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Floreana & IsabellaDay 9 - 2nd August 2013 |
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Part 1 - Floreana - Lava Tubes & Tortoises
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The evening before Fabian had showed us the sunburn healing properties of freshly cut Aloe Vera and we then went on a nocturnal Hermit Crab search.
An early morning beach walker's prints...
Miche with a conch shell outside the room...
Hello...
Beachcombers...
Hermit Crabs on the way back to their shelter after a night on the beach...
View outside our room...
Our transport for the trip up to the highlands...
A group of hybrid male tortoises...
They had been inter-bred by the owners of the island...
Alas for these chaps, they had all been neutered and no females remain on the island...
I couldn't choose...
The group exploring the lava tubes. They've been further carved by man for use as pirate hideaways and livestock pens...
At long last a group shot...
From left to right - Philippa, Alja, David (S), Carolyn, David (M), Angela, Karim, me, Rowena, Miche & Heather
From left to right - Philippa, Alja, David (S), Carolyn, David (M), Angela, Karim, me, Rowena, Miche & Heather
A more recent carving in the very workable volcanic rock...
Strange flowers - I'm not sure what they are...
Angel's Trumpet - the leaves are apparently used to make poisons that render victims open to suggestion...
Sally lightfoot crab...
A small
goby on the dock wall above the water line as we sadly had to say
'goodbye' to what was a whistlestop visit to Floreana...
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