Galapagos - Day 8 (May 4)

Today we finally got the opportunity to do a tough hike! Itwas called Survival of the Fittest! Get the reference?  Some of the people on the boat thought theywere fit, but unfortunately for us, they were not even close. So 2 groups headed up to the abandoned salt mine! Our group had the unfit so we had to lag behind, which was a bit of a bummer!

The hike felt good, moving, heart pounding!  Not much for scenery besides the beach and the salt mine! When we reached the top we took a group photo of all the fittest! From the top we all hoofed it back down to the beach for some “swim or snorkel” activity!  (The phase was always used by our cruise directory Jorge and it cracked me up every time, he had clear English, just funny word choice). 

Hubby and I decided to just hang out in the water as opposed to snorkel.  As we were enjoying the cool water, a big school of fish came cruising by, followed by the Pelicans, diving Blue Footed Boobies and sea lions! It was amazing to see everything jumping and diving.

Later that afternoon we headed to Santa Cruz Island again to search for the big land iguanas. It was pretty hot so they were all hiding in the bush. We saw about 4 big yellow fellas! We could see their tail marks where they crossed the trails!

After we got back to the beach hubby and I headed into snorkel again. We saw some pretty colorful fishes. But the waves were big and most of the area was murky. It was our last chance to snorkel.