Galapagos Now
March 31st, 2006Original article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033100604.html
Media: The Washington Post - USA
Date: April 02, 2006
Slicing through the water in our baby blue kayaks, we arrive at Puerto Grande Beach, on the west shore of San Cristobal Island, at sunset. The nine-mile paddle from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, the provincial capital of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, was an elemental experience: just wind, waves and the slowly slanting sun, with the occasional sea lion huffing up for air or curiosity. We set up our tents as the equatorial sun dives straight for the horizon. Read the rest of this entry »