We awoke to the screams of chickens at 3am and tossed and turned until 7. We packed our rucksacks ready for our journey back to Santa Cruz! There was hot chocolate for breakfast with cinnamon, which was a nice addition. After photos with the lovely staff of our campsite we journeyed to the pier where we got our water taxi to our speed boat! We boarded two speedboats back and the water was much calmer than on the way out (yay!). No one was seasick! We were desperately looking for dolphins and whales but the buzzing of the engine sent us to sleep. One of the boats struggled as an engine got flooded but luckily there were an extra two! And one of the crew soon fixed it. So it just took a little bit longer than expected.
When we arrived back at Pueto Ayora, we walked back to the hotel where we rested our wobbly heads and waited for the other group. Once the others had arrived we went for lunch, had free time to explore and go shopping. Some of us were sitting on the pier looking out and saw a large shark, which resembled the Galápagos shark, which was a lovely addition to our wildlife collection! We worked out that we had seen over 70% of the well-known Galápagos wildlife.
After a chilled out day by the pool, we went for dinner and once again ate at the 'Blue Marquee' with everyone. We enjoyed fresh fish, octopus, lobster tail, chicken and veggie options. The passion fruit juice was incredible!
Someone has made a Brownies-themed gingerbread house on GBBO! What a time to be alive.
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