26/5/09 - 1.13.2S 90.25.7W
Flying Cloud
Julian Nichols
Tue 26 May 2009 03:57
Daisy and Ella settled bak into sailing on the boat with remarkable ease - in fact they enjoyed pirating the seas again!
Our first stop at Floreana was to snorkel at "the Devils Crow" - a sort of 2 sided bowl, through which the tide cuts and where there are lots of fish!
On the rocks we saw our first blue footed booby.
.... and then we plunged into the water, leaving Rodney to navigate the rib around. The girls immediately took to snorkeling with their new flippers, and were soon looking at some incredible fish - including this wonderful white tipped shark! Daisy enjoyed taunting it......
Matt and I enjoyed a quick swim through a cave - although we were delayed and shocked by confronting 2 white tipped sharks....
Daisy particularly enjoyed having her head underwater.
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After lunch we popped ashore to a viewing point on Floreana.
On the way into the beach we passed a couple of penguins (there are only 8 on this island), lots of sealions and a couple of turtles.
Once the dingy was anchored, two playful little sealions came to see the girls.
The team this afternoon: with the excellent Patricia as our guide.