Day One: SAN CHRISTOBAL and Board the Ship

After meeting at Casa Blanca, it was time to take the zodiac to the ship.

Once aboard, we received our room assignments and the first surprise: there are NO cabin keys. Then off to attending the orientation briefing and the abandon ship and safety drill.

Then off to the buffet lunch.

After lunch, the luggage had been delivered and then it is time for the lecture on the Natural History of the Galapagos.

At 1530 our first excursion. Around Wreck Bay.

Our first Sea Lions

Sea Lions on the Beach

Blue-footed Boobies

Drowning Juvenile Frigate Bird.  these birds do not have working oil glands to waterproof their feathers.  The result is that if a bird lands in the water, it quickly becomes too waterlogged to fly itself out of the water.

Sea Lions around the bay