Banyandah
1986 Voyage Across the Pacific

Malpelo Rock

Link to:Galapagoes Islands  *  Easter Island

Entering the Pacific via the Panama Canal, sailing South for Ecuador, one day stop
at Malpelo Rock, thence Ecuador for permission to enter Galapagoes Islands.
After a wonderful adventure there, south to the Island of Rapa Nui, Easter Island.
 
First sighting of Malpelo Rocks,  300 miles off Colombian Coast
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Vertical rock faces jutting up from the depths
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Malpelo Anchorage

Deep, with ocean swell
   Steep wall makes landing difficult

If we are to climb this rock
      Then someone must stay with the boat

Jude stayed behind while the 'boys' climbed to the peak
where a message in a bottle was left near a broken light sturcture.

Tropic Bird Frill Top Lizard

Plenty of wild life, Tropic bird, rare Malpelo lizard and thousands of booby birds nesting.
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Malpelo Rock as we last saw it
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Link to Galapagoes Islands.......>>>

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Last Update 24 August 2003