Sept 2 enroute back to Playas.

It was 6 am and my alarm was screaming at me, time to get up and face the trip back to our house in Playas. On 2 hours sleep.

The day started off with a quick breakfast and one last panga ride to black turtle cove. We cruised through the man grove trees that were teeming with life. We saw more reef sharks, eagle spotted manta rays, turtles and the elusive blue footed boobie! It was a funny ride with me and my crew from last night all feeling quite tired and laughing at everything. Im sure the rest of the boat passengers thought we were incredibly annoying, my stomach ached from laughing so hard at Adrian messing around with his children's life jacket and his attempts to paddle the boat.

We were taken to shore shortly afterwards and all bussed back over to the airport on Baltra island. We said good-bye to the team and had some lunch while we waited to board the plane back to Guayaquil.

I slept for the entire flight, it was much needed for the bus ride we took back here to the house. Its impossible to sleep on the bus. They are over crowded, loud and really bumpy. The bus stopped every 15minutes to let the locals get on and off while street vendors trying to sell us everything from apple and oranges to coconut juice, sweets, and pork shish-kabobs.

We walked back the 10 blocks to our little house near the beach and felt like we were home, it was a nice feeling. We made some dinner, unpacked our smelly, damp boat bags and went to bed early. It will be nice to spend the next few days relaxing and planning our next adventure. We have planned to meet up with some girls from the boat in Quito.

It is now the morning of Sept 3. abbi is sleeping in, i tried but the world is still rocking like im on the boat. Guess i'll start uploading all these blog posts....