Day 8 – Jan 21 – Galapagos 2

We traveled to the largest island, Isabela. It was 45 miles by water, so we were 2-1/2 hours in a speed boat for 15 people to get there. At the end of the day we had to return. This was “only” 2 hours due to current. This part was painful.

Isabela had been used as a prison, so we saw a 30 foot tall wall made from lava stone that had been built by prisoners. There was no purpose for the wall other than to make prisoners work. Lots of them died.

The highlight of this day was a Giant Tortoise Reserve where they bread the tortoises. They are very successful. They had about 700 tortoises, ranging from eggs and babies to 50+ year olds. (Again photos will be above later.)

We saw sharks and tropical penguins (only warm weather penguins know are in Galapagos).

There are also birds that look a lot like penguins that are about 15 inches tall, and have bright, light-blue feet. These birds are called blue foot boobies. When you take pictures of these birds, or any animals on Galapagos, you are not allowed to use flash photograph. That’s right ladies, in Galapagos you are not supposed to “flash the boobies.”