Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
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Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands
Colorful colonial Quito
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Somber Presidential guard
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
With a couple Norte Americano inspectors
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Guides Pat & Denise – only the equator can come between them!
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Hacienda Cusin – our lodge in
Otavalo
Otavala beauties proud of their jewelry
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
A couple of hams and a side of pork – guides
Pat and Dan on the Cascada Peguche Walk
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Laguna de Cuicocha Crater Walk
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
The wild flowers were gorgeous
Laguna de Cuicocha Crater Walk
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Zodiacing (is that a word?) to our ship
The Galapagos wonders begin
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos version of Larry, Mo, & Curly
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Oft-used Galapagos photographer’s pose
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos underwater wonderland
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
One of the easy, “dry” landings
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Pinnacle Rock Walk – Bartolomé Island
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Guides Pat & Denise with our National Park guide
Pinnacle Rock Walk – Bartolomé Island
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Attempting to take it all in
Note the blue eyes on this nesting cormorant
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Note the camera frenzy among the WAI walkers
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Marine iguana marveling at our soft puny legs
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos photographer’s pose - #2 (squatting makes the photo clearer)
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
The aptly named Blue-footed Boobie
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Juvenile pelicans marking the audacity
of our intrusion
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Group photo with a seal – Rabida Island
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
OK… this photo shoot is over!
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Land iguana proves that marine iguana cousin has no monopoly on “Galapagos ugly”
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Janet and Nancy – mother/daugther photo op with an obliging Galapagos
giant tortoise
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
It takes a long time to grow such a long neck – sometimes 150 years
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
Pat uses his aggressive tortoise persona to come out of his shell
at the end of the trip
Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands