{"id":6757,"date":"2015-05-13T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2020-12-19T15:36:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:36:46","slug":"first-snorkeling-in-the-beautiful-finch-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/05\/13\/erstes-schnorcheln-in-der-traumhaften-finch-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"First snorkeling in the beautiful Finch Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Snorkel and swim near Puerto Ayora<\/li>\n<li>Admire numerous representatives of the native fauna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After our island exploration tour yesterday, we take it easy today. We <strong>rent us snorkeling equipment <\/strong>and take the water taxi over to<strong> Finch Bay<\/strong>. A pretty sandy beach is waiting there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6759\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=502348048  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6759\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_2.jpg\" alt=\"Lava lizard\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lava lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is high tide, which is why the view is too cloudy for snorkeling. So we play a game <strong>chess<\/strong>, have a swim and enjoy the cloudy, but still hot weather. <strong>Boobies, pelicans and frigate birds <\/strong>circling in the sky and pouncing on fish. While on the beach every now and then a <strong>Marine iguana<\/strong> and slowly marched past the bathers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6761\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1826170619  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6761\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13.jpg\" alt=\"Primeval-looking marine iguanas\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Primeval-looking marine iguanas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the tide slowly recedes and reveals the hidden rocks in the bay, we start a second attempt. And this time it is <strong>Visibility in calmer water is much better.<\/strong> Numerous colored fish of different sizes can be seen. Another snorkeler saw a ray, I see twice <strong>an eel disguised as a sea serpent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6758\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1531202560  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6758\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_1.jpg\" alt=\"Beach\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_13_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again with the water taxi we go back. We shower in the hotel and then we pack our things for the tour that starts tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#039;s dinner for me <strong>delicious tuna in teriyaki sauce with sesame seeds<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Snorkel and swim near Puerto Ayora<\/li>\n<li>Admire numerous representatives of the native fauna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>After our island exploration tour yesterday, we take it easy today. We <strong>rent us snorkeling equipment <\/strong>and take the water taxi over to<strong> Finch Bay<\/strong>A pretty sandy beach awaits there. It&#039;s high tide, so visibility is too poor for snorkeling. So we play a game <strong>chess<\/strong>, have a swim and enjoy the cloudy, but still hot weather. <strong>Boobies, pelicans and frigate birds <\/strong>circling in the sky and pouncing on fish. While on the beach every now and then a <strong>Marine iguana<\/strong> and slowly marched past the bathers.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1843,1871,1872],"tags":[932,1788,1861,1875,1876,1877,1884,1885,1887,1893,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-ecuador","category-galapagos-inseln","category-isla-santa-cruz","tag-schnorcheln","tag-galapagos","tag-ecuador","tag-puerto-ayora","tag-galapagosinseln","tag-islas-galapagos","tag-nazcatoelpel","tag-rote-klippenkrabbe","tag-sally-lightfoot-crabs","tag-kolumbusarchipel","tag-archipielago-de-colon","tag-isla-san-cristobal","tag-blaufuss-toelpel","tag-finch-bay","tag-meerechsen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}