There is unusual magic in these words. You can read and read about the blue-footed boobie, about Darwin’s five-week visit there, and about the seals that yawn when you go near them that will not scare."One doesn't get used to their hideous appearance, one is never entirely free of a sense of unease. Some say they look like guardians of Hell or condemned spirits or dragon spawn." /Charles Darwin/The islands are fortuitously positioned at the confluence of three distinct oceanic currents, creating a sea of contradictions, as well as one of the highest levels of marine endemism anywhere

"- with Hawaii it seems to be love at first sight. Those for whom the islands were made, or who were made for the islands, are swept off their feet in the first moments of meeting, embraced and are embraced." Jack London