Slightly different location A beautiful snorkelling experience this afternoon. Oliver is determined to turn a shoal of fish into a bait ball. So he's practising his swimming technique. Flippers help!

We met the solitary flamingo again, this time it was feeding - so definitely NOT plastic. Afternoon in search of land Iguanas. Initially elusive. Then to the point where we were having to avoid them in our path, also saw a cricket. Other than the carpenter bee,and a yellow butterfly, this is the only native insect we have seen. Unsurprisingly we did find some pretty nasty looking wasps. They have been accidentally brought over recently- well no one would bring t...

Busy day yesterday, after meeting our fellow travellers and settling in our cabins we went for a walk along a beach on San Cristobal (Island). Lots of feeding sea lion calves (sea wolf in Spanish) suckling, locals swimming in the sea with them- looked pretty precarious. A great briefing, tea and fell asleep very early. Trouble is we didn't precisely stay asleep- the sea was choppy overnight on the journey to Genovese This morning we've already had a bird explor...

Oliver shocked the guide by correctly identifying a vampire finch. Afternoon spent kayaking - and getting towed back to the boat !! Speedy! And fun Beach trip- mainly to see red footed booby nests, and young birds playing. Frigate nests and some extremely ugly looking - but fluffy youngsters. Whilst kids played in the surf I sat near some Galapagos fur sea lions. Sneezing, burping and snoozing- them not me

We woke early again- no need for alarm clocks so far. Sharing a room with kids in beautiful Hacienda. Fire in the room The only source of heating on the cold nights. Managed to lock ourselves out of the bathroom. It took 3 staff to eventually figure a way into the bathroom by removing the window, and then undo the door from the inside. Left without breakfast, even had to wake the guard at the gate (tall no nonsense iron structure- the gate not the guard) So we...