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We left Espanola and went to Santa Maria, also called Floreana. There we went for a hike.
1. Brackish water, known for having flamingos. Except today. No flamingos today.
2. We walked past a lot of Holy Trees, still dormant for lack of rain.
3. Over a rise and around a hill and we came to the beach.
4. George telling us to be careful so we don’t walk on the sea turtle nests.
5. Crabs there come in three colors. Black – and very hard to photograph – when they are young.
6. Then red as they get older
7. And finally yellow in old age. This matches well with the aging of lava, which starts out black, then turns red as it gets older. Only the rocks and the crabs aren’t aging at the same rates. 
8. We followed some heron tracks to what was left of his lunch. I took pictures, but I’m not going to subject you to them.
9. We didn’t snorkel here because there are too many sting rays. The Boy wouldn’t stay out of the water though, and stepped on one. Luckily all it did was swim out from under him. Yeah, I know, the water is too muddy to see it here.
10. We then left the beach behind
11. And went for a dinghy ride, where I mostly took pictures of people’s hair.
12. And the usual sea lions. They are there, looking like rocks.
13. I didn’t see them, but you could tell the island has land iguana.
From there we went to Post Office, on the same island, then sailed off to Baltra.
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I’ve been enjoying your photos. The hair photos would be a bit irritating.
Loved all these photos, but the hair’s my fave.
I always love seeing your photos. Is it antisocial of me to prefer the ones without people? *grin*
Happy T13,
~Xakara
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Nice shots. Envious of the trip. It’s been such a long time since I had a real vacation. Literally years.
Oh wow. Very Cool. I would have snapped lots of pictures too and I liked learning about the crabs.
Very cool photos. Looks like a fascinating place. Love the crabs and their colors.
Great pics; looks like a great time!
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing.
Fun pix. Too bad no flamingos, though.
Great pics!
*hugs*
Paige
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Nice!!
Love those creepy-cool trees in the bottom pic. Thanks again for sharing your trip with us.
BTW, is there a reason your posts show up as truncated views now in programs such as GoogleReader? I can’t tell what your psots are about now because I get no pics and only part of the first sentence–if I’m lucky. *Sniff*
Argh! It’s supposed to give you the same as I do before you click on “more”. Too many people read the whole thing in their reader and don’t bother to come visit me, so I reset the feed. Must have hit it double somehow. I’ll see what I can do.
More pretties. Very nice.
The pink flamingoes we saw in Bermuda were STINKY!
xoxo
My goodness! Those pictures are striking! I love them!
Have a wonderful trip!
And did you know, flamingos are pink because they eat so much shrimp? They’re naturally white. (I just learned that, and it tickled me.)
Happy TT!
Yep. And there’s a stage between when they are a bit of both.