Republic of Ecuador Galapagos Islands = I_Santa Cruz Island
- Thursday, May 24 2007 @ 02:54 PM JST
- Contributed by: tetujin60
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Darwin Research Station Land Iguana
Pelican Bay Fish Store is a tourist attraction
Townscape very similar to Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands
Pelican Bay
Academy Bay
ゾウガメのモニュメント
Giant tortoise monument
SUSHI
Darwin Street in Puerto Ayora
Pelican Bay
Iguana is basking in the sun on the pier
Santa Cruz Island where Kotetsu points
Land iguanas love cacti
Giant tortoise weight 200k age 80-100 years old
Darwin Research Station entrance
Map of Puerto Ayora
I like the location of the town,
and the children playing around innocently are also smiling.
It was a little early at the meeting time,
but I moved to the place where I got off by taxi.
It seems strange that no one shows up.
Apparently, the location was wrong.
To the staff of Darwin Research Station.
I had an interpreter and finally
arrived at the port where the group was waiting.
$ 3 when you go, $ 1 next, which is common when traveling.
I managed to return to the ship after
successfully clearing the second failure.
I plan to stay in this town after cruising.
More fun a large number of crowded fish stores line up
with large fish from Sheila, Tuna, and rockfish.
There may be dozens of pelicans waiting for small fish in the sea
in front of them, but there is no other gesture to ask for food.
When I brought out the kitchen knife to handle the fish,
pelicans began to gather.
All the internal organs serve as food,
and there is no food waste or foul odor.
A fish store that coexists and co-prospers is always a garbage cleaner.
Cleaning the harbor with pelicans.
There is no smell of fish,
and it is one of the tourist attractions that tourists always stop by.
Kotetsu agreed that the town of Puerto Ayora,
the center of the Island,
resembled Chichijima in Ogasawara and felt nostalgic.
If you look into the town during your free time,
you will find stylish souvenirs and cafes with bars.
The afternoon just below the equator is hot enough to drip sweat.
"Good", which dries well and pour cold beer at the cafe in front of Pelican Bay.
A large bottle is also cheap $ 2.
There is also a "SUSHI" sign in the town.
There are many places to eat,
but there are many mosquitoes, so be careful.
It is excluded from national parks,
centering on Academy Bay, the gateway to the Island.
It is the second largest Island in the Islands.
The Charles Darwin Research Station (1,964)
is open to the public 24 hours a day,
7 days a week as a giant tortoise and iguana breeding house.
Giant tortoises have a lifespan of 150 to 200 years.
The giant tortoises here are around 80 to 100 years old.
There is a saying that a crane is a thousand years old
and a turtle is a million years old,
but it doesn't live that long.
According to the literature,
giant tortoises found everywhere in the early 19th century
were also captured as food for voyages
and were temporarily endangered.
"It may still be in time now,"
said people involved in nature maintenance.
The history of conservation activities is still more than 30 years,
but the results have been achieved to some extent,
and three Japanese are active as JICA cooperation teams in the activities.
The Island, partly excluded from the national park, is very similar to Chichijima in Ogasawara.
There is a Darwin Research Station, and in Pelican Bay, fish stores and pelicans coexist.
986km2, 864m above sea level, 20,000 people.
"Eh! Then what about the first time?" An embarrassing story.
The staff warned me that I was going to snorkel
with the wrong emergency training life preserver.
Although the shame of the trip is gone
I don't want to be too shameful.
Santa Cruz Island
