Española Island
Long waves were rolling the National Geographic Islander as she approached the anchoring at Gardner Bay on Española. Pretty soon after dropping the anchor, a slight breeze surrounded the ship creating a more interesting environment for the early set of kayakers who went paddling before breakfast. We detected a school of golden rays swimming around the ship leaving a beautiful trailing watercolor behind them.
Once on the beach, we found a big number of sea lions just resting, after having been fishing at their nearby feeding grounds. Hundreds of them, row after row of bodies, were snoring, sneezing, mumbling in their language, curses and praises; sea lions thoughts…
The afternoon came with a somewhat dark cloud cover that made our hike very pleasant. The albatrosses were abundant and their first eggs could be seen being incubated in dry ground; the more dry, the more propitious for them. The blow hole was powerful, and several species of sea birds were flying above the up rising columns of pulverized water.
Many finches hop from branch to branch on the dry forest and the beautiful doves were dancing around as we walked the trail from one end to the other. When finally we reached the embarkation site, we were satisfied and in complete balance with ourselves for the Galápagos had given us some of its energy.
Long waves were rolling the National Geographic Islander as she approached the anchoring at Gardner Bay on Española. Pretty soon after dropping the anchor, a slight breeze surrounded the ship creating a more interesting environment for the early set of kayakers who went paddling before breakfast. We detected a school of golden rays swimming around the ship leaving a beautiful trailing watercolor behind them.
Once on the beach, we found a big number of sea lions just resting, after having been fishing at their nearby feeding grounds. Hundreds of them, row after row of bodies, were snoring, sneezing, mumbling in their language, curses and praises; sea lions thoughts…
The afternoon came with a somewhat dark cloud cover that made our hike very pleasant. The albatrosses were abundant and their first eggs could be seen being incubated in dry ground; the more dry, the more propitious for them. The blow hole was powerful, and several species of sea birds were flying above the up rising columns of pulverized water.
Many finches hop from branch to branch on the dry forest and the beautiful doves were dancing around as we walked the trail from one end to the other. When finally we reached the embarkation site, we were satisfied and in complete balance with ourselves for the Galápagos had given us some of its energy.
