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DAY FIVE ~ (Continued)

Resuming our Zodiac tour of Vicente Roca Point on Isabela Island, we head towards the rocky coastline, and what appears to be a huge cave.

As we get nearer to shore we come across our first sea turtle. He looks really clumsy and slow on the surface,
but when sensing danger he can swim very fast towards the bottom. I stalked one for 10 or so minutes on a dive.

The coastline at Vicente Roca Point is very rugged. There is no place to land a Zodiac,
so this outing was to consist only of exploring in the Zodiac, and taking photographs.

We enter a huge cave. It is dark and eery as we slowly approach the back
of the cave. The other boat watches us as we disappear into the darkness.

There were great photo opportunities in every direction, and Pete was
taking advantage of it. We each had over a thousand shots at the end.

Some birds were resting on the water. They were albatross. As we got closer they decided to take to the air.

Two Peters, Peter Macay and Peter Gallego, pose for an amiable shot. You can see the cave entrance behind them.

Here is a geological oddity. You see it often in nature. Where molten lava once went up in a straight line, at some point the earth's crust shifted, and that straight line is broken. We saw this phenomena a number of times in Antarctica.

After our morning outing of exploring this interesting island coast in the Zodiacs, we return to the Athala for lunch, and there is even some luxury time for relaxing in the sun before lunch is served. However, . . .

. . . there wasn't much of this sort of relaxation. Javier normally kept us on the go from morning until night.

We eagerly line up to fill our plates with the chefs creation for this meal. It was always different, and always good.

This was our dining room, and we all ate at the same table. It was great, and very sociable.

After lunch we headed off in the Zodiacs again, bound for Fernandina Island at Espinosa Point.

Peter staring down a big marine iguana. I wonder who blinked first.

Does this guy look prehistoric or what. Now I know where they got the actors for those old black and white
movies I used to watch as a kid in the matinées on Saturdays, with Buster Crab, and lots of monsters.

I've just reach 4.8 MB so I'll end this chapter here. In Chapter Five we spot a magnificent Galapagos Hawk.