We awoke at Puerto Ayora on the south coast of Santa Cruz, and spent an unforgettable morning at Charles Darwin Research Center, followed by an afternoon in the highlands at an eco-tourism ranch full of tortoises and other wildlife.

 

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An accidental metaphor …

The fish market in Puerto Ayora – complete with pelicans and sea lions.

 

Scenes from the Charles Darwin Research Station:

 

In memory of Lonesome George …

Averting extinction

Signs and displays and baby tortoise cribs …

Scenes from Puerto Ayora

Why did the tortoise cross the road?

Visiting Rancho El Manzanillo

Notice the Darwin’s finch riding on his back …

Scenes from Puerto Ayora

A pelican from both sides now …

Urban sea turtle at downtown dock …

After dinner … my computer repaired … ahhh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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