We saw fur sea lions which were different from the normal sea lions that we have seen. Saw another baby that had just been born, earlier this time as the birds had not been at the placenta. Saw lots and lots of babies and they were just so cute!
On the way out to the island we saw our first tortoise and later on the boat we saw lots more swimming around. This time I managed to get in and out of the boat with my dignity intact! Its quite cold and blowy today so most of us have stayed on the boat while those brave enough have gone deep water snorkelling.
This afternoon we were making our way to Bartolome Island (George and I were laying on the front deck) when one of the crew saw fins in the water. the captain stopped the boat and as we watched we began to see water rising from blowholes – boy that crew member had great eyes! It turned out to be 3 orca whales – male, female and a calf. We all watched for ages as they swam out of sight. We could spot them by watching the clump of birds that seemed to follow them; we realised why when we saw the birds bringing up large rubbery things which turned out to be the intestines of a manta ray that we had seen around the boat just before the whales appeared – hmm dinner time!
Bartolome Island was an island of volcanic rock/lava and was like a different planet with no animal life and very little plant life. We took the dinghy around the island and saw Galapagos penguins, blue footed boobies and another turtle swimming.
