Photos from Isabela, Galapagos - Penguins!

Aurora_b
Mike and Liz Downing
Thu 29 Jul 2010 08:27
Galapagos penguins are small, cute and swim very
fast. When in the water there cleaning the boat we
were buzzed by penguins! A bit like cartoon characters they would
shoot up to you, stop, look you straight in the eye only inches away and
then shoot off again.
![]() The colony lived on the rocks that surrounded the
anchorage so they would come close to the boat
and eat the weed that grew just above the
waterline.
![]() Zooming around the boat and
dinghy.
We did manage to get photos of some at rest ........
using mask, snorkel and underwater camera to sneak up on them!
![]() Target sighted
.........
![]() We got very close - looking up from the
water!
![]() We've been spotted! But he never moved, and we
swam off to leave him in peace.
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