The boat set off at 2am and the rough sea had us rolling around in bed for a while but it settled down the further north we traveled. We were awake early and were greeted with a beautiful sunrise. The final part of our cruise was a sail around Daphne Mayor island to see the birds and sealions. There were mostly Nazca boobies (which are a bit rarer than their blue footed cousins). There were a couple of turtles in the water mating. A frigate bird had been swoopi...

It was a bit rough during the night, especially for the first couple of hours after we set sail but we all made it in one piece to Floreana. After breakfast we took the dinghies to Cormorant Point, landing on beach with brown sand and green olivine crystals. A couple of sealions were on the beach but too lazy to be disturbed from their sleep. We saw our first baby blue-footed boobie, sitting on the top of the dune. Walking off the beach, we headed towards a lag...