More from the Galapagos.

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Hola Amigos!

Enjoy a few more photos and hear more encounters of a silly kind from the Enchanted Isles:

On our side trip to these Enchanted Islands we became slightly addicted to Magnum Ice Creams - a day didn´t go by without our mouths chomping on one! We'll blame it on the Irish couple who were on our boat with us! We chatted about how devastating it is when a large piece of choclate breaks away and falls (seemingly in slow motion) to the ground - The solution to this catastrophic outcome is to sit down on the beach front with your legs together, this prevents any chocolate from escaping consumption!

Hay mucho sol en las islas! (There is lots of sun in these islands!)
By the end of the trip all we wanted to do was to sit in the shade and do very little (i.e, nothing) but instead we rented bikes! It all sounded great in theory, however, the temperature was equal to that of the surface of the Sun! Off we went anyway with 5 litres of water each (equivalent to a century of rainfall on the islands) and started peddling. It all began very well on a long down hill stretch, but we almost melted as we pushed our way up a steep gravel track. After a few hours we didn´t want to earn a Darwin award on Darwin's islands so we flagged a cab to give us a ride the last few miles - the survival of the most adaptable, right!

Hay lugares en donde usted quedan, y hay lugares que quedan en usted.
(There are places where you remain, and there are places that remain in you).
Hasta luego (see you later), Dave y Theresa.

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! ! My attempt at making a tortoise using the keypad! (D)

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Photos

The Cerro Negra crater
One of Isla Isabela´s five volcanoes. This crater is 10km across!

A rather pleasant beach
On Isla Bartolome.

Marine iguanas.
This stretch of coast was covered in hundreds of these amazing iguanas.

Los pinguinos
The Galapagos penguins are the only penguin species that can be spotted in the northern hemisphere.

Bahia Tortuga
Not an unattractive beach if we may say so!

Cactus forest
On Santa Cruz Island.

Lava Tunnel
A two kilometre long lava tunnel on Santa Cruz Island.

Meeting Miguel
Miguel spent 77 days stranded/drifting in his fishing boat. I bought his book.

Young yellow crested heron.
The reason a heron stands with one leg up in the air is because if it tried to stand with both legs up in the air - it would fall over.

The Blue footed booby
This is one of the most famous birds in the island group. Not too commonly seen though.

Comments

[MOM]

Wow
very interesting (Hast luego) MOM

[Marcy]

I seriously empathize with your chocolate situation....life without chocolate is like a beach without water!! And speaking of beaches,who is that beautiful babe sitting so demurely on the beach on Isla Bartolome? Wow...keep living the dream guys!! P.S. The Darwinian reference was hilarious! Light and love...M

[bob Aalbue]

Great stuff!
Great stuff! Keep it coming.... bob

[Eric]

Great photos!
Excellent pictures and commentary Theresa! And thanks for giving me the heads up on Magnums. I'm now addicted to them too, and eagerly await my next one once I leave this internet cafe in Puerto Ayora.

[Elaine White]

That's funny!!!
The old ones are always the best!!!

[Allie]

Great blog- It was funny, and the pictures are breath taking! I would love to visit the Galapagos one day- especially after hearing about this ice cream! http://www.culturezest.org/home/users/detail?UserHexID=695E4EC1-9463-4777-8039-08F881B85195

[Crannster]

magnums
Hey Eric! My favourite is the Magnum Chocolate Intensivo!!!!!! Gotta try it! Or you will not feel complete.

[Crannster]

Hey Marcy!
Thanks! Babe!