We flew from Guayaquil to Baltra (Santa Cruz Island) and were met by Willow, our Naturalist guide and our boat Lobo del Mar III (whih translates as Sea Lion III, a creature we were soon to fall in love with). On board we were met by the crew and the rest of the passengers, a mixture of ages and nationalities, 11 of us in total. The boat was a 16 birth, 25m vessel which was to be our home for the next 4 days. Our ''Sea Lion' was spacious and kept spotlessly clean. We were quite jammy and landed one of the best cabins on the top deck. Neither of us suffer particulary with sea sickness which was lucky as the cruise was not always 'plain sailing'. At night, as we were tucked up in bed,
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