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Isla Isabela – Boobies and Penguins and Sharks…Oh My!
When we visited Santa Cruz we looked into taking some tours to surrounding islands. A few inquiries there and we decided they were just too expensive for what we’d be getting and we’d save our tour dollars for Isabela. It was a good call. The Tunnels Tour Back on Santa Read On..
The Caroni Swamp or Dancing with Ibises
The National Bird of Trinidad is the Scarlet Ibis. Picking a national bird for Trinidad seems a challenge, since apparently they have around twenty different species of Hummingbirds alone. But the Scarlet Ibis does stand out since it is bright red enough to make the College of Cardinals feel a Read On..
