Isabella, Galapogas Islands, Ecuador

We arrived on Isabella island early in the morning and after checking in to our accomodation, we began our volcano truck up Sierra Negra. It was an easy hour or so up hill and at the top there was a giant crater, full of black, lava rock. The rock in the crater was too hot to walk in and also unstable. Many people have gone missing after the ground caved in.

After the hike we all went to the beach for a swim. The water was warm and the beach was quite nice but nothing to write home about. So after a quick swim, Alex and I hired bikes and rode out to the flamingo lake. There were around 20 pink flamingos fishing in the lake.

In the morning, we took our bikes out towards the wall of tears, which is about a 6km bike ride along the coast. We saw around 6 giant tortoises eating on the side of the road. At the end of the track, we climbed up to a view point and ate
our breakfast. On the way back we stopped at the beach to see the bright red crabs, iguanas and pelicans resting on the black rocks along the shore.

Next we boarded a small boat and headed out for our excursions to La Tunnels. I was looking forward to this snorkel trip the most but unfortunately it was too rough to get all the way there. So instead, we visited a different area which had plenty of giant turtles, sharks and rays. The journey was extremely rough and scary but on the way we stopped at a rock which had a few of the blue footed boobies.Read more