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| The universal Hammer-time signal. Unfortunately, even arming ourselves with groovy red gloves didn't bring them out to play with us... |
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| Good idea guys - time for a lie down! |
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| Some more marine iguana fun at Tortuga bay - we were definitely going to miss these guys! |
Back on land at Puerto Ayora, we slowly shook off our sea
legs and said goodbye to the great set of people we’d met on the cruise after
an early morning wander round the Darwin research station. A particular thank you to
Jumbo for acting as a courier (both to and from!) – it was great to share such
a unique experience. We’d decided that we’d stay on the islands for another
couple of days, and give the hammerheads another go. First up, however, was a
beach session back in Tortuga bay – great place for a snooze!
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| Could have lay here for a lot longer than we did... If Tony hadn't needed half a litre of suncream every hour! |
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| Annaliza desperately trying to get into the stingray shot, plus white tip and Galapagos sharks, a marble ray and another sea lion |
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| More diving frolics, with barracuda, sea lion, sea urchins, nudibranch, a sting ray and a turtle cleaning station |
Diving the next day was great, getting closer to lots of the
things we’d seen snorkelling with over the previous 8 days, as well as a
different type of playing with sea lions – they love divers’ bubbles!
Guttingly, we missed out on hammerheads – our group got a brief glimpse at the
end of the dive but we’d already munched through our air and had to surface…
That said, one guy on the boat had only seen them once in 5 dives at the best
location to find them, so couldn’t really complain – gives us a good excuse to
head for some diving somewhere else that they frequent – Maldives anyone?!?
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| A friendly goodbye kiss at the airport |
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| Overlooking the Los Gemelos sink holes on Santa Cruz on our way to the airport, hence the funky security pouch - always keep your valuables well hidden! |
Whilst waiting until we were safe to fly again, set out the
plan for the rest of the trip and our route into Central America – we’d fallen
behind on our rough plan. No surprises there!
Key Learnings:
1. The Panama hat is actually made in Ecuador…
2. The most direct flights are not always the
cheapest – who would have thought the best deal to fly from Colombia to
Nicaragua would be via Florida!
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