Darwin Centre

Today we slept in (to 7:30... :-P ).

After breakfast, we took the water taxi to town where we took care of a few errands and explored the shops, working our way to the Darwin Centre.

Along the way we walked passed the Fish Market. There were more animals than humans in line, including a sea lion, many, many pelicans, a crane, and a Marine Iguana.

At the Darwin Centre we saw lots of tortoises - some old and some new (and some old ones making new ones ;-) ). The centre is a research facility used to repopulate the tortoises on the various islands. It was the former home of Lonesome George. It was very interesting and fun to see so many tortoises in one spot.

In the afternoon the kids went swimming at the beach close to our guest house. They saw a sting ray and lots of sea urchins. They also got up close to many marine iguanas while they were climbing on the rocks.