Galapagos
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Wed 18 Mar 2009 18:12
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00.44.903 N 090.18.454 W
We arrived in the Galapagos three days ago now and
finally have some time to catch up on admin. We have been ashore to check in but
that is a bit of a mission. We had to get an agent who we left the papers with.
We got our passports stamped in immigration, that was easy. But paying our $100
per person for the national park was a challenge, which we did manage to
overcome. We visited the Darwin Centre and the tortoise sanctuary where we saw
giant tortoises. So we went on our first tour yesterday: by boat to Isla
Floreana. It was a long trip, but we swam with sea lions and a white tipped
shark. We saw loads of fish in various shapes and sizes in beautiful
surroundings. We also saw the little Galapagos penguins and a large variety of
birds. And some land and marine iguanas (ugly creatures, almost
prehistoric).Tomorrow we are booked on another tour, mainly to see the blue
footed boobies.
    Black
iguanas
Cactus trees
Giant tortoise
Baby sea lion
    Sally Light
foot crabs
Volcanic landscape
Marine iguana
And a close-up
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