Greetings from Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. Its amazing here. The animals, birds and reptiles are so immune to humans that you can get really close. We have seen the land and sea iguanas up close, swum with sealions, watched the amazing mating rituals of the frigate birds, seen red-footed, blue-footed and masked boobies, encountered our 4th species of penguin the Galapagos penguin, been circled by sharks and thousands of fish, watched the golden, spotted eagle and manta rays glide past and almost been sat on by giant tortoises! We started our visit here with a 4 day cruise taking in Rabida, Bartolme, Genovesa, Plaza islands with both land tours and snorkelling. It is incredibly hot late 30´s by about 9am, so the tours start around 6.30/7am each day. The cruise was good with 9
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