Santa Cruz Island
Puerto Ayora brings music to my ears. It is my home town, it is the place where I grew up and where I have spent most of my life. When I see the smiling faces of the many kids in town, I remember the very happy childhood I had in Santa Cruz Island. I played jumping from the dock, doing all kinds of pirouettes. We organized so many competitions to see who could be the first swimming to the many boats anchored in the bay. Great blue herons, like the one in the picture, were the witnesses of our cheerful youth. We did not have television, not even a cinema in town. But it was wonderful!
Life has changed in Puerto Ayora, but one can still feel the freshness of this remote place in the world, located in a magnificent spot. The town has grown, but it is still lovely. On one side there is the Charles Darwin Research Station, where the tortoises live and breed. On the other side is the ocean that connects us to the rest of Galápagos and the rest of the world. Today, a road took us from Puerto Ayora to the highlands for an endemic lunch in a cooler and greener area, and after lunch we went to great geological formations where we found many finches and many new species of plants. We saw tortoises in the wild as well, and then came back to the ship to enjoy music of the Galápagos and to think about the generosity of this land, my home land.
Puerto Ayora brings music to my ears. It is my home town, it is the place where I grew up and where I have spent most of my life. When I see the smiling faces of the many kids in town, I remember the very happy childhood I had in Santa Cruz Island. I played jumping from the dock, doing all kinds of pirouettes. We organized so many competitions to see who could be the first swimming to the many boats anchored in the bay. Great blue herons, like the one in the picture, were the witnesses of our cheerful youth. We did not have television, not even a cinema in town. But it was wonderful!
Life has changed in Puerto Ayora, but one can still feel the freshness of this remote place in the world, located in a magnificent spot. The town has grown, but it is still lovely. On one side there is the Charles Darwin Research Station, where the tortoises live and breed. On the other side is the ocean that connects us to the rest of Galápagos and the rest of the world. Today, a road took us from Puerto Ayora to the highlands for an endemic lunch in a cooler and greener area, and after lunch we went to great geological formations where we found many finches and many new species of plants. We saw tortoises in the wild as well, and then came back to the ship to enjoy music of the Galápagos and to think about the generosity of this land, my home land.
