We spent the morning on Santiago, hiking and snorkeling at Puerto Egas. Then we hiked on the lava fields of Chinese Hat.

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In the bay at Puerto Egas … scenes from the beach: the Golondina, black sand beach, ash cliffs, lava lizards, sea lions.

 

 

 

 

 

A part of the ruins from Victor Egas’s 1920’s captive labor force:

 

 

 

On Chinese Hat, Billy teaching us about kinds of lava …

Scenes from Chinese Hat: Yellow warbler, Galapagos hawk, lava lizard, marine iguanas

 

Marine iguana study …

 

Beneath my feet …

 

Looking around …

Moonlight, end of day 4 … en route to Puerto Ayora:

 

 

For more about my book, The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey, click here: https://fortresspress.com/thegalapagosislandsaspiritualjourney

For UK readers, the title is God Unbound: Theology in the Wild – available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1786222019

 

You’ll find my photographs for each day here:

DAY 1: brianmclaren.net/galapagos1

DAY 2: brianmclaren.net/galapagos2

DAY 3: brianmclaren.net/galapagos3

DAY 4: brianmclaren.net/galapagos4

DAY 5: brianmclaren.net/galapagos5

DAY 6: brianmclaren.net/galapagos6

DAY 7: brianmclaren.net/galapagos7

DAY 8: brianmclaren.net/galapagos8