The Wall of Tears , or El Muro de las Lágrimas as it is known locally, is a site on Isabela Island that has a sad history. Proving that one man's paradise is another man's prison, 300 prisoners and thirty policemen were transported to Isabela Island in 1946 to create a penal colony far from the mainland. The prisoners worked under the hot sun to cut out large volcanic rocks and build the prison. It was never completed, and what remains today is a grim wall structure that is over 100 meters long and eight meters high. The story behind it really takes visitors on a journey of the land's past. Visitors can climb to the top of the wall and take some stunning photographs of the surrounding area from a more aerial view.

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