Floreana Ashore
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 15 Apr 2013 22:57
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Puerto Velasco Ibarra,
Floreana
Baby Beez launched and ready it was
time to go ashore and explore this historically rich island. We rounded the
jetty and some youngsters helped us out out a stern anchor and get us tied up.
They jumped aboard so we assumed we had effective sea lion deterrents. Off we in
to Puerto Velasco Ibarra.
The welcoming
committee, soundo as per normal.
The lighthouse and its
keeper
Just a few steps
to the sweetest church.
The
supermarket
Bear saw a sign
for the Tourist Info Centre, two hundred yards on the left. A real first
a ‘One Careful Owner’ church.
We found a deserted, somewhat carefully owned building and thought
that was it. A local lady found us and directed us to the next building along
where we found a helpful national Park employee without a word of English and an
itchy ‘down below’. The lady let us try out our Spanglish for a little while and
then asked us to follow her.
From here we could
see Beez and Baby Beez at
the jetty with the youngsters aboard.
The lady got Bear talking to a chap on the pier. They
managed to understand enough of each other to let Bear know we could take a
‘bus’ ride tomorrow as tourists. Great.
I took a few
shots of Beez as Bear chatted.
We stood and watched the
fun for a while.
We walked up
the main road
What a great idea
for tree decorations
The school and
playground.
We passed a couple of restaurants and the tallest
building on the island.
A great
wall
Playa Negra we can see from
Beez.
The nail bed may work but the unfriendly Sylvester found enough space at the back.
ALL IN ALL SO DIFFERENT FROM
SAN
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