The Pacific Ocean is great! On my trip to the Las Perlas Islands I saw dolphins, a jumping ray, a shark and a whale! I have seen more in one day than during six month in the Atlantic Ocean. The anchorage and the scenery were not so nice though, so on the following day I sailed to La Esmeralda, a small village on the south coast of Isla del Rey along with another boat. The scenery and the anchorage are better here. There are tall cliffs with much greenery. The water is a bit colder because of the cold Gulf Stream. The anchorage is not very clean and there are many jellyfishes, so I had to skip scrubbing the underwater hull of my boat. This morning I set sail towards the Galapagos Islands. At the start there was not much wind but since the wind picked up. The swell is soft and large here, and with the halfwinder, the mainsail and the mizzen up, I am going at a speed of 4,5 knots [8,3 kilometres or 5 land miles an hour]. Just so I won’t break any speed records…

Laura