Monday, May 2, 2011
Walk to Las Grietas; Santa Cruz Island
Well it started off as a walk in the hot sun. the path was volcanic rock. We were told about the walk but no one recommend good shoes. The path starts at the jetty on the southern shore of the bay. From there it headed to Finch Bay
and then into the interior.
The country side is made up of lots of rocks and the plants are mostly hardy scrub and cacti. the walk is not that long. About halfway it clouded over and became cooler... thank goodness for that. Then the rain came. The end of the track leads you up hill to a fizzure that is fairly deep.
This is full of water but has small vents that travel underground until they reach thge sea. the water is mostly fresh from the rain water, however as the sea water pushes through on the tide minute larva of the parrot fish are push through into the caynon. As these then grow they becme trapped as the vents are too small for them to return tothe sea. This is a popular swimming hole and as we went there on a holiday it was very busy.
The rocks were sharp and the flat areas muddy, and with sandals and crocs on it was a slip sliding affair.
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