San Cristobal Island

During our third day in the Galapagos the group took another speedboat to a different island.  This time the destination was  San Cristobal island. I was not able to join the trip because one of our travelers came down sick with a stomach bug, and I had to take good care of this particular student.
Here is the side story of that:
The night before the San Cristobal excursion, I got a knock on my room around 11:30pm. It was one of my students informing me that they were suffering from stomach aches, and light headedness. I then asked more questions to try to understand better the illness. Mr. Kolehmainen and I concluded that it was some kind of stomach bug but could not identify the source of it. It could not have been dinner because no one else got sick from it. We all went back to bed and suddenly around 4:30am there is another knock on the door. Unfortunately, there were more symptoms, now diarrhea and vomiting was part of the equation. For sure now we know it was a stomach bug and we controlled the diarrhea with some medicine.
The morning came and this student was in no conditions to go to San Cristobal so I stayed back and made sure to stabilize the situation and start the recovery process. After much rest and some pedialyte, things got much better, by noon the worst had past this student was well on their way to recovery.

So, I don't much specifics about the day at San Cristobal. In fact, the pictures below are courtesy of Cate and Gabe.

I do know that there was some hiking involved. In fact, I was told that they sun was brutal and the UV index was really high. 

I was also told that the snorkeling this day was even better. The students said that they were chasing after some marine turtles and that there were some sea lions swimming along them. 

After the San Cristobal trip we all met back at the hotel. Our sick student was back up and running for our night exploration of the city. We all hung out, walked down the boardwalk and experience the city lights.