Day 7: Wild Boat Ride Wednesday

Today we got to swim with sea lions!! We left out of the port in Callao and boarded our boat El Rey. We had the whole boat to ourselves!! At first the waves were pretty calm as we were getting out of the port past all the big boats. Once we hit the more open waters, it started to get rough. It was a nice roll, but it was a pretty big up and down. Good thing we took some Dramamine. But what really got a few of the kids was the smell. As we got closer to the island, the smell was pretty strong...worse for some reason on the boat. Makes sense since on one island there were about 6000 sea lions....a 'small colony' according to our guide. They only had 3 wet suits on board so the girls went in shifts. The winds were high so the waves were a little high, but they all enjoyed it and were glad they went. No one got to touch a sea lion....and no one was eaten by one either. It was a smoother ride back as we went around the back of the island to get back. The sun came out. The barfers took a nap. All was good. We went back to the apartment to change, shower, and all crashed for a nap before dinner. We went to Larcomar, a mall on the ocean, to meet my former guide, Sally,  for dinner. Great food and conversation at Tanta. We all crashed pretty early tonight after a long day.