{"id":3086,"date":"2024-03-05T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T01:23:56","slug":"galapagos-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/galapagos-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos &#8211; Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3086\" class=\"elementor elementor-3086\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-704f286 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"704f286\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c370850\" data-id=\"c370850\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Urbina Bay - Isabella Island  Tortoises and a Nap<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3be72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e3be72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Isabella Island is a large island, made up of 6 fused shield volcanoes that give it its sea horse shape so there are different things to see in different locations on the island. \u00a0\u00a0Our first stop of the day was Urbina Bay, where we took a short walk accompanied only by cell phones.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3088\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/morning_walk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/morning_walk.jpg 601w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/morning_walk-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4ed3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4ed3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of the flowering plants in the Galapagos were introduced by humans.\u00a0 On this walk, we saw two flowers that are native to the Galapagos Islands.\u00a0<\/p><p>Yellow Cordia (<em>Cordia lutea<\/em>) is native to the Galapagos, but also is found in mainland Ecuador and Peru, as well as the Marquesas Islands.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3089\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3089\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yellow_cordia_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3090\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-rotated.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1384-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darwin&#8217;s Cotton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8699344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8699344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This walk also brought us up close to our first giant tortoises.\u00a0 The guides told us that they were the inspiration for E.T. in the movie, and it\u2019s easy to see how that is true.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3091\" style=\"width: 1512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3091\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTL_iphone_IMG_1376-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTL_iphone_IMG_1376-rotated.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTL_iphone_IMG_1376-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTL_iphone_IMG_1376-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MTL_iphone_IMG_1376-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant Tortoise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5840d44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5840d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Also spotted:\u00a0 Yellow Warbler and Land Iguana.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3099\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3099 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yw_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yw_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1483.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yw_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1483-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yw_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1483-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yw_djs_2024_01_30_IMG_1483-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow Warbler<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_3098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3098\" style=\"width: 1512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3098\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1402-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1402-rotated.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1402-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1402-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mtl_iphone_IMG_1402-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Land Iguana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b396111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b396111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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