We arrived in Cerro Dragon early and there was an option to get up before God again which this time i passed on. Essentially it was a hike up 300+ steps to reach the top of a "peak" (more like hill) to over look a volcanic landscape that apparently was impressive. If any of you have watched Master and Commander the movie there is a scene on it that was filmed from this vantage point.
Later on we went to our last snorkel site on the same island. First we did a wet landing and walked across the thin section of the island to reach the other beach. Here we saw white tip reef sharks coming right up to the shallows of the beach, their dorsal fins wagging in the surf. There had to be at least half a dozen. Forrest and i had swam with these in several places and had no fear of them. i was ankle deep in the water trying to get a good shot of the silhouette of the shark with their dorsal protuding but the shot never came. There were very interesting rock formations on this side of the island and the beach was full of life (Sea Lions, birds, and crabs).
We walked back over to the other beach where we were told to drop our snorkel gear. This side was teaming with life also. Penguins were on the hunt underwater and the diversity of fish their colors matched if not surpassed anything we have seen to date. i even swam with a school of Damsel fish(if you have seen Finding Nemo, "Dori") that were as big as my torso and the prettiest blue with yellow tail fins. They let me swim with them as they grazed on the bottow floor.
The next day was a peaceful day. Up to now the staff kept us VERY busy. This day we had our last outing on Bartolome, Friday. Not many people took this excursion so Forrest, Helen and I went with three of the photographers and a naturalist. We were a very small group and very specialized. At this point (actually the day before) i had the photo bug. i was enjoying taking photos and really looking how to get a different or best shot and asking LOTS of questions. The photographers were being very good about it all. And always helpful. There were no new species and the trip was slow but very enjoyable as the seven of us meandered the island. I think the best part of it all was that we found the Sally Lightfoot Crabs doing mating dances and we found a female who was "airing" her "egg hatch" which was full of eggs. We all got some good pictures of her.
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