Floreana Island
This morning we played whalers disembarking at Floreana Island… it was the end of the XVIII century, and there was just one way of communicating with the outside world: a barrel. With our postcards in our pockets we walked towards this monument to continue with the tradition that has survived for centuries. On our return home after our voyage, we will hand deliver letters destined for locations near where we live, after having left our own postcards for future visitors.
Later on we were ready for one of the best snorkeling outings of the week; we were dropped around a small islet of Champion. There was all kinds of fish: colourful king angel, territorial damselfish, hog fish, hawk fish, and black striped salemas, just to mention some of them. But nothing compares to the joy of finding sea lions ready to come close to our masks and start an underwater dance. It was such an amazing feeling to share with them these moments.
In the afternoon we relaxed at the beach or kayaked on the shore. We were ready for new discoveries and a big surprise was just behind the vegetation. We started walking and few feet within the island and we found a lagoon with flamingos posing for us. We kept on walking to arrive to a white coralline beach full of trails of ghost crabs and turtles. What a marvellous incident it was to find that there were some turtles close to the shoreline. We stopped there to enjoy the landscape and breeze while spotting turtle heads surfacing to breathe.
I heard a common concern today voiced by our visitors: we have seen so many things that we wonder if there is still more to be seen? The answer is yes. Galápagos never ends to surprise people, day after day, in one island or the other.
This morning we played whalers disembarking at Floreana Island… it was the end of the XVIII century, and there was just one way of communicating with the outside world: a barrel. With our postcards in our pockets we walked towards this monument to continue with the tradition that has survived for centuries. On our return home after our voyage, we will hand deliver letters destined for locations near where we live, after having left our own postcards for future visitors.
Later on we were ready for one of the best snorkeling outings of the week; we were dropped around a small islet of Champion. There was all kinds of fish: colourful king angel, territorial damselfish, hog fish, hawk fish, and black striped salemas, just to mention some of them. But nothing compares to the joy of finding sea lions ready to come close to our masks and start an underwater dance. It was such an amazing feeling to share with them these moments.
In the afternoon we relaxed at the beach or kayaked on the shore. We were ready for new discoveries and a big surprise was just behind the vegetation. We started walking and few feet within the island and we found a lagoon with flamingos posing for us. We kept on walking to arrive to a white coralline beach full of trails of ghost crabs and turtles. What a marvellous incident it was to find that there were some turtles close to the shoreline. We stopped there to enjoy the landscape and breeze while spotting turtle heads surfacing to breathe.
I heard a common concern today voiced by our visitors: we have seen so many things that we wonder if there is still more to be seen? The answer is yes. Galápagos never ends to surprise people, day after day, in one island or the other.
