Red Mangrove Galapagos Camping
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Ivage Fantastico
The shipwide wakeup call was at 6:30 am this morning. Breakfast at 7:00 and then we met in the Adventures by Disney meeting place at 7:45. The rest of the ship didn't leave for their excursion until 15 minutes later (another reason to visit the Galapagos on an ABD trip). We went to Bachas Beach on Santa Cruz Island. We walked along the beach on sand for about an hour where ...
Galapagos Islands
... lava and spotted penguins and pelicans on the rocks. On Santiago we got up close and personal with giant hawks and were awed by the giant blow-holes (created by the past lava flows) and the force with which the water surged in and out of them. On Lobos Island we got within centimeters of sea lion pups (my favourite) and fluffy white blue footed boobie chicks. And on Santa Cruz we visited the Darwin Research Centre where we saw lots and lots of ...
Galapagos- Tortuga Bay & Isabela Island
I awoke early to pack my things as this was to be the day we would sail to Isabela Island for two nights. Veronica-our guide on the first day-had convinced us to change our program a bit in order to see Tortuga Bay on this day in the morning. I'm glad she did! We hiked for about an hour through a nature path. We saw many beautiful plants and finches. Karina and I became worried as we could see smoke rising through the trees coming from ...
The Galapagos and Darwin's Theory of Evolution
... amazing shots. According to him, there were about 20 sharks swimming around us. Hearts beating in our mouths, we stayed in the water for as long as we dared. While it was hard not to keep our eyes fixated on the sea predators gliding effortlessly below us (and also to ensure that they don't mistake our flippers for a juicy sea lion), we did also see some other interesting animals, including a large spotted eagle ray and a sea turtle, who was swimming calmly amongst the sharks and ...
The Galapagos Islands
... to kill and, on the recommendation of our trusty rough guide, decided to walk to Tortuga Bay, around an hour from our hostel in Puerto Ayora through opuntia cacti that grow like trees, an adaptation to avoid the reach of the herbivorous giant tortoises and land iguanas. On the way we saw loads of Darwin's finches and lava lizards (the nerdy biologist in Tom got slightly overexcited, considering the days to follow), before we hit a huge beach with giant waves. At the ...
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