Clare and Ross go south in the Americas

A 120sq km lava flow. Bye See you soon in Aus.😊

Did I mention giant tortoises. they live over 100 years, keep growing and migrate 10's of kilometres to lay eggs. There are 12 existing and 4 extinct species

We snorkeled nearly every day and saw an amazing array of fish. Sorry no photos. We swam with turtles, reef sharks, sea 🦁. The sea lions were everywhere and at times liked to swim near (within a centimetre) people. On the beaches they slept.

We flew from Cusco to Lima, in Peru, then to Quito and finally  to Galapagos in Equador. This is a volcanic archipelago still growing from a fault line in the west and folding under in the east. It keeps renewing but doesn't grow. The land is ash and volcanic rock with limited soil and very little rain. There are no land mammals. The only land carnivores are tiny  lizards and snakes. The large reptiles, Land and Sea Iguanas, eat cacti and algae respectively. Sea Iguanas   Land Iguanas