Going Ashore!
/Wolfie doing the shore runs. Such a great boat for this type of Cruising
A Flock of Penguins..
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Photo by Ethan "Excuse Me " Toal
A view from the Top
/After the heat dropped a bit, We are on the equator, And it does get very warm from 1100 until 1600..
There was a good hike up to this fabulous view point back into Sullivan Bay. Rosehearty looks tiny down there
Photo by Ethan "can you repeat" Toal
Sullivan Bay
/As in the movie Master and Commander We had a nice walk on the beach Seen to the left, Penguins, Rays, sharks , sea Lions Boobys and Frigates.
Photo by Ethan "say again" Toal
Sting Ray (Vaughn?)
/This guys brother was doing Flips and Flips to welcome us, as we came to anchor, He however was hanging out in the surf on the beach...Getting a tan!
Photo by Richard "another cool shot" Smith
Frigate
/Always hovering up there. Sometimes high sometimes at the mast head trying to grab the flag up there! But always on the lookout for some animal or bird to steal the food from
Photo by R Smith
Penguins!! on the Equator!!
/Not at the north Pole although they would be a great snack for the Polar Bears..however there is a small colony here in the Galapagos. We were lucky to see them 2 times today.. They are so cute you would take one home, If you had enough Sardines..
Photo by Richard " Heerees Richie" Smith
Is this my good side?
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Photo by Richard " dickie" Smith
Lenka
/Lenka trying to copy a Marine iguana..
Marine Iguanas and Sally Lightfoot Crabs
/Lots and lots and lots....
To China Hat
/An early departure for Isla San Salvador and an anchorage called China Hat..I wonder why?
Photo by H Isan
Ahhh Bed Time!
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Photo by Emu
Crossing!
/Nearly There just another 5 minutes...!
Tortoise Crossing
/Where in the world would you see this..!
Photo by Emerson Carloon
Lonesome has Gone.
/The last of the Pinta Tortoise's passed away in 2012 but he is still around in Taxidermy form..
It turned out he was Sterile, sadly.
Porto Ayora for the Day.
/We motored in the early evening across to Santa Cruz to the Roadstead anchorage arriving around 2200.
Next morning we had a very nice trip to the Famed Darwin Center in Pto Ayora and in the afternoon a trip up to the Tortoise Sanctuary in the highlands.
Photo by Ethan Toal
Santa Maria Sunset!
/Lovely Sunset this evening. All are happy and we are off to the big city of Pto Ayora a short 3 hour run. Santa cruz tomorrow for the Darwin Center
Photo by Richard "I fixed it " Smith
Crew Flamingo..Head in the sand!
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Photo by Richard "Take it Apart" Smith
Pink or What.?
/In the afternoon we took the tender a mile away for a nice walk. There were lots of Pink Flamingos, also White chilean ones ..i goes the shrimp they feed on over there are not Pink...
After a short hike over the small hill to a bay with Everything present..Iguanas (not the crew type) Rays, Sealions and Sharks.. Very cool
Photo by Richard "I can Fix that" Smith