Embark M/S Discovery & Taboga Island ~ Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Before breakfast, we took a nature walk outside our hotel. Abdiel pointed out many of the plants and their uses. We saw Toucans in the trees and a few other birds. Then we went into the new butterfly house where we saw lots of blue morphs and some other kinds of butterflies and caterpillars.

Later in the morning we boarded our bus and drove to a restaurant located near the pier where we would board our ship. Paul and I split a pepperoni pizza. Jodee and I browsed around in a few shops. Then we boarded our 24-passenger catamaran that would take us through the Panama Canal. The rooms had names instead of numbers. We were assigned a room called Toucan.

We had a safety drill where we donned our life vests, then the ship motored to Taboga Island. Unfortunately, the waters were too rough to go on the side of the island that has the old town. Instead, we docked on the wild side. Some of us stepped into an aluminum panga boat, and the ship’s tour director told us all about the large number of pelicans, frigates, and boobies that are nesting at this time if year. He also pointed out plants and trees.

Not too long after we had returned to the ship, we had dinner: fish, rice with beans, and glazed plantain. Wine was served with dinner and coffee or tea with dessert.

After dinner, Ian told us about the process of ships going through the canal. Afterward when we went outside, we saw the moon and Jupiter.

(null) Butterfly House

(null) Boarding the Discovery, the catamaran

(null) The Discovery docked on the other wide of Taboga Island

(null) Thousands of birds are nesting on Taboga Island

(null) The moon and Jupiter (time exposure with camera resting on rail)

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