After breakfast we got into the pangas and motored to Santa Fe Island. We had a wet landing, so we had to wade to the sandy beach. We walked for about an hour on Santa Fe Island looking at the iguanas, birds, and plants there.
Back on the boat we got fitted for fins and adjusted the snorkels. Then we went to our cabins to pull on our swimming suits and wet suits. We the rode in the pangas close to Santa Fe Island then jumped into the water. I saw schools of gorgeous fish, sea lions, and I even followed a sea turtle and a sting ray. We watched this underwater sea life for about an hour, then swam back to the boat.
Lunch was equivalent to a dinner. We had soup, chicken breasts, rice, plantain, salad, and lemon pound cake with grated carrots in it.
We relaxed for a couple of hours while the boat cruised to South Park Island. Then we had a dry landing from the pangas. We walked around this island. The first iguana we saw was a hybrid iguana. They are rarely seen here, and they are only on this island. The marine iguana males come up on land and mate with land iguana females. The babies are sterile. This island reminded me a lot of Iceland with the black lava rocks touching the ocean.
We had time to relax again, then it was time to meet to find out the schedule for tomorrow. We also met the captain and other crew members as we sipped piña coladas. For dinner we had filet mignon, swordfish, rice, mushrooms, salad, and pineapple pie. After dinner we went up to the top deck to gaze at the stars. I noticed that we could see both the Southern Cross and the Big Dipper at one degree south of the equator.
