The Galapagos

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November 18th 2009

Published: November 19th 2009

Galapagos Lima to Guayaquil There’s not much we can say about the Galapagos that would do it justice, but we’ll try. We took a bus from Lima to the border between Peru and Equador, and met a guy who was going to get us across the border. He was arranged by our travel lady. We met him with only one small problem, he didn’t speak any English! However we made our way to the checkpoint, got... Read Full Entry

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Scott & Penny

Penscott

We were both travelling in 2006 when we met in Japan in March, we ended up travelling together for a few more months, lived in Scotland for 2 1/2 years, and left Scotland on May 17th 2009 for a little more travelling. The rest of 2009 is about us getting married in Hawaii and travelling this big wonderful world of ours before moving back to Vancouver. It's going to be a very interesting year for us!... full info

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Pelican

Frigging Frigate

Penny threw the pelican a bit of fish left over from the fish market and a frigate came and snatched the fish right out of the air....the pelican was not impressed.

Frigates

A series of frigate shots, this ones cleaning itself

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Penguins!

The only warm water dwelling penguins in the world live in the Galapagos on certain islands.

Juvenile on the left, adult on the right

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Flamingos

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Blue footed boobie bird

The male of this bird does a little dance for the females at mating time. The male has smaller irises which is one way to tell them apart.

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Mocking Bird

These birds actually caught Charles Darwin's eye before the finches, however given that the Finches had a much more diverse variety of species he studied them more closely.

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Finch

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