Dec 29: Galapagos Day 2: BOOBIES!

Our second stop was on an island dominated by birds, featuring frigatebirds, gulls, owls, mockingbirds, warblers, paradise-birds, the famous finches, and everybody´s favorite-named bird: BOOBIES!

There are a few hard-cord bird-watchers on the boat so there were quite excited about today, though it seems the birds that the bird-watchers are the most interested in are the most mundane and plain of the various species we've seen. (Darwin's famous finches are quite forgettable.) Like all the other animals we've encountered thus far, the birds (like the BOOBIES) have no fear of humans so you can get quite close to them.

After lunch, we went for a deep-water snorkle across the bay where we saw lots of fish, more friendly sea lions, and even a few more BOOBIES. On our dinghy ride back to the Eric we spotted our first sea turtles in the water, and even a brief glance at a shark.

Tonight we have to cover 160 nautical miles to get to the other side of the islands and are ploughing through some relatively rough waters, and as such almost everyone is feeling pretty sea-sick. Only about half the passengers managed to have dinner.

Did I mention BOOBIES?