Galapagos - Que lindo!

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March 11th 2007

Published: March 11th 2007

Wow! Galapagos really is a paradise. Even for someone like me who doesn’t have any particular interests in animals or birds, it was the most beautiful experience. You can literally walk within a few feet of nesting birds, swim with the sealions and get up close to land and marine iguanas and they don’t bat an eyelid. I spent a week on Cormorant 2 Catamaran, a good-sized new boat which has pl... Read Full Entry

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Male frigate bird

Close up view of the inflated chest pouch

Frigatebird couple

Female frigate bird...

I think

Sullivan Bay from part way up the walk to Pinnacle Rock on the island of Bartolome

Me overlooking Sullivan Bay

Galapagos hawk

Pair of flightless cormorants

This type of cormorant is endemic to Galapagos. They have evolved without the ability to fly as they have no predators.

Pink flamingos on the lake in Floreana

sleeping?

by the flamingo lake

Bird coming in to land...

on the boat

A trip to the post office

At "Post Office Bay" on Floreana. Postal system used in the olden days, whereby sailors on passing ships would either drop off mail or (if they were about to set off for home) pick up any mail which they could transport to their home port for delivery. My parents are still waiting for their postcard...

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