Today we had time to walk around the city as part of a walking tour and also on our own. Santiago has many parks and neighborhoods and without the current troubles it would be a beautiful city in which to spend some time. However the demonstrations have resulted in many buildings being covered in graffiti, many stores and restaurants near the protest areas are closed, large areas have no …
I haven’t seen them but if the loud sunrise crowing is any indication, there sure are a lot of roosters on this island. In the distance I could also hear the sea lions and closer to home a pretty violent dog fight. Good Morning San Cristobal! After a big breakfast at Lucky’s we began our exploration of the other side of Puerto Baquerzo Moreno. Most people’s dogs and cats …
After yesterday’s busy day (and rough sea), today we stayed on land and explored the town and its beaches. The main sea lion beach in town is just down the road from our hostel so first thing in the morning we spent some time watching the sea lions. I felt bad when I saw a really skinny pup wandering the beach and soulfully calling for mama. We stopped for …
I found out from three separate sources that it wasn’t albatross viewing season so we decided to forgo going to Espanola Island and do the 360 tour around San Cristobal which circles the island (ie. 360 degrees). This tour is a long one so we were at the Galápagos Eco Fishing tour office at 7:00am. There were nine of us on this tour; a young Swiss couple, a German …