Mon PM. San Sebastian: Littoral comfort zone

A beach walk in the intertidal zone restored my sense of balance because I already accepted the the ocean as having its own power structure and the littoral zone acts as a buffer between the sea and land.

Red sally lightfoot crabs scurried about, and sea lions were so close I almost stepped on them.

The only strangeness was the marine iguanas, maybe a hundred of them, climbing onto rocks, flopping down in a heap, with water squirting out of their nostrils every once in a wile. Even then, I had my "wow!" moment back in Guayaquil - albeit with land iguana.

The setting and pace of the walk were familiar -- I was back in my comfort zone.