Galapagos Diary
Alexander Olt 7.29.2012
Justin Hinkle, a 28-year-old entrepreneur, raised his arms and yelled at three construction workers in the Galapagos Islands. The workers were standing on a concrete structure that Hinkle hopes will eventually become a restaurant. Hinkle said he plans to run…
Megan Dettmer 7.29.2012
On a Friday afternoon, Marlene Moscoso sits outside Lavanderia El Rocio, a laundermat in the town of Puerto Villamil in the Galapagos Islands. Moscoso, 46, runs the laundermat. Moscoso was born in Baboche, Ecuador, on the mainland of South America,…
Matthew Ross 7.29.2012
Stalin Jaramillo, the mate on the cabin cruiser, said the crossing would be rough. “The seas are angry.” he said. It wasn’t easy to see what he was talking about. The sun was shining and the sky was dotted with…
Melissa Gemore 7.28.2012
Ana Rousseaud is one of the top officials on the island of Isabela in the Galapagos Island. She is the urban planner for Isabela in the main town of Puerto Villamil. Rousseaud, a young woman with auburn hair and caramel…
Alexander Perez 7.28.2012
The clouds rolled over the edges of the volcano’s caldera in the Galapagos Islands and began to block out the sun. The weather shifted and Pablo Gordillo, a national parks guide, led a group of University of Miami students along…
Natalie Pena 7.28.2012
Over the years, not much has changed at the beach in the Galapagos Islands called Playa del Amor. Marine Iguanas still cuddle and lay eggs on the coarse sand. They use the black rocks on the edge of the sand…
Lindsay Walker 7.28.2012
You wouldn’t expect the life of an endangered species to be so simple and relaxed. On the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz I watched one giant land tortoise for about two hours, in a grassy field along a tortoise transit…
Benjamin Tiberio 7.28.2012
Casa Rosada is the place to be on a Friday night on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands. At six in the evening, people begin filtering in, anticipating the live music that takes place there every weekend. Casa Rosada, which…
Benjamin Pernick 7.28.2012
It’s late afternoon on the island of Isabela in the Galapagos Islands and many of the main town’s 2,800 residents are gathered in a large outdoor arena. Children take the stage, playing music and dancing. The audience is made up…
Christopher Dittrich 7.28.2012
Johann Besserer arrived on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands for the first time in 2005. And he kept returning. “I loved the lifestyle and the nature,” said Besserer, 32.”The local lifestyle made me revalue my ethics and I felt…
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