Thursday, July 16

July 15th ~ Isla Espirito Santo

Isla Espiritu Santo This island is part of a national park. Our tour guides, Captain Mike and Juan, with La Paz in the back ground. They told everyone that all we can take from the islands are memories and pictures.
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The island is geoglogically diverse in different types of volcanic rock that make up the numerous different layers. The boat moved into these large caves. The basketball sized stones overhead did not appear very stable and I was happy to return to open water.
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These two little islands are at the north end of Espiritu Santo. The group snorkled around the smaller of the two islands. Lots of fish and a couple of sea lions joined us.
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Nancy, just before we got wet. The underwater camera film is not ready yet.
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The water clarity was exceptional. The little lines in the top of the picture are bait fish in about two feet of water while I was standing on the shore.
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This is the beach where we stopped to have our lunch. Nancy and I swam over to the far rocks and snorkled for an hour while everyone swam and napped in the shade.
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Some fishermen and their families live on this island for some time during the year. This little "village" is located on a gravel bar between the two islands.
The amenities are few, but several of the houses had solar panels.

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Coming into La Paz.