We were told that we would be visiting a post office on Floreana. It wasn't exactly what we expected. This is how messages were sent when they islands were originally being used by whalers, pirates and so on. It relies on whomever visits taking the mail that is addressed to where they are going. I have a couple for Scotland to deliver when I get home so I hope the people don't mind a fairly epic wait.
Further along the island we went into the cave that an English sailor, who was not a particularly good sailor as it turned out, used when he was abandoned on the island. He survived for five years here and spent most of it drunk. He traded the vegetables he grew for what he needed which was mostly alcohol.
We then went to the other side of the island and we were able to see flamingos. Apparently we were fortunate in coming during this time of the year because at all other times they don't live here and we wouldn't have seen any. For the photos of the flamingos I had to test just how effective my camera's digital zoom was. At the 32 times zoom the picture still seems to hold up pretty well.
After lunch we went snorkelling for the last time and my pictures are finally decent. I've posted one of a brightly coloured fish below.
In the evening we had another long but much calmer journey back to Santa Cruz.
Further along the island we went into the cave that an English sailor, who was not a particularly good sailor as it turned out, used when he was abandoned on the island. He survived for five years here and spent most of it drunk. He traded the vegetables he grew for what he needed which was mostly alcohol.
We then went to the other side of the island and we were able to see flamingos. Apparently we were fortunate in coming during this time of the year because at all other times they don't live here and we wouldn't have seen any. For the photos of the flamingos I had to test just how effective my camera's digital zoom was. At the 32 times zoom the picture still seems to hold up pretty well.
After lunch we went snorkelling for the last time and my pictures are finally decent. I've posted one of a brightly coloured fish below.
In the evening we had another long but much calmer journey back to Santa Cruz.
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