We woke up and walked to a tour company to see if they were taking any tours out. They weren’t. The waves were too high/rough. The streets were flooded even more than they were the previous night. It also started to rain again in the morning. We had ceviche (including octopus and lobster!) for breakfast. It was pretty awesome. Next we went to a panaderia/postreria to get baked goods to eat later in the day. ...when it rains what else can you do but eat cake? Haha. We walked over to Concha de Perla again. We were hoping to see some more wildlife. We saw a penguin quickly swimming through the water. We also saw sea lions, other fish, and marine iguanas. Then we went near the port and saw the sea lions hanging out there. There were so many! We saw a pup and (pretty sure) mom. After this, we had batidos for lunch. My was a guayaba batido (yum!) and Alexis’s was banana. We then walked through the tortoise breeding area on the island. We saw over 100 tortoises and saw some mating. Next we went to the area where wild flamingos fed. They were so pink, and it was crazy to see wild flamingos! It started to rain while we were there. Then we walked down the path we had biked a few days before. Much of it was washed away due to the storms. There were very large puddles of water. We walked a saw a lot of the debris that was washed ashore during the high tide/storm. We then got dinner (one of the few open places...many were closed because a lot of tourists left) and walked back to the hotel. We ate some of our desserts and freshened up. Later (at around 7:30pm) we went out for platacons with queso and cervesa. Very tasty. We hung out at the hammocks at the hotel…but we got really bit by mosquitoes (even after repellent) so I moved inside.
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