Charles Darwin Station, Santa Cruz

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We took the 7am ferry to Santa Cruz on Saturday morning, and then spent the the afternoon at the Charles Darwin Station to see the Giant Tortoises.

We spent a couple of hours touring the area, seeing how the different island tortoises varied, how they are captive bred and of course to see the infamous Lonesome George. You are able to go into the pen, so all of us got photos taken with them.... and Sophie got cornered and chased by one of the very large tortoises!! It was funny.

We got very wet on the way back, but the girls just accepted it.... you dont have a tropical climate here for nothing! I think we are getting used to the rain.

The evening was spent eating dinner at local food stalls before walking along the seafront to see if we could see some sharks or rays... alas the rays were not visible very well and there were not any sharks - so we will try tonight!

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