I told you that the animals here are like cartoon
characters. None more so than the
blue-footed boobie. Sure, they really do
have big blue feet. But who came up with
that name? Then you watch them, and you are
amazed, as they hover high together and go for fish, knifing into the water like
synchronized Olympic divers. And we also saw them do their goofy courtship dance.
Turtles and tortoises just belong in cartoons. Penguins are both ridiculous and
adorable. How about crabs? We even saw flamingoes. And I wish I could show you what’s under the
sea, but my camera doesn’t go there. In
one day’s dive I had giant turtles, a flightless cormorant and a sea lion
swimming with me, all at the same time.
I was laughing through my snorkel.
And that was a few minutes after I had underwater time with a darting
and spinning penguin!
Then there’s the scenery.
It’s all ‘full saturation’ color without my even enhancing photos on my
computer. The black lava coastlines and
white sand beaches contrast with blue sky.
Water is the same deep aquamarine blue that you see in the
Caribbean. And green comes in the form
of cactus and mangrove and algae.
It isn’t just the active volcanoes here. This whole place is erupting with life!
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