We motored during the night to complete a semi-circumnavigation of Isla Santiago. Just off the coast of it is Isla Bartoleme. It is a barren island, formed by a volcano about 800,000 years ago. It has a small variety of plants (mostly pioneer plants) and sandy black volcanic soil. We walked to the top of the island about 140m up and were afforded good views of Isla Santiago and a few of the other nearby islands.

This is day three on the boat and that is close to my limit for staying in such a confined space. The other factor is the lack of control over your movements. Unlike a hotel where you can walk out the door at any time, on a boat you can only leave when they want you to leave.

The cruise finishes tomorrow with the trip officially finishing after breakfast in Quito the day after. In the afternoon we cruised to Sombrero Chino and had a short walk after most of the others had been snorkelling. Stepping off the IRB we had to avoid stepping crabs and then dodge the sea lions as we moved further up the rocks. Everywhere you looked there was some sort of wildlife, it was amazing. On the way back we cruised past some penguins.

In the evening we were served a cocktail before dinner to mark the end of the cruise. Everyone (the 4 day and 8 day cruisers) would be getting off. It was also the birthday of one of the passengers (David) and a brightly iced cake was produced.