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We were divided into 7 groups with 10-15 people in each one. For each excursion we had a different guide. The guides would call out our group names. And Yes, the groups were named after popular Galapagos wildlife. I wanted our group to be the "Boobies" but no such luck. We were named the "FRIGATES" which are birds. Other groups were the BOOBIES, CORMORANTS & DOLPHINS. I'll get to the frigates in the last entry. We dreaded this mornings excursion because we had to ascend more than 400...

This was probably the highlight of the whole Galapagos island trip for me.  Our guide Ruben wisely elected that as soon as we touched down in James Bay we head out snorkelling. The reason for the wisdom is that as we came to the end of our snorkelling time a cruise ship with about 100 people began to disembark to snorkel the same area, I suspect that might scare some of the wildlife off so suddenly I was even more content with our smaller 16 person boat. Now back to the snorkelling, did...