Galloping Galapagos!

Well, we´ve returned from the Galapagos Islands and safely arrived in Lima, Peru. What an incredible time we had cruising the islands on our luxurious boat. It´s not easy to convey the experience of witnessing such an abundance and array of wildlife. The picture above epitomises some of the treats that exist so close to each other.



We spent 4 nights on this boat, where service was excellent, the food was bountiful and the comfort well beyond our norm! Passages were relatively calm except the last night in which we were thrown about our cabin on rough seas to San Cristobal.

The best things in life are definitely free - but alas, sometimes, it costs a lot of money to get to the places to enjoy them. But what price can you put on witnessing a volcano eruption, and snorkelling with sea-lions, penguins, sharks, sea turtles and a plethora of fish? Unfortunately, you will have to wait for those pics. We do fancy investing in an underwater digital but for the time being we will wait on the the Great Dane for his...


Giant Tortoise, Santa Cruz




Just one of the many Green Pacific Sea Turtles seen during our dingy rides


The lava landscape was quite different and yet not devoid of life-


The Boobies!




Giant Painted Grasshopper


Obstruction on the path


Just hundreds of the thousands of Marine Iguanas






Flightless Cormorants


Amusing




Any offerings for a caption?


Frigate birds who loved to cruise with us.


Another Booby! Watching them fish was fab!


A cub, not a club...


Not just a pretty face.