Bartolomé island #2

 
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The Galápagos Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family that is endemic to the Galápagos,

 

Grumpy sea lion on the pier. He was very unwillingly to move. When we tried to take a picture close to him, he with angry bark showed that we was too close and he was very reluctant to move from his place. As in all cases of sea lion "in the way" we walk around him.

Bartolomé island #1

Ön Bartolomé, som ligger just öster om ön Santiago, är en liten ö på 1.2 kvadrat km. Den är uppkallad efter naturalisten och långvariga vännen till Charles Darwin, Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan. Utsikten över Pinnacle Rock är en av de mest fotograferade platserna på Galapagosöarna. Det är en vulkanisk ö och har ännu inte har "mognat" i geologiska termer och "pionjärväxter" som Lava Cactus växer här. Nya skott på kaktusen är gula som så småningom blir en gråa eller svarta med åren. De vita blommorma är bara synliga tidigt på morgonen, och de har normalt bleknat 8. Det är inte bara en av de få växter som överlever i den här extremt torra klimatet. Det är också ofta en av de första växterna att kolonisera ett nytt svalnat lava flöde. Kaktusen på bilden är kanske 30 år gammal.


 
 
The Lava Heron, also known as the Galapagos Heron, is a species of heron endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Unlike most herons, these birds nest in solitary pairs in either the lower branches of mangrove trees or under lava rocks.
 
 
  

This small island ( 1.2 square km) located just off Sullivan Bay east of island of Santiago. Bartolomé Island is named after naturalist and long friend of Charles Darwin, Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan. The Pinnacle Rock overlook is one of the most photograhed and knowed places in the Galapagos islands. It is a volcanic islet and have not yet ”matured” in geological terms and ”pionear plants” like the Lava Cactus grow here. New growth on the cacti is yellow as the cacti mature the color fades becoming paler and eventually becomes a gray or black color with age. The creamy white flowers are visible in the early morning hours only, and have normally faded by 8 in the morning. Not only this is one of the few plants that survive in this extremely dry climate, it is often one of the first plants to colonise a freshly cooled lava flow. The cactus on the picture is maybe 30 years old.

Tortuga bay #3

 
Blue Footed Booby  
 
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia Cactaceae) is endemic to the Galápagos Islandsis and it is the common food of the Cactus Finch, Land Iguanas and Turtles. It have developed into many separate types ranging from the Opuntia Echios Gigantea - which grows to a height of 12 m - to the Opuntia Barringtonensis which measures 1.25 m in diameter.

Tortuga Bay #2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tortuga Bay #1

 
 
 
 

Lazy day just arriving from Guayaquil - capital of Ecuador. We spent a day at closest beach, Tortuga (=Turtle) Bay and started to realize that we were going to see a lot of Iguanas and if lucky maybe some turtles too.

Galapagos - start

We havent been active on blog due to that we were on a cruise ship and far away from internet. It was a wonderful start of our Galapagos adventure. We cruised between several islands and stop for land walks and saw many different landscapes and of course; many different birds, iguanas, lizards, sea lions, turtles etc. More pictures and blog to follow.
 
Marine Iguana

 
Blue Footed Boobies

 
Simone at Tortuga Bay

Lima - Museo Larco

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Lima - Larco Museo

During our stay in Lima we visited Museo Larco. It was a very positive experience, interesting and fascinating to see arts, ceramic, clothing and ceremonial artefacts.
It was founded 1926 by Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966). In 1933 he bought two large private collections, one of over 3,000 pieces from Mr. Carranza in Trujillo, and the other with 8,000 pieces of pottery and textiles from Carlos Roa. During his years of collecting objects from various sources (maybe illegal ones too) he ended up in a collection of around 45,000 pieces. Not all are in the exhibition but the collection "storage" are available to public.

  

Under vårt besök i Lima vi besökte Museo Larco. Det var en mycket positiv upplevelse; intressant och fascinerande att se gammal Peruiranskt konsthantverk, keramik, kläder och diverse ceremoniella föremål i en fin utställning. Museet grundades 1926 av Rafael Larco (1901-1966). 1933 köpte han två stora privata samlingar, en av över 3000 objekt från Mr Carranza och sedan ett annat med 8000 föremål av keramik, metall och textilier från Carlos Roa. Under sina år med att samla in föremål från olika källor (kanske illegala också) kom det att bli cirka 45, 000 stycken. Alla visas inte på utställningen, men museets "lager" är tillgängligt för allmänheten.

Lima - Barranco - more graffiti

 


 
 

Lima - Barranco District

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We had to break up Manu National Park - tour due to altitude sickness and other problems.Instead we took next fligth to Lima to recover on lower altitudes-
The pictures are from Baranco district were we stayed at a nice hostal.