Finch Bay Eco Hotel - All Inclusive Puerto Ayora

... by uninhabited, and a school. As we docked at the harbor we immediately saw four large sea turtles swimming close by, and the usual family of sea lions who came to say hello. Jody and Niamh were of course happy to talk with them. After hanging around for about 30minutes we went to the nearby hotel which had a history of the Floreana island. This island has been predominately inhabited by the Wittmer family since the 1920’s. We then went for an ...

... Jody and Niamh. They were happy to play with the Penguin and Sea Lions. Christie and I came across a wonderful variety of coloured fish sneaking in and out between the rocks. I recognized the parrot fish but the others I could not name. We came across a huge school of blue and yellow fish, they looked like flatfish. There must have been a hundred at least, and they were big, about 8 or 9 inches wide. There were many varied and different coloured fish, more in one place than I had ...

... back which we followed. We passed a small sheltered beach and the found where there were surfers. The waves were not that huge but there was no sand, only rocks, and only lava rocks that had jagged edges and surfaces, which were difficult to negotiate in bare feet and not very pleasant to walk across. Not a great place to surf I thought. We returned to the sheltered bay we had seen earlier. By this time the weather had turned chilly and our time at the beach was shortened ...

... about 15 metres above the surface of the water. The water itself was crystal clear with a tinge of green making it hypnotically inviting. It was like looking into a glass of water. The route to the water was by a wooden stairway down about 10 metres but the rest of the way slightly obstructed by a few large rocks that were easily negotiated. There were a few revelers already clambering over the rocks when we arrived. We followed and plunged into the ...

... the first male entrant as he arrived at the turning point and was ushered to go back up the hill to start his second lap. He was well ahead of the second entrant which we also cheered, and he turned as required back up the hill. We stood and watched the third, fourth place and also the 1st and 2nd placed men repeat their laps. After the 1st place man, still well ahead was ushered back up the hill for what we thought was the last time, still well ahead of the 2nd placed man, I said ...