Fernandina Island

Flightless Cormorant and in the background, children…our next generation. This picture resembles to me the possible beginning of a future encounter with destiny.

Today, the cormorants are incubating their first eggs of the season. They are taking advantage of the tremendous amount of nutrients found in this region of the archipelago, particularly, during this time of the year. Flightless cormorants are known to be tough survivors. Every time “El Niño phenomena” appears, they struggle to survive. But today, the opportunity has come to recover the number of individuals, and as species, they would rise...

Generally, our visitors in the islands are very intellectual travelers, avid to know and learn more about this interesting place. The Galápagos has a lot of beaches but it is not a resort, and the people that visit these islands are part of the special things that the islands already have. When children get the influence of this special place, then the islands become much more. They become magical, and for the children, well, only time would demonstrate how much this place would mean to them in the future, but for what we can see, it might be the turning point in their lives…