Isabela Island

MS - Wednesday Dec 27. This morning we were up early to leave by 6AM for a hike to view sleeping sharks in a canal. We counted 25 of them. It is a myth that all sharks need to continue swimming in order to stay alive. These sharks were very comfortable, snuggled up to each other, laying on the bottom. A few were swimming laps overhead of the rest of the group. In general, the ones on the bottom reminded me of the way our pigs sleep together.

Back to the boat to change into our wetsuits to go snorkeling. Visibility was good and we saw lots of parrot fish, puffers, star fish, and eight spotted rays swimming together. We returned to the boat for breakfast by 8:30 AM. Quite a lot accomplished early today!

After breakfast we were back in our wetsuits to head out for another snorkel. We swam with sea lions that would come right up to your mask and blow bubbles at you. We saw a large, beautiful large sea turtle, and some penguins! Ken and Chip both took their GoPro Session 5 cameras and collected some great still shots and videos. We will need a solid connection to upload them to the blog and being at sea doesn't afford that luxury right now.

In the afternoon, we visited another part of the national park on Isabela island. We saw flamingos which were on my wish list. Do you know why they are pink? Because of the shrimp they eat!

Flamingos! Also water iguanas off to the left

Land iguana - Massive