home in Galapagos

My apartment is clean, very basic and it is just a 10 minute walk to the Foundation's library.  The neighborhood seems nice.  There is a park down the street with a playground and a cement court with a volleyball net.    Volleyball seems to be Ecuador’s national sport.   I worked in the library this afternoon.   The assistant, Erica, doesn’t speak English so we are going to teach each other.   We had 2 hours for lunch and she showed me the “supermarket.”   The big market is on Saturday morning.   I’ll have to get up early for that.  It opens at 6 AM.  

After lunch & shopping we still had time to sit and watch the boats come & go.  While we were there we saw sea lions, marine iguanas, bright red crabs, a turtle, a pelican, frigate birds & a blue-footed booby. 

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/blue-footed-booby/   – I’ve got to get a replacement for my camera.   I wonder if Amazon would ship it down here?