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October 31st 2009

Published: November 18th 2009

A trip to the Galapagos Islands was always one of the big drawcards for Jen and I choosing to travel in South America. Renowned for world-class wildlife viewing, their variety of animals and of course as the origin of Darwin's theory of evolution the Galapagos Islands were always going to be an exciting destination for us science nerds! We arrived on the islands by plane from Quito, with the fir... Read Full Entry

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blue footed boobies dive for fish while sea lions swim about

a couple of marine iguanas pose for the cameras

jen warms up in the sun with some marine iguanas

land iguana

young and clumsy albatross

what? Where did THAT come from???

a blue-footed booby looks after its egg

a Nasca booby ponders life and the universe

Jen and a red footed booby

what a pair of boobies!

of the red-footed variety, Genevesa Island

a flock of boobies flies over the lagoon

come back here baby sea lion...

Jeff considers entering the Galapagos strong-man competition

nb: sadly the last time that readers will see jeff in the stunning yellow 'custom kings' t-shirt - lost the following day

the postcard shot, Bartolome Island

Pinnacle rock, Bartolome Island

this area offered some of the best snorkelling we experienced on the islands. A couple of sharks, sea lions spiralling around us underwater, penguins on the rocks...

the best of the flamingo shots

Jen (left), sea lion (right) and Angelique (back)

jen gets even closer to the sea lion

soon after one of the guides came up to jen and informed her to be careful as this was a male sea lion patrolling the beach

old people can snorkel too

rest time, in front of Pinnacle Rock

Jen takes the plunge!

a couple of hours later

Jen shows off the engagement ring, which is made from an old Ecuadorian coin known as a Sucre. Before the US dollar was taken on as official currency you needed 25,000 Sucres to buy 1 US dollar!

13th December 2009

Jen n Jeff
Jen n Jeff

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