Our companion tour boat through one of the many beautiful arches that abound in these islands. Note the birds everywhere! Oh — and yes, direct hits from those birds are not unheard of. In fact, I took one — a direct hit to the head. Another guy on the boat took one as well, but I was the first. I’ve heard it is a sign of good luck? 
Pelicans, pelicans everywhere! At some point early in the trip when we first saw pelicans, I told Will that me and his Uncle Skip were nick-named “Pelicans” by our grandparents. A good twenty minutes later when we came by a big group of pelicans, Will pointed at them and shouted “Mommy!” “Yes” I said, “Mommy and Uncle Skip were called ‘Pelicans.'” Will then started to point at them and call “Skip!” He *really* made us laugh when, after a few moments of shouting out “Skip!” he called out “Emily!” So apparently, all three of us are now pelicans in his eyes!
The Candelabra. A mystery! We don’t know who or why (I’m not even sure if we know when). The figure is etched into the coastal hill and is over 150 meters high and 50 meters wide. According to Lonely Planet: “Some connect it to the Nazca Lines, while others propound that it served as a navigational guide for ancient sailors and was based on the Southern Cross constellation. Some even believe it to have been inspired by a local cactus species with hallucinogenic properties.” It was pretty cool to see just hanging there on the desert rock.
