This is sunset in Porto Ayoro. It is acutally Wednesday night, but I feel that the whole 24 hours in port deserve their own post. I thought all of the cute little yachts were awesome as they were anchored in the harbor. The taxis knew where all the boats were and would run you back and forth to your boats. It was awesome.
This is a little sailing ship whose crew we met. It was four guys...A Brit, A Welsh guy, A South African and A Dane. They had sailed from London through the Panama Canal and they were circumnavigating the globe. What a life...in that small boat too!!
A tribute to our OTR habits in Athens.
We went to the Darwin Center and checked out all of the different tortoises. These little guys are about a year or two old. They all have different characteristics depending on the type of food they eat. The ones that eat from tall cacti have long legs and long necks and saddle shaped shells while the ones that eat from the ground have short legs and short necks and round shells... cool adaptations.
Now this guy is Lonesome George. The last remaining tortoise from one of the islands. They are trying to save the species and have him breed with different females, but he is over 150 years old and they say he may be impotent. Shame.
This is sunset in Porto Ayoro. It is acutally Wednesday night, but I feel that the whole 24 hours in port deserve their own post. I thought all of the cute little yachts were awesome as they were anchored in the harbor. The taxis knew where all the boats were and would run you back and forth to your boats. It was awesome.
This is a little sailing ship whose crew we met. It was four guys...A Brit, A Welsh guy, A South African and A Dane. They had sailed from London through the Panama Canal and they were circumnavigating the globe. What a life...in that small boat too!!
A tribute to our OTR habits in Athens.
We went to the Darwin Center and checked out all of the different tortoises. These little guys are about a year or two old. They all have different characteristics depending on the type of food they eat. The ones that eat from tall cacti have long legs and long necks and saddle shaped shells while the ones that eat from the ground have short legs and short necks and round shells... cool adaptations.
Now this guy is Lonesome George. The last remaining tortoise from one of the islands. They are trying to save the species and have him breed with different females, but he is over 150 years old and they say he may be impotent. Shame.
I got up close and personal with a Galapagos tortoise. The name Galapagos comes from these turtles with saddle shaped shells. Galapagos is a form of Spanish for saddle.
This dude is over 100 years old...how huge is he...they never stop growing.
One final documentation, just to make sure that Ling Ling gets into all of my travels. We are still at 5 continents. I just thought he may want his picture sitting on a Blue Footed Booby.
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Love those turtle pictures! How sweet they are.
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