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| Heading out looking for the hammerheads! |
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| Ferrying across to Santa Cruz |
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'Best' Galapagos homestay might be
a bit of an exaggeration! |
Unknown technical problems slightly delayed our arrival to
Santa Cruz island, but with sun and aquamarine water greeting us we couldn’t be
too upset. Our host for the next couple of days, Kev the American, gave us a 30
minute tour of Puerto Ayora, the main Galapagos tourist hub. His script was well
practised, but his Spanish left a little to be desired – on jumping into a cab
he remarked ‘this guy is the worst driver – he doesn’t know how to communicate!’
(i.e. doesn’t speak English – not even we were that bad!).
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| A shy SallyLightfoot crab |
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| Iguana action |
Just had time to head to Tortuga bay in the last of the
light, where we were greeted with our first proper marine iguana’s (couldn’t
really count those at the port!) and Sally Lightfoot crabs – little were we to
know what was coming later.
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We were encouraged to leave the beach by the machete
wielding guy in the background - OK then! |
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| A pretty special sky |
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Great fish shoals, a sting ray and some
starfish action |
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More shoals, a puffer fish, some white tip reef sharks and
two strangely attractive underwater beasts... |
The next day was hammer time, at least that’s what we’d
hoped. Annoyingly, nature was not on our side, and despite getting a glimpse of
a hammerhead the visibility meant that we only got an outline at 8m (and no
picture!)… Saw some brilliant starfish, a school of eagle rays in the distance,
various shoals of fish, lots of reef sharks and a couple of sea lions though,
so couldn’t really complain.
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Close up these guys looked much
prettier! |
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Jumbo mentioned Tony looked like
the star from Hangover - not Bradley
Cooper but the other one... |
Las Grietas and James were waiting post lunch, where we had
a refreshing dip and a rock scrambleto escape the crowds – frustratingly a
group of locals followed us! Not wanting to be outdone by the locals, Tony and
James scaled the dizzy heights of the chasm and jumped for their lives…
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All smiles as we contemplate the drop. The
less said about the guy above us the better... |
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| Get ready for the splash! |
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And he's off! Tony leading
the charge, obviously! |
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| The Pelly and me |
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| A street dinner at William's |
Key Learnings:
1. Kev might be a unique individual, but his
preferred options in terms of dining were spot on!
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