As our panga approached the landing place, a flock of Magnificent Frigate Birds glided gracefully above our heads, silhouetted against the vivid blue sky. As we clambered up the rocks we almost tripped over a seal basking in the afternoon sun. Reaching flat land, we walked within a metre of a Blue Footed Booby feeding her young on her nest in the middle of our path, than past a Marine Iguana staring motionless out to sea, and past several male frigate birds trying to attract mates with their crimson throat pouches puffed up. And so it went on. Later, we watched from as close as we cared to get as a Blue Footed Booby chick hatched from its egg and took its first look at the world around it. The landscape was arid (we were well into the dry season), with the green Prickly Pear Cacti contrasting against the forest of leafless Dwarf Palo Santo trees. The sky was blue, and the wildlife unbelievably abundant.