Sullivan Bay
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 22 Apr 2013 21:24
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Sullivan Bay and
Snorkel
Seen from the
top..................
....................Our neighbour looked quite impressive
up close.
After our Master and Commander photo
opportunities from the summit trail, we went back to Vision for snacks and to
collect our snorkel kits. Skipper ready for the off,
I did point out that the white blob didn’t in fact add to ‘the image’. Around
the boat we saw a few sharks and some really fat
puffer fish.
Back to shore we followed a track to South Beach, Bartolomé Island.
No sooner than we had stepped onto the
beach we were up close and personal with Galapagos
Hawks (own blog).
In the surf we saw our first white tipped shark.
Then
another.
New turtle nests, hawks, frigate
birds. A rather lovely
beach.
On
our way back we found a little one who hadn’t made it.
Back in the panga, Chino
said he had seen penguins, so off we went in search. A blue-foot on a great vantage point.
A
Galapagos Hawk complete with
shadow.
What
a setting for a snorkel.
We had our own red-foot aboard as
Tony’s feet had turned a very bright shade. We did
see one penguin shoot through the water, stand up on the beach for a split
second, flop back down and swim off so fast, no one had time to even pick up a
camera, let alone focus. Our guides picked a spot for Chino to drop us off for
our first snorkel. As always everyone fell backwards and swam off – me – as
always, has to work my way in inch by inch, so pleasing that I can swear away up
my breathing tube and no one can work out what I’m squealing about. Words like
“it’s cold” and “I hate cold water” Yeah right, you even
moaned about the Bahamas being cold. Yes, but like I say I’m OK when
I get in and get going.
Once in and my first gulp has to be fought for, I get busy and
forget the fact the water is in no way similar to being in a bath. That said as
soon as I get used to it I can stay in for up to an hour, maybe here half an
hour happily. Fish soon began to
appear.
New ones to our
eyes.
With teeth.
Lumpy Head.
A happy
blenny.
Bear did some serious whispering to get
these chaps to sit still.
A
ray with a stubby tail. What next. Loads of fish.
Sleeping beauty, resting on the
bottom.
ALL IN ALL A TV WILDLIFE
EPISODE
FABULOUS
EXPERIENCE |