Today was the start of our boat tour of the islands.The booking agent told us to be at the meeting point for 9am which we duly were, only to be told by the guide that most of the 12 other passengers would not be arriving until after noon as their plane from the mainland was delayed. The first two other passengers to arrive were Mike and Doug from Vancouver, both were good value and alleviated our fears that we would be stuck on a boat full of geriatric Americans complaining about the size of the breakfast waffles.
The rest of the group arrived and before long we were on our boat Yolita II. When we booked we were given several options but both liked the look of the Yolita and it turned out to be a great choice as the vessel is huge and very modern – had we booked in London the price for 8 nights would have been $2395, going to the islands and paying direct cost just $1050.
We did our first walk on Santa Cruz island (Bachas Beach) and saw a huge amount of wildlife. I could write a million words on the motley crew of birds, reptiles, mammals then another million on the flora, fauna, ecology, biology, history and geography of the Galapagos Islands but you would stop reading, so I won't. Darwin did it better anyway so read his.
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