San Cristóbal in the Galapagos is a popular travel destination, especially for scuba diving and bird watching.
This islands hosts frigate birds, sea lions, giant tortoises, blue and red footed boobies, tropicbirds, marine iguanas...
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San Cristóbal in the Galapagos is a popular travel destination, especially for scuba diving and bird watching.
This islands hosts frigate birds, sea lions, giant tortoises, blue and red footed boobies, tropicbirds, marine iguanas, dolphins, swallow-tailed gulls. Its vegetation includes Calandrinia galapagos, Lecocarpus darwinii, and trees such as Lignum vitae.The largest fresh water lake in the archipelago, Laguna El Junco, is located in the highlands of San Cristóbal. The capital of the province of Galápagos, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, lies at the southern tip of the island.
The IT company Indra has developed an air space surveillance station whose environmental impact has been reduced to almost zero in the Galapagos islands (Ecuador), one of the areas with the strongest environmental laws in the world.
The new facilities are equipped with a secondary radar system located on the San Joaquín hill, in San Cristobal Island. UNESCO has designated the area as a World Heritage Site, to protect it from excessive human ecological footprint. Two centuries ago, the... Read Full Story
A Peruvian Navy ship carrying tonnes of fuel was temporarily stranded in the Galapagos Islands, prompting the ecological gem's warden Ecuador to launch an investigation, officials said. The vessel "did not have the relevant permission to enter with the fuel," Ecuadorian Navy official Jaime Ayala said in a statement. Ecuadorian authorities will determine in their probe whether sanctions will be deemed necessary for those responsible for the breach. Ecuador banned vessels holding fuel after an... Read Full Story
After 12 hours here in The Galapagos I decided to extend my stay for another week!
A quick bike ride to the airport,then about 12 steps from parking the bike to the AeroGal office followed by about 10 clicks on her computer and the job was done, no charge, no fuss. Airports and booking as it should be
I then decided to cycle up the extinct volcano to see the crater lake, after a few hundred yards a local taxi driver in his Toyota pick up suggested a lift up the 1000ft ascent for $10... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "San Cristobal Galapagos". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own... Read Full Story
