Thursday, July 14, 2011

.....it wasn't snowing, but we walked uphill both ways ... barefoot ...

after north seymour we boated to las bachas to snorkel ....


on the shore, a non swimmer hiked and found flamingos in a lagoon ... so we all took the hike, barefoot, over rocks and shells, uphill BOTH ways (ugh) ... 

......but the reward of flamingos in the wild was well worth it ... there were just four stragglers that are due to be heading elsewhere .. migration time was near the end, i was told .... so we were lucky to see them at all!! 
 lest the whole story is too rosy .... although, i guess saying it was uphill both ways doesn't sound too happy go lucky .... lest we are too rosy, i will mention the ENORMOUS giant huge big-ole biting flies on the beach .... we ended up swatting ... and downright smacking each other and the flies a TON ....
 there were dozens of sea turtle nests on the beach that we had to tread around ... not through ... and sophie kept warning other folks not to step in them ... she has a thing for sea turtles .... below, is a picture of me with sally light foot crabs .... there were hundreds and hundreds of them in spots .... it was extraordinary to see so many gathered in small spaces ....


 andy, drew and julia swam back to the boat ... sweet, tired sophie and i took the dinghy ....
our boat ride back to port was short .... we met jaime at the exchange spot .... and he took us back to our happy galapagos safari camp ... what a joy to go back to such a soothing place after such a busy active day .....

we ordered snacks and sodas   (cheese, fruit, 4 sprites, one coke) to be delivered to the pool ... sophie was the only one brave enough to swim .. we all tried though ... 

showers and naps and dressing for dinner ... it was kind of a peaceful afternoon since our outing hadn't taken up the whole day like monday's adventure to far away bartholome .... it was all relaxing and happy with the tents and the view and the hammocks and the tired and the reading ... relaxing vacation time in stark contrast to adventure vacation! 

we played chess in the lobby ... which we did every night .... and then dinner was quesadilla appetizers ... fried fish, rice and veggies .... and then sorbet and brownies for dessert ... 

we all went to sleep very early ...not long after dinner with just a little reading ... or in my case, journal writing and then reading .... 

tomorrow? our laid back day turns into the biggest adventure day of all .... 

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