Faulkner Lifestyle Aug/Sept 2020
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Galápagos Tortoise taking a rest<br />
Iguana resting in the street<br />
Blue Footed Boobie with nestling<br />
Blue Footed Boobie<br />
get up close and personal with Blue<br />
Footed Boobies and Red Breasted Frigate<br />
Birds, Iguanas and Sea Lions just to<br />
name some of the wildlife we saw on<br />
this uninhabited island. The animals here<br />
have no fear of humans because they<br />
have evolved over thousands of years<br />
with little to no contact with humans.<br />
We had to be quiet while we were there<br />
and walk slowly, but we were able to<br />
take some amazing video and photos.<br />
Seeing these animals in their natural<br />
habitat, unchanged for thousands of<br />
years, was definitely a highlight for me.<br />
After our land excursion, we were back<br />
on the boat headed out to open ocean —<br />
destination Darwin Arch. On our overnight<br />
cruise we sailed past Isla Isabella where a<br />
large volcano was erupting into the ocean.<br />
We were miles out to sea, but could still<br />
see the light from the lava flowing into<br />
the ocean. The photos I’ve shared don’t<br />
do justice to just how large and massive<br />
this rock mass is, sticking up in the middle<br />
of the open ocean. This is one place in<br />
the world where the three currents meet,<br />
the Humboldt or Antarctic current, the<br />
Southern Equatorial current, and the<br />
Panamanian current. The weather there on<br />
the equator was temperate — definitely<br />
not a tropical island cruise. Jacques<br />
Cousteau said this was the coldest place on<br />
the equator. However, these large currents<br />
and upwellings of cold and warm currents<br />
bring in large schools of Hammerhead<br />
Sharks and Whale Sharks. Again, the<br />
pictures cannot do justice to the experience<br />
of being in the open ocean, with these<br />
strong currents amongst these fabulous<br />
creatures. Our dive master, a former<br />
Ecuadorian Navy diver said we were seeing<br />
thousands of Hammerhead Sharks during<br />
our multiple dives. This is one experience<br />
I will never forget, and one I will probably<br />
not experience again in my lifetime.<br />
After three days at Darwin Arch, Wolfe<br />
Island and Darwin Islands (no tourists<br />
allowed on the islands), we traveled back<br />
toward the main islands and stopped at<br />
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