We got a taxi to a beach this morning where we were hoping to swim with seals, dolphins and turtles. We went with Sunchaser, Honeymoon and Chris from Christine Anne. There were lots of seals on the rocks but none swimming but were lots of turtles.
From the beach we went to a lagoon in a volcano crater and a Giant Tortoise breeding centre. Due to the fact that the Giant Tortoise population is decreasing they have taken some from the wild and are breeding them. The baby tortoises were amazing and so tiny.
In the afternoon we filled up our diesel tanks with our jerry jugs ready to get them refilled by Fernado, our agent. Diesel is $1.02 a gallon for the locals but yachts have to pay more. It is $2.10 a gallon to get permission from the Port Captain and take your jerry jugs to the petrol station or $2.50 a gallon if the agent sorts it out for you and delivers it to the boat. We decided it was easier for the agent to do it - he is bringing our filled jugs and some extra diesel back tomorrow.
Afterwards we had a much needed swim and there was a seal playing round the boat and swimming with us which was amazing.
At 5.30 we headed ashore to try and sort out a tour to some of the other islands and have booked a 3 day, 2 night tour to Santa Cruz and Isabella on Friday - at the moment Sunchaser, Vagabond Heart, Christine Anne and Calysta are also doing the same tour with some of the other boats also considering it.
At 7pm we got picked up to go to a bbq at the agents house. It was a great night with chance to catch up with everyone and meet some new people. After the food we had some local Ecuadorian music which was great.
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