Andes candy, with a Southern Cross

Our friend Ben is finally back from a dream trip: first to Macchu Picchu, where he tried a "strangers with candy" trick with an alpaca (or was it a llama?; find out how to tell them apart here), and then to the Galápagos Islands.

Ben's a pretty phlegmatic soul, so when his reports back started including superlatives, we knew it had to be good. Hard to miss, when you get two Unesco World Heritage Sites on one swing.

But he says his peak moment was at sea in the islands, right around rise or set of the full moon, counting stars in the absolute black of the ocean night. My kinda view.