Comments on: Las Perlas Islands & lots of pelicans https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/las-perlas-islands-lots-of-pelicans/ Captain Hugh and the Reluctant Navigator Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/las-perlas-islands-lots-of-pelicans/#comment-1453 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:38:52 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=2670#comment-1453 In reply to Liz Billington.

They were great fun… full of laughter xx

]]> By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/las-perlas-islands-lots-of-pelicans/#comment-1452 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 01:37:34 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=2670#comment-1452 In reply to annie.

When the Spanish arrived in the islands in the 16th century they forced the indigenous people (those who weren’t wiped out by the diseases they brought) to work searching for pearls. They later brought slaves from Africa. So the people are a mix – some people look more Hispanic xx

]]> By: Liz Billington https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/las-perlas-islands-lots-of-pelicans/#comment-1441 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 08:58:47 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=2670#comment-1441 What beautiful children – and they look happy and full of fun!!

]]> By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/las-perlas-islands-lots-of-pelicans/#comment-1438 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:11:03 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=2670#comment-1438 Do you know what the heritage is of the people of Esmeralda? Beautiful kids.

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