Floreana & Isabela Islands
Today, we stared early in the daybreak another fascinating day in this astonishing and unique “heaven”. Our first outing took place in one of the most mysterious place in the entire Galápagos, Post Office Bay. The first barrel was set of here by Captain James Colnet in 1793, by those days a flee of whalers were hunting in the surrounding of the islands, the idea was to do a mandatory stop for all the vessels in the way back to their countries to take the letters that have been left by the others ships before and take it back home and hand delivery, and at the same time to get some fresh water and meat. At the present time, only the tourists are still doing it, our guest today had the opportunity to do the same and keeping this tradition for ever and ever. Later we anchored near the litter satellite islet off Floreana Island, Champion; this is where our guest had the opportunity to explore the aquatic ecosystem, from the glass bottom boat to snorkeling outings, we all had a great time.
Later in the morning we weighted anchored and set course to the little village of Puerto Villamil in the south part of the largest island in the Galápagos, Isabela Island, we anchored at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and as soon as possible we began to disembark at the municipal jetty, where we could observed the activities of the villagers, then we board on the back of a local pick-up truck that took us until the breeding center of the giant tortoises in captivity, there we could observed the live symbol of the islands, and many of which are part of this ambitious and successful project of the Park National, by recovering the populations that have been decimated by the hunters, whalers, and also by exotic animals that were brought to the islands many years ago; we also saw the greater flamingos, by 6 o'clock just before sunset. We were back aboard and later at 7:00 pm, I ended my daily recapitulation with our guest participation, a fine performance that I call “the flamingo dance”.
Our expedition continues and we wondered for our days to come.
Today, we stared early in the daybreak another fascinating day in this astonishing and unique “heaven”. Our first outing took place in one of the most mysterious place in the entire Galápagos, Post Office Bay. The first barrel was set of here by Captain James Colnet in 1793, by those days a flee of whalers were hunting in the surrounding of the islands, the idea was to do a mandatory stop for all the vessels in the way back to their countries to take the letters that have been left by the others ships before and take it back home and hand delivery, and at the same time to get some fresh water and meat. At the present time, only the tourists are still doing it, our guest today had the opportunity to do the same and keeping this tradition for ever and ever. Later we anchored near the litter satellite islet off Floreana Island, Champion; this is where our guest had the opportunity to explore the aquatic ecosystem, from the glass bottom boat to snorkeling outings, we all had a great time.
Later in the morning we weighted anchored and set course to the little village of Puerto Villamil in the south part of the largest island in the Galápagos, Isabela Island, we anchored at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and as soon as possible we began to disembark at the municipal jetty, where we could observed the activities of the villagers, then we board on the back of a local pick-up truck that took us until the breeding center of the giant tortoises in captivity, there we could observed the live symbol of the islands, and many of which are part of this ambitious and successful project of the Park National, by recovering the populations that have been decimated by the hunters, whalers, and also by exotic animals that were brought to the islands many years ago; we also saw the greater flamingos, by 6 o'clock just before sunset. We were back aboard and later at 7:00 pm, I ended my daily recapitulation with our guest participation, a fine performance that I call “the flamingo dance”.
Our expedition continues and we wondered for our days to come.
