We slept even later today and pretty much had the same made-by-Pedro breakfast as we did yesterday. We debated what to do today......
Go to Tortunga Bay, which required a 45-minute walk and had mixed reviews on what one could see - apparently lots of marine iguanas, but very few turtles and fish. We also wanted to be closer to town.
OR
Try Las Grietas again. But we weren't in the mood for another tour and were still conflicted about the who pays and why controversy. We really just wanted to swim and snorkel.
So we decided that we would head to a small beach by the Charles Darwin Research Station that we saw a couple days prior. First, though, we wandered around the town of Puerto Ayora......
...and spent a surprising amount of time watching the women in the fish station cut and sell fresh fish while the pelicans, sea lions, and sea birds waited for a hand-out or two.....
As we meandered, we would have to be careful not to step-on a snoozing sea lion........(look in the shadows)......
Incidentally, there were way fewer sea lions on Santa Cruz than San Cristóbal.
We eventually made it to the little beach and it was perfect - some trees for shade, places to hang our stuff, and warm water in which to swim and snorkel.
There were some marine iguanas here too - so no need for that 45-minute walk - both ways - on the equator! 😄
The cool thing was that it was mostly locals here - and maybe more than usual as it was Easter and people weren't working.
We stayed a few hours and grabbed lunch at the same place we had pizza the previous night - their sandwiches looked amazing the night before and they were very good. One of the nice things about the Galapagos is that one is never rushed away from a table, so we sort of just sat there an enjoyed the atmosphere, people watched, read.
We went back to the hotel to shower and nap. We had dinner nearby and packed as much as we could as it was another early "ferry" to another island the next day.
This may have sounded like a "nothing" day, but it really was perfect.
Oh, we realized that this is the first time either of us have been in the southern hemisphere. 😀
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