Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Wild Life

 Santa Cruz Island, where the airport is, has many beautiful places to visit like the Darwin Research Center, but the town is full of expensive art gallaries and Italian restaurants. See the picures of the tortoises at the research center. I liked how the pelicans and sea lions hang out downtown to get handouts from the fishermen. We took the boat from Santa Cruz Island to Isabela Island. It was a rough crossing. There were 20 of us stuffed into a motor boat wearing life jackets as the boat slammed against the waves for two hours. Thank God for Dramamine.

Isabela ismuch more my style than Santa Cruz.Isabela caters to the backpack travellers like us. Sea lions lounge on benches overlooking the sea and travellers have campfires on the beach at night. Two volcanos loom over the town.

Mona on the beach at Darwin Center

Crab






Begging Pelicans in Santa Cruz

Salt making pond

One of the famous Darwin Finch

Boat to Islabela Island

Sea lion settled in for the night


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