Greetings from yacht Ensemble!
Yesterday we decided to use the internet cafe to catch up with emails and see what is going on in the rest of the world.
I soon tired of this and went for a walk around the town and was rewarded by - Flamingoes. In the middle of the town they have a couple of shallow lakes where the flamingoes like to hang out.
The town itself has a good feel - better supermarkets than we've seen elsewhere in the Galapagos (still limited) - and plenty of bars and restaurants. In hindsight we may have been better spending more time here.
We went back into town in the afternoon (to pay for today's horseback ride to the volcano - no ATM's in town) - and on the way stopped by the penguin rookery (100m from our anchor).
The town's roads had all flooded with the afternoon's downpour - so after paying we wandered into a local beach bar advertising a 'Happy Hour - 2 for 1'. On leaving we found out this doesn't apply to tourists!
Looking forward to today's trip to the volcano.
Cheers
Dave & Magali
22Feb2012 001