Goodbye galapagos, hello Quito

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July 15th 2010

Published: July 16th 2010

To finish off our time in the Galapagos we decided on a 2 day tour of Isabella, the largest island in the archipelago. Immediately after we had dropped our bags off at the hotel it was time for a quick tour of the lagoons just outside of Puerto Villamil, the main town on Isabella. The tour was somewhat brief, but we did see a couple of flamingos, and several iguanas, plus an assortment of aquatic ... Read Full Entry

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22-Abandoned Sea Lion

23-Boobies & Penguins

24-Penguins

25-Saw all of these that day

26-Nice lamp post

27-Hello sailor

28-Iguana in close up

29-We had the boat to ourselves

30-Look at us getting all educated

31-I am not a number, I am a free tortoise

Errm - actually I'm being bred in captivity

32-Lonesome George

The last of his species (Every island in the galapagos has a different species of giant tortoise)

33-Land Iguana - nearly extinct

34-Bet he'll have a crick in the neck

35-Blue footed boobie

36-Takes a lot of stamps to post stuff back home

37-Wonder if he's helping with the crossword

38-Quito at night

39-Plaza San Blas (and our hostel)

40-Quito from above

41-Us at the top of the mountain

42-Highest either of us has been on land

Sensible advice too

16th July 2010

Sheryl and Steve
Sheryl Lee

Thanks Joan
Lots of love x

17th July 2010

patrick
non-member comment

Good luck
I have lived in Quito for over 16 years, I am happy to help with any questions you might have about the country. Patrick- bullock0005@yahoo.com

23rd July 2010

SoodPav
SoodPav

Gonna go even higher!
You guys are gonna go up, up, up even higher when you travel thourgh Peru and Bolivia - definitely no running to be done there! Big mwahs! xxxxxxx

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