We landed on Baltra, a former WWII base for America and currently one of the Airports located in the Galapagos. The airport was nice, open-aired so the wind breezed thru the airport. We paid our $100 admission fee to the Galapagos National Park and were taken to the ferry that took us across a strait to the Island of Santa Cruz.
Instead of going straight to our hotel, we immediately were taken to see the highlands of Santa Cruz, which are not high by California standards. Rain and mist wafted over us as we viewed the sights. It was amazing to go from the humid air port, to the rainy highlands, in a matter of 45 minutes or so.
The giant tortoise farm had giant tortoises wandering loose around a larged fenced area (several acres). Before finding any tortoises, we encountered scat, giant scat as might be expected from a giant tortoise. It was in fact giant tortoise poop. Shortly after encountering the scat, we saw the source. One of my roomates and I are pictured with our first giant tortoise.
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