With very little time before and after the Galapagos Islands for me to explore Quito, I'll have to pick this city up when I next visit Ecuador. As for the Galapagos Islands, well, what an absolutely amazing 5 days. Another real highlight of this trip. With so many years of no humans and strict no-touching rules in place these days for visitors, the animals do not see us as predators and so you are more at risk of treading on them by accident, than not seeing them.
Marine Iguana taking a swim
Crab
Home for 4 nights
More crab
Omar, our guide, talking to a chilled out Captain
The boat facilities and food were very good, the scenery was stunning (white sands and turquoise sea) and with 16 of us on the trip, we had our boat to ourselves. The sea was far more choppy than anticipated and yet somehow I slept.
Clear waters
Lisa and Heather
You can't see me, I'm covered in sand
Albatross
Not our boat
Giant Tortoises
Me amongst the sea lions
I can't remember what this is
Iguana
And again
Blue boobie!
Bird whose name i forget, plus iguana (bottom left)
Watching the pelicans on the back of the boat one night
I have now utterly fallen in love with snorkelling and if I can pilfer some of the underwater shots of one of my fellow overlanders, I'll do another blog post with some shots of turtles and sharks etc. Days were spent wandering trails on the various islands, seeing marine, land or hybrid iguana, albatross, sting rays, eagle rays, boobies (I LOVE the blue boobies with their blue feet!) sea lions, lizards, etc etc etc. Evenings were spent watching the stars, or pelicans feeding by the boat or flying fish racing alongside us as we sailed. Brilliant.
Off to shore
Red iguana
Oh! This is the post box at Post Office Bay. No stamps. Fellow travellers pick up any mail left that's local to them and deliver it for you. So, interesting to see if my sis, bro and pops get their cards!
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