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Endemic Birds of the Galapagos

ECUADOR | Monday, 10 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [24]

DARWIN’S FINCHES ARE THE BEST-KNOWN of the one hundred or so resident bird species in the Galapagos. They may have inspired his theory of evolution but the seventeen species are actually in the tanager family—they are not even closely related ... Read more >


Land of the Iguanas

ECUADOR | Saturday, 8 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [27]

THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT ANIMALS originally arrived  in the Galapagos—a sea voyage or via the friendly skies. Blown offshore by winds, birds—just like seeds—eventually reached the islands. Animals that are strong swimmers like sea ... Read more >


Migrating to Wordpress

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 8 Feb 2025 | By besoka | Views [40]

After struggling with this old platform out of nostalgia and symmetry, I've decided that it's just too old, broken and frustrating.  It appears to be running an old version of Cloudflare that causes it to fail for increasingly random reasons - eg ... Read more >


Giant Tortoises of the Galapagos

ECUADOR | Friday, 7 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [26]

THE JURY IS STILL OUT as to whether “ galapágo ” is an old Spanish word for “saddle” or for “tortoise” which the saddles resembled. Either way, the Galapagos would be nothing without the giant tortoises that ... Read more >


Returning to the Galapagos

ECUADOR | Thursday, 6 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [26]

DURING A “WHILE WE’RE HERE” MOMENT we booked a trip to the Galapagos. We had visited the archipelago fifteen years ago, five days exploring the older eastern and southern islands. This time we’re on an 8-day trip on a luxury yacht ... Read more >


Photos: Extra—Return to the Galapagos

ECUADOR | Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Sailing the Galapagos

ECUADOR | Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery


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Pre-Inca Peru: Cerro Sechín and Chanquillo

PERU | Thursday, 30 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [46]

WE DECIDED TO BYPASS CERRO SECHIN and Chankillo on our way north and save them for our return to Lima. Photos of Cerro Sechin depicted intricate carvings on real rock, not mudstone, and we figured we would see much more at the site. Not.  ... Read more >


Pre-Inca Peru: El Brujo

PERU | Monday, 27 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [59]

BASED UPON THE CARVINGS AT EL BRUJO, the Moche weren’t the friendliest people—pretty much what you would expect from people ruled by Warrior-Priests who worshipped a god known as Decapitator at a site called El Brujo (sorcerer) by the Spanish ... Read more >


Pre-Inca Peru: Chan Chan

PERU | Sunday, 26 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [47]

AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS of 5+ hour driving we deserved a little R&R and Wyndham’s Costa del Sol in Trujillo was just the ticket with a quiet location, nice rooms, secure parking, a wonderful restaurant—even a wandering pair of llamas.... Read more >