THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 12. Herpetheology

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

 

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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 10. Evo-theology

Just one photograph for this chapter - from the Catholic Church at Puerto Villamil (notice under the table too).

 

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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

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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 3 (Day 3, Sunday)

On the west coast of Isabela Island, we encountered tortoises and land iguanas at Urbina Bay and later in the day, hiked through a "ghost forest" above Tagus Cove.

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Urbina Bay just after sunrise

 

Remains of a pelican on the beach

 

More from the beach

 

Follow the tracks ...

 

 

 

Friendly welcome ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land iguanas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tortoise romance ...

 

The Golondrina in Urbina Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snorkeling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ghost forest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sailing east from Isabela at day's end

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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DAY 8: brianmclaren.net/galapagos8

 

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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – Chapter 7 (Day 7, Thursday)

We motored through the night, waking up at Rabida Island, where we walked the beach and then took our longest snorkeling trip. Then we went to the northwest coast of Santa Cruz Island for a walk on Dragon Hill and learned the story of the near extinction and successful recovery of the land iguanas from which the hill derives its name.

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The red cliffs and sands of Rabida ...

 

 

 

After a morning of hiking and snorkeling and walking along the red beach of Rabida, we motored over to Dragon Hill on Santa Cruz Island.

Dragon Hill from the sea ...

We walked along the beach below Dragon Hill -these are sea urchin spines.

 

 

 

 

When we left the beach, we saw a marine iguana beside the trail, lounging in a succulent plant.

Across the trail, among the tree cactus, a land iguana was eating a cactus fruit.

This is what it was eating.

Farther up the trail, a pair of land iguanas were on a date.

We were climbing the hill slowly ... through different vegetation zones, from green to gray.

 

Land iguana burrows.

Looking down on the Golondrina.

 

Climbing back down to the beach ...

Plastic even makes it here.

Our last night ... a chance to thank the crew, our final dinner conversations, sharing pictures and contact information.

 

 

 

 

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