After breakfast we went to get fitted for our wetsuits and snorkel gear. Then we took a 2 hour boat ride from La Paz to Isla Partida. On our way to the camp we saw a white little island called Caca. That means poop island. It is called this because of all of the birds. We also saw two female sea lions playing in the waves. Before lunch we had some free time on the island that each of spent in our own way: kayaking and napping. Lunch consisted of fresh fish or beef tacos with tortillas.
After lunch we got our snorkel gear on and practiced in the water with our snorkel buddy. We went snorkeling in the bay of our beach. We saw many different and colorful kinds of fish. We even held three different kinds of starfish, urchins and sea cucumbers. The water was cold but the temperature varied depending on the microclimate. Thanks to our wetsuits we didn’t freeze. We reached the boat and peeled off our suits. (It sounds easy but it is not). We watched for marine mammals for about two hours. We didn’t see any but we did see Mobula rays jumping and flipping in the water. There was also a manta ray that came right on the side of the boat.
We came back to the boat and we had about an hour of free time to shower (an experience) Then we had dinner at 7:30 which was chicken and amazing cheesecake for dessert. Coco’s cheesecake is delicious. We journaled and ended our day with star gazing, walking on the beach and being scared by black long tailed cats called babisuri.
Irene and Sydney
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