Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Breakfast at 7.00 am then off to San Christobal Island (Cerro Brojo) for snorkeling. I walked along the beach and saw sea lions, an iguana, crabs (the crabs here are cannibalistic, they have no natural enemies, they are their own enemy). Before snorkeling we saw what the guide called 'chimneys', which are magma chambers where lava flowed out from millions of years ago to form the Galápagos Islands. There is a famous formation known as the 'Cathedral', because the rocks are formed in such a way that it looks a bit like a natural church. Then back to the boat for a 3 hour ride to Punta Pitt, another place to the north east of San Christobal Island.
Last night we travelled for about 7 hours at night from Porta Aroyo to San Christobal Island, and I didn't sleep well because at times the boat was shaking too much, at times I thought I was going to fall off the bed, at times I thought we were going to sink. I took a sea sickness pill that Sophia gave me, and I also took 3 piritons yesterday because I had a very bad cold. I have to stagger my medication otherwise I will run out before my trip is up.
Lunch. Then to Punta Pitt for snorkeling. Then we landed at another beach where I saw more sea lions, finches, lava lizards and red footed boobies.
The entire Galápagos Islands were formed by volcanoes, about 4 million years ago. The last volcanic activity was about 10,000 years ago, and there are some younger islands which are about 700,000 and 400,000 years old.
This group is definitely much more fun and interesting than the previous one. My consolation is that Laura is not getting along with this group as well as she did with the other group. I know it is bad for me to think so but I think it is karma. I don't feel sorry for her at all. I was wondering whether it was an age thing, because most of the people in this group are in their 30s, but then Florian is 19 and I can talk to him fine. My conclusion is that fools will be fools, no matter where they come from and what age they are.
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