Today was my last full day on the islands. I took the ferry back to San Cristobal at 7 am from Santa Cruz and the ride was smoother this time. I went to the Hacienda quickly to get a few items I forgot. My friend asked if I wanted to go on a few hour trip to Isla Lobos which is a small island about 30 minutes away from San Cristobal. I had breakfast and hung out at the beach until I needed to leave around 2. My friend was the guide so I was able to go on the top ...

Today was a pretty relaxed day so not much to report and the last day of work. We hiked to the top of the mountain even though we were told yesterday we would be picking up plants from in town. We painted a barn for the majority of the morning and searched for one of the baby turtles that Jose saw at the top of the mountain yesterday. It was a hot day but the work wasn't as hard today so that was a relief. It was several of the volunteers last days so we all went...

Today I skipped work to go to Kicker Rock located about 45 minutes by boat from Puerto Moreno. Megan and I went into town around 7:30 am and met up with our tour. There were about 15-20 other passengers from all over the world some snorkeling and others diving. We decided not to bring wetsuits with us but wished we would have because it was super cold since the sun was mildly blocked by the rock. All of my equipment malfunctioned so the guide gave me his pro gogg...

We hiked up the mountain again today and this time it was made a wee bit easier since I had been up the day before and had some tunes! We started off the day doing pretty much the same thing, chopping down guava plants big and small on the other side of the steep mountain. It rained for most of the morning so luckily I brought my rain jacket. We had a break and then chopped down three larger guava plants with our machetes which was harder since the branches are n...