Galapagos Tortoise – the gentle Giant !

Galapagos Tortoise – the gentle Giant !

If a 5000 Sucres Currency Note of Ecuador, depicts a tortoise and covers almost half the note area, it certainly must be unique!  “Galapagos”, the word inscribed on the same currency note, represents a volcanic Archipelago off west coast of Ecuador. It owes it’s name to the tortoises with large shells , resembling horse saddles….