November 27, 2007

North Seymour Island and Bachas Beach

After a quick breakfast at the hotel we again boarded a bus for the Itabaca Channel. Today we were on the Española yacht. Once on board we headed north for Seymour Island. Travel time today was about 1 hour. When we arrived getting off on the island was a little more difficult due to the rocks, but we all arrived on the island dry.

We walked for about 1.5 hours over sand and lava rocks and saw magnificent frigatebirds, sea lions, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies. The blue-footed boobies were whistling for mates and doing their mating dance. It was fun to watch.
















While waiting for the boat to raise anchor we saw manta rays flipping over outside the water. It was cool to see them smack the water. Again we had lunch as we travel to Bachas Beach. This time lunch was rice, green salad, cooked califlower with sauce, and fish for G. When we arrived at Bachas Beach we took the dingy ashore and hopped off. G tried to snorkel, but the water was too murky. He only saw one fish. On land we saw the pink flamingos and a colony of sally light-foot crabs.

We returned to port and took the bus back to the hotel. We did some pre-dinner shopping and headed up to the Darwin Center, but were still unable to get a good picture of Lonesome George.