Day 14 in Ecuador - Sea Lions, Iguanas, & Sharks!
I get up this morning to see the sunrise from the sun deck. I’ve been up and writing every morning early….usually 4-5:30…in my room, and the sun rises and sets like clockwork on the equator - 6 AM & 6 PM. My camera lens is foggy each morning coming from the chill of the room to the warmth outside. No pictures of sunrise as my camera adjusts for a busy day outside. Breakfast is early so we can board the pangas at 7 AM for a Level 4 hike on our new island, Espaniola, at Punta Suarez. I am a little hesitant about going based on the hike’s difficulty. We have been on Level 0, 1, & 2 hikes so far and somehow missed a Level 3. I decide to go, and if I can’t finish it, I’ll stop and wait for the group to return. We received lots of material about the trip and warnings about the need to be able to enter and leave a dinghy, walk up steps, over rocks, and walk 3 miles at a time. This is not a trip for the infirmed! The crew offers a hand...