David was awake early and decided to go and get a coffee and watch the day break. It was a bit overcast so there wasn't going to be a nice sunrise. At 6am the boat's engine burst into life giving a sealion, sleeping on the boats back platform, a fright. It jumped into the water assuming safety but a Galápagos shark had been lurking under the boat and swiftly gave chase. The ship's bell rang at 7am, as promised yesterday, calling us to breakfast - scramble...

The alarm was ringing at 3:30am, we needed to be at the front door for our 4am departure to airport. We were trying to be quiet given it was so early and made it to the front door without a sound and only then did we realise that there was no other sound, not even from the owners who were taking us to the airport. After waiting 15 minutes wondering where they might be, we found a doorbell and rang. The owner then came out in his dressing gown, realised he slept i...