Monday, 27 August 2018
Galapagos Day 3
Floreana has had a lot of human influence over the years, from explorers and pirates to European "settlers". At times the history combines soap opera histrionics and a murder mystery. One of the long-standing traditions on the island is "Post Office Bay", where mail has been informally exchanged for centuries.
Galapagos Day 3
Floreana has had a lot of human influence over the years, from explorers and pirates to European "settlers". At times the history combines soap opera histrionics and a murder mystery. One of the long-standing traditions on the island is "Post Office Bay", where mail has been informally exchanged for centuries.
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| The Post Office barrel is maybe 100 ft (30 m) in from the beach. Photo credit: David & Beth Bremmer |
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| We gather around as Gilda explained how the Post Office worked. Photo credit: David & Beth Bremmer |
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| Gilda removing the zip-lock bags of post cards to see if any of us could hand-deliver them to the recipients. |
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| Gilda's head gear for sun and bug protection made me think she was wearing a hijab. Here she's describing how the Post Office works: visitors can pick up any post cards they can hand-deliver. Visitors can also drop off post cards for subsequent visitors to possibly deliver. |
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| Yellow warblers are pretty little birds, but difficult to photograph since they flit around, only spending a few seconds at any one spot. |
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