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Kachina
Richard and Rachel Caswell
Thu 2 Apr 2009 14:25
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Galapagos, San Christobel Island.
Dived with the sharks, swam with the seals and
watched the marine iguanas feeding. Spotted blue booby birds with their bright
blue feet, and watched the frigate birds nesting, with the males calling out
using their large red gullet. The seals are very friendly, and love to jump into
any dinghy or even on some yachts - one yacht had 5 seals in the cockpit ! Many
hours go by just watching them play. A very quiet town seeming prosperous
at present due to tourism. Locals reserved and quiet yet very friendly and most
helpful with our terrible pronouncing of Spanish, ..had many laughs !
Our 21 days are up and now we do the big crossing
of 3000 NM to the French Islands. Weather looks good, maybe a bit patchy with
light winds, but we're hoping it'll fill in for us so we can sail most of it and
not do too much drifting....need to conserve the fuel...Boat and crew very happy
contented and looking forward to the next part of the trip !
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