You can’t come to Galapagos without seeing the giant tortoises, we saw Lonesome George, incredible to think that this guy was alive when Charles Darwin was here. Most of his life was spent in solitude on Pinto Island, they figured out that he had spent at least 100 years living all by himself, he is know in a compound with 2 females, bur apparently he has forgotten what to do with them!
Nigel was looking forward to seeing the Blue Footed Boobies (now why doesn’t that surprise you!). These guys are incredibly comical, huge bright blue feet, they look at you with what appears to be a big grin over their faces. Nigel wants one of the ‘I love Boobies’ tee shirts that are for sale in the shops here. There are so many birds it would be too boring to list them all but I will post some of the incredible shots that Nigel got of them.
Iguanas are everywhere! the land ones are quite handsome as iguanas go, but the marine ones have to be the most ugliest thing you have ever come across. You can be quite happily snorkelling along the reefs, pop your head up and be confronted by the grottiest looking mini dinosaur looking you straight in the eyes. Only their mothers must love them!
Penguins pop up when you least expect them – Nigel surfaced from diving to be confronted by a little guy looking straight down at him. Its incredible that just 10 minutes away from the penguin colony is a flock of flamingos who live in the crater of an underwater volcano.
The landscape is amazing, no trees just cacti and the odd low growing bush, everything is black volcanic basalt rock, but you do come across white sandy beaches where over thousands of years the coral has broken up and formed fine white sand. These form the most beautiful swimming lagoons, sapphire water where you can see rays and sharks swimming along the bottom.
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