling was horrible. Kayaking was canceled due to the swells. I begrudgingly went with and got my snorkel equipment on and headed into the water. Nothing but salt water into my snorkel and visibility was negative. 

I made it mostly around the rock. Ok like half before throwing my arm up to be picked up. Nothing like a stomach full of Jameson and salt water to make you nauseous the entire ride home. Made it back without puking and took another Dramamine before lunch. Managed to keep lunch down then napped the afternoon away. Skipped the 2 hour beach relaxation and went to James island for the walk on the black sand beach. Saw numerous Galapagos seal lines and fur seals along with iguanas hidden in the rocks and tons of sally light foot crabs. After a hike along the beach we came back to the zodiacs (pangas in Ecuador) and just missed the wet landing departure fiasco. Apparently the first boat of older peeps had a big wave hit and toppled everyone overboard. By the time we made it to the pangas the guys knew what they were doing and we all made it onboard without too much issue. 

Made it back to the boat for buffet dinner and attempted to stargaze. More deep sea snorkel the next day. 



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