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2010-01-18

Cafe Hernan, Puerto Ayora

Having Desayuno Criollo and Desayuno Ingles at Cafe Hernan.
Yesterday visited the Tortuga Bay, 45-minute-walk from Puerto Ayora. The beach had white sand and was extremely flat. So it was reflecting nicely. Other parts of the beach had black lava rocks with thousands of crabs and marine iguanas on them. The crabs can be easily spotted because they are very shy and start clumsily to move (making a lot of noise) when a human gets closer. Many of them are also bright red (Sally Lightfoot crab), I previously thought that crabs get red only if you boil them.
The iguanas move slowly or don't move at all, so often you spot them only when they are 10cm away from you. They are not aggressive though, feeding only on algae.
On the beach we also saw two blue-footed boobies, one of the bird-watching goals on Galapagos.
Later yesterday evening visited the Darwin Research Center where some Galapagos tortoises and land iguanas are kept.
Today will check out the lava tunnels.

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