Most tourists arrive in the Galapagos via the Baltra airport. They are usually taken by bus to a pier, where a small boat or Zodiac raft picks them up for transfer to a ship. The very first creatures to greet these tourists are the Galapagos Sea Lions that often hang out on the concrete footings below the pier. Their bellowing can be heard within seconds after alighting from the airport bus. At one point in our voyage, our ship returned to Baltra to refuel and pick up new passengers. While were waiting, I explored the footings of the pier and found a sea lion sleeping next to one of them, its head pressing against a slab of concrete. As I was focusing on its face, it yawned, and its large mustache seemed to expand in turn. The eyes remained tightly shut, giving even more emphasis to the array of whiskers framing its open mouth.