{"id":3103,"date":"2024-03-08T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T23:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:19:48","slug":"galapagos-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/galapagos-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos &#8211; Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3103\" class=\"elementor elementor-3103\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6562c9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6562c9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17862d0\" data-id=\"17862d0\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Santiago Island, Playa Espumilla \u2013 Buccaneer\u2019s Cove<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed15993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed15993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Santiago Island is the fourth largest of the Galapagos Islands, and is one of the few islands that has a source of fresh water inland.\u00a0 Because of this, it was one of the early places that hosted human visitors.\u00a0 Including pirates.\u00a0 It is also a place where Charles Dawin spent a lot of his time (9 of the 19 days he spent on land).<\/p><p>This morning we were supposed to do a wet landing at Playa Espumilla before breakfast, but conditions were too espumilla (which means foam, or maybe spray) so we just stayed on the ship until after breakfast rather than a very wet landing. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3105\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3105\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/extra_foamy_MTL90D2732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/extra_foamy_MTL90D2732.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/extra_foamy_MTL90D2732-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/extra_foamy_MTL90D2732-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/extra_foamy_MTL90D2732-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playa Espumilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6d224 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d6d224\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After breakfast, we did a zodiac ride around Buccaneer\u2019s Cove, although some brave souls went kayaking in the extra foamy.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3106\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3106\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zodiak_am_path.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zodiak_am_path.jpg 601w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/zodiak_am_path-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zodiac Ride in Buccaneer&#8217;s Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63959e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63959e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don got some pics of Nazca Boobies using the waterproof Kodak camera.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3107\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3107 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nb.kodakpixpro_100_0038-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nb.kodakpixpro_100_0038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nb.kodakpixpro_100_0038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nb.kodakpixpro_100_0038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nb.kodakpixpro_100_0038.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nazca Boobies in Buccaneer Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e61cc95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e61cc95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a87320e\" data-id=\"a87320e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b360050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b360050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Santiago Island \u2013 Puerto Egas<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d463dc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d463dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During lunch, the ship moved to Puerto Egas.\u00a0 There are visible remnants of human occupation here, although today the goats and feral pigs are gone and native wildlife is returning.\u00a0<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3166\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afternoon_walk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afternoon_walk.jpg 601w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afternoon_walk-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p><p>The coastline here has tide pools formed from lava, many with channels in them that the sea lions like to shelter in presumably because they get to be lazy. \n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\tid=\"ngg-slideshow-9aeba108700f94eda912169fc701748d-12490513860\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"9aeba108700f94eda912169fc701748d\"\n\tstyle=\"max-width: 750px;\n\t\t\tmax-height: 500px;\n\t\t\tdisplay: none;\">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/egas_seals\/sl_djs_2024_01_31_9999_46.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/egas_seals\/sl_djs_2024_01_31_9999_46.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/egas_seals\/thumbs\/thumbs_sl_djs_2024_01_31_9999_46.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"149\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Sea Lion\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"9aeba108700f94eda912169fc701748d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='149'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Sea Lion\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/egas_seals\/sl_djs_2024_01_31_9999_46.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ceb02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54ceb02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don got an amazing picture of a sea lion diving back into the water.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3118\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/diving_djs_2024_01_31_9999_71-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/diving_djs_2024_01_31_9999_71-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/diving_djs_2024_01_31_9999_71-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/diving_djs_2024_01_31_9999_71-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/diving_djs_2024_01_31_9999_71.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Lion Diving &#8211; Puerto Egas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed6d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ed6d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We saw multiple bird species.\u00a0 A favorite was the Fly Catcher which was happy to pose on branches a few feet from the trail.\u00a0 It would also hover in flight right next to its reflection in a camera lens, and even land on an offered finger if you could hold still long enough. \u00a0We failed to lure one in.\u00a0<\/p><p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser 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