Floreana Island
Early in the morning we began our day in the “Enchanted Islands” with some of us disembarking to visit Post Office Bay and continue with a long tradition started by English whalers. This very famous site houses a barrel with postcards from all over the world waiting to be delivered; our guests were rewarded by taking some of them to their written destiny.
After our breakfast, we reposition our vessel to explore the underwater realm, the Galapagos Marine Reserve being the third largest after the Great Barrier Reef and another Australian reserve. Besides an impressive ecology we were welcomed by very playful sea lions that stole our hearts with a totally different behavior underwater than that displayed on land.
Galapagos is not just ecology, geology, rich human history, but it is also the apparent tameness of the resident species that makes this place unique. To illustrate this phenomenon I want to share this picture of a flamingo with you, taken today with a regular camera at a very close distance, as we stood there just admiring the scenery by standing close to a pond. Like magic, it appeared in front of us, wading through while filter feeding, it paused for a glance and to our silent surprise it continued, making us wonder: “who is looking at whom?” And showing us just what a wonderful place the Galapagos Islands are.
We lifted anchor, ready to start our next adventure in the western islands, our expedition has just started and we are in for a great surprise.
Early in the morning we began our day in the “Enchanted Islands” with some of us disembarking to visit Post Office Bay and continue with a long tradition started by English whalers. This very famous site houses a barrel with postcards from all over the world waiting to be delivered; our guests were rewarded by taking some of them to their written destiny.
After our breakfast, we reposition our vessel to explore the underwater realm, the Galapagos Marine Reserve being the third largest after the Great Barrier Reef and another Australian reserve. Besides an impressive ecology we were welcomed by very playful sea lions that stole our hearts with a totally different behavior underwater than that displayed on land.
Galapagos is not just ecology, geology, rich human history, but it is also the apparent tameness of the resident species that makes this place unique. To illustrate this phenomenon I want to share this picture of a flamingo with you, taken today with a regular camera at a very close distance, as we stood there just admiring the scenery by standing close to a pond. Like magic, it appeared in front of us, wading through while filter feeding, it paused for a glance and to our silent surprise it continued, making us wonder: “who is looking at whom?” And showing us just what a wonderful place the Galapagos Islands are.
We lifted anchor, ready to start our next adventure in the western islands, our expedition has just started and we are in for a great surprise.
