Down Time

This island is always relaxed, but the one day you have to relax feels as if that is the only thing you can do. All of the hiking, the sightseeing, snorkeling, surfing and every other carzy activity you decide to partake of catches up with you. So you end up sleeping half the day as I did. However, that is a good thing, because it sets you up to be energized for the next five days of non-stop adventures all over again. I attempted to go to the beach...that did not work. I also attempted to wake up to watch the sunrise in Concha de Perla, a small bay 10 minutes walking distance from hotel Delfin, but that did not happen either. Basically it was a day of nothing, but in paradise. Aside from the two guest lectures/presentations from a fisherman and a representative from the Charles Darwin Foundation, we did NADA! Oddly enough, we found out the Foundation is actually a Belgian program. Not from Ecuador!!! We also found out how hard the fishermen have it around here. The season only lasts 4 months out the year. How do they feed themselves and their families you ask? Good Question. Apparently they either take loans or do "IOU's" with markets for a few months until they have to switch to another market and so forth until the fishing season begins. At which point they have to payback everyone... Talk about the hard life.