Thursday 18th Dec.
We are sat in our backpackers lodge enjoying the vicissitudes of world travel. Phoning banks to unlock bankcards which their global security network has blocked. Watching the tropical rain falling in vertical rods and trying to coax an aged computer to a) stop defaulting to facebook and b) upload pictures at a slightly faster rate than I could develop them with chemicals. The local paper said the Cyclone will miss us so Jen put in a load of washing but the tropical rain is everywhere. We are still learning about "blogging" and had not picked up your many messages. We are very please to have received them, sorry we missed them. especially for "Trod", how could I forget you, at least you cannot argue with me wt this distance. Love to all at Longdon.
This pic. is from way back in November. It shows a fairly typical "wet" landing at dawn from a panga on a dark volcanic sand beach. The surf was often much bigger than this. Jen is to the left of the boat and next to her is Monica our certificated level 3 Galapagos guide. Who also owned and ran a pre-school in Santa Cruz. In the background between the two boats is the most recently active and youngest island, Less than 4000 years old and active last year.
This is how close you can get to the wildlife on Galapagos
This is not taken with a zoom lens. He is a very large land Iguana about 1 metre long.
This is a fur seal (actually a sea -lion) and can be distinguished by his external ears. Ahighlight was standing next to one of these about 2/3 metres long and seemingly fast asleep. The guide said he was guarding the 4 cubs playing in the water behind him and the women of the party complained that typically he was asleep on the job, but, seconds later he was chasing an invading young male back out to sea with the speed of a jet boat.
Jen, Monica and Jimmy riding a pangs
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