This island is far more populated than San Cristobal and the town is heaving with tourists and tour companies vying for their business. Not as many sea lions though!
Again we did various tours during the day and whiled away the early evenings at the Oyster happy hour.
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| Oyster Happy Hour Terrace |
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| End of Happy Hour -Dedicated driver. |
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| Flasher at pool on Oyster Terrace-come a little closer Girly! |
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| Bonkers street...Oyster crews adding to the ambiance. |
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| Hmm..should I go for the large or the Extra Large? |
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| Successful pairing. |
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| May I have the pleasure Senorita? |
We had dinner ashore most evenings to avoid the enormous swell in the bay which had the boat rolling alarmingly. We may as well have been at sea rather than anchored in a seemingly protected bay.
We found an area frequented by the locals which Helen nicknamed "Bonkers Street" where we 'dined' at crowded tables from open barbecues in the street . The food was great, the beer was cold and the company was excellent- all for less than 10 dollars a head.
The locals on Santa Cruz were welcoming and friendly and on our tours we were once again fortunate to see more of the unusual wild life which inspired Charles Darwin and his Theory of evolution.
The frigate birds on Santa Cruz have been particularly impressive and at this time of the year the males are a sight to behold. In order to attract a mate, they inflate their red balloon like neck pouches spectacularly. Possibly a very demoralising experience if you are a male frigate bird surrounded by other fully inflated competitors displaying to the circling females who are making choices based on the size of the equipment.
The blue footed boobies are also unique to the Galapagos and their comical mating dances were a source of great entertainment to us and obviously to the Spanish explorers who gave them their name....bobo or "stupid " in Spanish.
The males blue footed boobies attract the females by energetically displaying their feet .The brighter blue the feet are and the higher they are lifted..no mean feet (?)when you are a duck..perhaps this is where the term "goose stepping" comes from. ....the more likely the booby is to get lucky.
The males blue footed boobies attract the females by energetically displaying their feet .The brighter blue the feet are and the higher they are lifted..no mean feet (?)when you are a duck..perhaps this is where the term "goose stepping" comes from. ....the more likely the booby is to get lucky.
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