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Misto - Days 41-43: San Cristobal



The anchorage at Puerto Baquerizo was not as difficult as feared and we were able to anchor without a stern anchor. The monohulls certainly rolled in the swell more than we did! We passed the official hull inspection on the day of our arrival, but had to wait until the following day to be cleared. Nine officials crowded into our cockpit and the process was fairly brisk. We were asked to show our flares, fire extinguishers, paper charts of the Galapagos, capacity of our holding tanks and our GPS position. Once cleared in we were free to enjoy San Cristobal. Over the next two days we enjoyed happy hours at the Miconia Hotel, dinner at Rostia's and a great boat tour to Kicker Rock where we snorkeled through the gap in the rocks seeing a couple of turtles, sea lions and many fish - even though the visibility was not perfect.

We also did a fantastic mountain bike tour which commenced at the top of one of the volcano craters which has become a fresh water lake - the only source of fresh water. We biked down through farmland on dirt roads to the Giant Tortoise reserve. Here tortoises from all the islands are brought for breeding and then the young ones are released into the wild at age 6 years. On view were tortoises from tiny one-year-olds to aged veterans. We ended the tour at a beautiful beach and Howard took the option of biking back into town from the top of the volcano crater while Ros enjoyed the drive back.

The days passed quickly and on Feb 16 we said goodbye to Chuck and Sharon. Preparing to depart for Isabella, we shopped in the local market where they was an excellent supply of locally grown produce as well as meat and fish. We purchased tuna for $2.25/lb! We departed at 03h00 for Isabella as it is around 85nm and there is expected to be insufficient wind for sailing.
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At 2/19/2017 12:03 PM (utc) our position was 00°54.91'S 089°58.21'W



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