{"id":3238,"date":"2024-03-10T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:19:10","slug":"galapagos-day-8-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/galapagos-day-8-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos Day 8 &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3238\" class=\"elementor elementor-3238\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f120b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f120b3\" 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-37bf62a\" data-id=\"37bf62a\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">San Cristobal Island \u2013 Cerro Brujo<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f91631f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f91631f\" 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-30c8611\" data-id=\"30c8611\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3919f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3919f92\" 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Wizard\u2019s Hill.\u00a0 We did an easy wet landing onto an amazing beach where we went swimming (and a few people who had their own gear snorkeled).\u00a0<\/p><p>The sand on the beach is white and is an organic sand, i.e. one made of carbon from things like broken down coral rather than minerals like silicon dioxide.\u00a0 This sand feels different from inorganic sand.\u00a0 It is softer on the feet and was not hot from the sun.\u00a0 Really weird.<\/p><p>\t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-2f7fdea0da353f7a8beb65e217c414d7-3238'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"47\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"47\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"cerroB\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t\t<h3>Marina and shipboard-friend Janet at Cerro Brujo<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/cerrob-1\/IMG_1706.jpg?t=1710088152'\n\t\t\ttitle=' 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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>A visual highlight in this area is the remains of a volcanic tuff cone that is set offshore from Cerro Brujo. \u00a0\u00a0There are day trips from the town on San Cristobal (Puerta Bazquiero Moreno) to this place for snorkeling so it popular in on-line trip reports.\u00a0 This rock extends nearly 500 feet above the water and has shear sides.\u00a0 Our visit featured the ship sailing all the way around it, but not a stop.<\/p><p>Like so many things in the Galapagos, the rock has several names.\u00a0 One is \u201cleon dormido\u201d or sleeping lion, but I don\u2019t think we found the angle for this.<\/p><p>\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview 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