Audrey's Blog: Sermons & Adventures From My Life: Page 89

Innocence has left Galapagos

Published on December 13, 2007 | 1 Response

The most impressionistic visual of the 24 Galapagos Islands was the landscape. The islands, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, survive… read more

Published on December 12, 2007

Galapagos is the Spanish word for saddle. Early explorers of these islands came upon the giant tortoises which had somehow… read more

Published on December 11, 2007 | 1 Response

In Boliver Chanel between Isabela and Fernandina Islands, our scouting area for Monday, I jumped into 60 degree deep water… read more

Published on December 10, 2007

OK – there I stood on the shore of Bartolome island having squeaked into my wetsuit, placed the goggles and… read more

Published on December 9, 2007

I’m not convinced about Galapagos. Where are Darwin’s animals? There are certainly plenty of cactus – tall trees of Opuntia… read more

Published on December 8, 2007

Editor’s note: Audrey is in Quito for the night, before heading out on the ship Explorer II to tour Galapagos… read more

Published on December 7, 2007 | 1 Response

Photo: A lonely Moai at dusk. For two days of travel (i.e. airplanes and airports and a Holiday Inn airport… read more

Published on December 6, 2007 | 2 Responses

15 Moai at Sunrise You probably feel you are learning more about the Moai of Easter Island than you really… read more

Published on December 6, 2007

Easter Island (source: Wikipedia) I hiked. Boy did I hike. You might call it, in the end, a major trek… read more

Published on December 4, 2007

They stand like giant proud chocolate statues of minimalist art facing not the sea but the land because they were… read more