Galapagos Island

Galápagos Islands

Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these 19 islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique ‘living museum and showcase of evolution’. Located at the confluence of three ocean currents, the Galápagos are a ‘melting pot’ of marine species. Ongoing seismic and volcanic activity reflects the processes that formed the islands. These processes, together with the extreme isolation of the islands, led to the development of unusual animal life – such as the land iguana, the giant tortoise and the many types of finch – that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection following his visit in 1835.

Siti Hamizah Haji Zinal Abadin (daughter of Hajah Siti Hani and grand daughter of Sharifah Hajah Sino bin Sheikh Haji Umar Bin Sheikh Abdullah Banamah)- middle of photo) in a photo taken outside a hotel in Quito, Ecuador. The journey from Brunei took her to Kuala Lumpur, and then to Schilpol, Amsterdam before crossing the Atlantic to Ecuador. From Ecuador, the Brunei Team of two, then took a flight to the Galapagos Islands