Sally Light Foot Crab
/Rocks are full of these guys..Not Edible, unless you are French!
Photo by Hew "go " Thomas
Final Wave!
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Photo by Kate Wyndborne
More of Albert Ross and now Mrs Ross
/The Male Waved Albatross finds and makes the Nest then the female turns up
Photo by Kate Wynborne
Post Office Bay
/These flowers bloom twice for 1 day. !st time bright Yellow and the next day the go Reddy Brown and don't fully open and that is it
Photo by Catherine Carr.
Post Office Bay Santa Maria
/In the olden and even recent times. Boats would come here and fill there water casks/tanks collect a few Turtles and Tortoises and then pick up whatever mail was going there way and deliver it for the Sender.. Still the system works although there is lots more mail...
En route from Espanola to Post Office Bay Santa Maria
/A nice evening for a 50nm sail across. As mentioned the sky was amazing..
Photo by Emerson "did you see that" Carlin
Crew Iguana
/Mark making sure a clean bottom leads to a happy Boat..
Hi, How you doin'?
/A young sea lion at Gardiner Bay.. Wakes up for a minute.. A nice walk on the sandy Beach here and then a snorkel around the rocks with Sea Lions and colorful fish..
Photo by Richard "reboot" Smith
Ig Uana
/Also at Punta Suarez was this guy a Galapagos Red Iguana..
Albert Ross
/A Waved Albtross sits on its Nest. After the young immature birds are kicked out..they fly for over 5 years before returning here to mate.. That is a long flight.
Photo by Markus " floats like a butterfly" Rowell
Cerro to Espanola
/Up way too early again. Time to change the travel mode.. We arrived in to Punta Suarez Where we had a great walk looking at all sorts of Birds, waved Albatross nesting, land iguanas and always sea lions
In the afternoon We moved a few miles to Gardiner where another beach walk and then a snorkel on some rocks completed the day..
We then set off around Sunset for the trip over to Post Office Bay on Santa Maria.. It was a wonderful evening sky. Truly Brilliant.
Photo by Markus rowell
Sunset at Bruno Cero. With Kicker Rock
/Great shot of sunset by Richie.
Cero Bruno
/Cero Bruno Beach Hike
Cero Bruno
/A little more Green.. on the West side of Cero Bruno
Punta Pitt - Cero Bruno on San Cristobal
/Off at an unpopular 0530 for a 40nm trip to the far NE corner of San Cristobal. This is the oldest part of the archipelago and there is nothing growing here...
This was a hot tough uphill hike to start the trip off. Lots to see. blue footed Boobies Mating, Nasca Boobies, Sea lions and marine Iguanas.
Afternoon we moved to Cero Bruno. Here there was great views a ramble along a perfect Sandy beach with the always welcoming Sea Lions. An amazing sunset and a great Dinner. all went to bed tired..
Metropolis Pto Ayora Santa Cruz
/Well.. Pto Ayora has changed in the last years. Many more people around and lots of Cafes and souvenir shops. Still wildlife around with Sealions Marine iguanas and lots of Pelicans. However the lasting memory from here was the shops that were not here just a few years ago. The 40km Tarmac road to the airport and the lack of Booby birds around. I guess that is progress even in and Ecological sense.
Photo by Catherine Carr