January 28th- Galapagoes Rabida Island and Dragon Hill

 Today we start with an island exploration. We come upon our first flamingos along the edge of the water. They are pink which means they are healthy. They control their temperature by their legs and feet. 

We traveled around and learned about different plants and flowers but the one i found interesting was the palm cactus .  They have a web inside them that helps keep their shape. 

 
In the afternoon we went to another island to check out the iguanas and their homes. They live in burrows and only one can live there. They go in and turn around and have their head facing out.  We could follow their trails that their tails made. Boy was it hot!

                                                                    Turtle mating

                                                                Blue footed boobie

                                The webbing in the plants to collect water and hold their shape.

                                            Freggit

                            Exchanging pictures and resting before our next advantage

                                    A little rough as we land here.

                                Not easy to see him but once you do, he is beautiful.

                            You can follow this guys trail and his little foot.

                                The home of iguana 

                This guy is worn out ..I can relate. as it is very hot.

Another day is done.

January 27th - say 2 Galapagoes Bartolome Island and Sullivan Bay

 We are here to enjoy the beauty of the islands. What we aren't guaranteed is the weather or what island we are going to visit. The Park has the right to change our course at any time.  This is a UNESCO world Heritage Site.

We will see blue-footed and Nazca boobies, frigatebirds, pelicans, Galapagoes doves,swallowtail and lava gulls, Darwin finches or herons.  We will also see sea lions - not seals or dolphins! and inguanas.

today acording to our schedule we are off to Bartolme island and Sullivan Bay

we are off to Barolome Isalnd where we climb up to the light house.  It is hot and there are many steps but we all made it!

Our little red crabs which you will see in many of the pictures along the whole trip.

Volcano pieces poking up.

                                                                    A volcano cap.

Walking back down.

                            Back to get our snorkel gear. I brought my own .much easier

We are ready to go and so is this sea lion but he just doesn't want to leave!  And no one is allowed to touch him to encourage him to move on. It was a stand off for several minutes.

Roberto our guide. a super guide.  we are visiting a volcano island and you can see the formations are so unusual. 

Tomorrow's day.

Our crew.  we had only 11 of us plus our guide.  a nice small group all around. They were a lot of fun.