Sailing souht to La Cruz.

Setting sail in the evening of January 1st we made it to Isla Isabella in 20 hours and anchored north -east of this very small island, very like St. Kilda in the North Atlanticwith a large colony of frigate birds, not gannets.
Unfortunately we had to leave early the next morning, so we did not manage a landing on this lovely bird sanctuary.










Stacks at Isla Isabella.

























Pacific sunset.
















Floating seaweed.








Suddenly I saw this monster motion out of the moving in slow motion out of the sea about 1/2 Mile away. I grapped my camere and got several shots of this huge hump-back Whale.












Hump-back whale broaching !
Very exciting.












































Aros Mear under sail.













We arrived in La Cruz in the evening of January 4t. All afternoon I was very excited whale watching and speaking to family on Skype using my modem , called Banda Ancha, which works on mobile phone net.Best birthday in a long time!











La Cruz is a lovely small village and heaven for for cruisers with a big new marina.
Here you see the club house.









Coconut palms grow along the marina promenade.















Fishermen and their boats on the pier.








View from the restaurant where we had lunch.


















Lunch of Avocado and scrimp salad.









Fisherman minding his own business.



















Fishmonger at the fish market.

Frigate bird souring high above.