Bartolome Island

We almost canceled going to Bartolome Island because the reviews said it’s a long way to go for little wildlife.  Our guide, Maritza, talked us into it saying we could customize the tour and spend more time on a tender looking for birds and skip walking up steep steps to observe the geology of the island. She also said the boat was more comfortable than the snorkeling/speed boat we went out to a Española on. Now, that was an understatement! Many moons ago in a galaxy far far away, Jamaica to be exact, Mike gave Chris the nickname princess cushy butt. Basically Chris will rough it just for so long and then likes to be in comfort.  Lovely yatch! Fresh water warm showers stern side, clean restrooms and changing rooms, hot buffet lunch served with tablecloths, air conditioning or open air choice and a crew looking after your every need.

Mike being Mike on the hotel yatch - drinking coffee and editing his great photos.

Here’s a frigate catching a fish.

Mike was photographing frigates and heard Chris laughing.  He turned and saw one fish jumping out of the water chasing another and got a photo.

Maritza and Chris in the tender.

Happy couple - happy to have an excellent private naturalist guide and plenty of time looking for our priorities in the tender.

Blue-footed Boobies are so adorable you would want one as a pet - but what a messy pet they would be!

A penguin, an iguana and a crab walk into a bar ...........

Order what you will, there’ll be no bill ........isn’t that what all penguins sing as per Mary Poppins?

There’s a bill for this somewhere but it’s worth every penny!

Are we cute or what!?  It’s a jolly holiday with Maritza! 

The snorkeling was very nice as well. Lots of starfish, tropical fish and two sharks.

Chris was completely at ease again because Maritza took a ring and guided her along.

We wound up staying in the water an hour! We are finding the snorkeling to get a little repetitive now,

so we will probably just take jumps in to cool off on our next outings instead of snorkeling.