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JENNY
Alan Franklin/ Lynne Gane
Wed 27 Feb 2008 00:04
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Hi all, Alan here
A very late Blog update as we've been anchored in
Puerta Ayora for a while but I know you'll forgive us as we're having a good
time here. Having (obviously)survived Neptune's tender welcome to the
southern hemisphere we have been getting out and about in this amazing
place. The wildlife is fantastic, iguanas and seals swimming about the
boat, boobies[flying ones] with blue feet dive bombing the fish all around, and
pelicans skimming over the water looking like prehistoric pterodactyls,
and so many multicoloured fish as well.
The animals in most
cases seem to ignore our existence, the must know the national park rule " No
Molester" - the meaning obvious! They are content to sit next to
you, last night the iguanas were marching through the restaurant looking for
scraps and no one takes a blind bit of notice.
Jenny went snorkelling today and has came back
tired but elated at all she saw, and our guided tour doesn't start till
tomorrow!! The seals come and look straight at you and swim amongst you, they
have such lovely eyes (but awful breath!) We have to put fenders out on
the bathing platform or else we'll have them sunbathing on board - any
unattended boat is fair game for squatters it seems, or any quay.I have to
say its the first time I've seen pelicans and seals begging for the scraps
from gutting activities in the fish market ( a grand name for what is
a 3 sided stone worktop!!)
Not much more to report, the cats away so the mice
are playing, the cat gets back day after tomorrow but we've left him a few jobs,
we wouldn't want him to feel we haven't missed him!!!
bye for now
Alan, Jenny and Ellie (mice and umble
crew)
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