On the ship Monsarrat for four sleeps with 20 passengers and a crew of ten, we did four islands, six snorkels and four hikes.
Swimming with colored fish for the first snorkel and each one from there more exciting. Turtles next, then playful seals and the one to top it off for everyone was at Kicker Rock with hammerhead sharks.
Ernst from Ontario announced at our last meal that he has been scuba diving for 30 years and he saw more in that one hour than in the sum total of all his experiences.
Our two guides were tops, the food was delicious, three very large meals a day as well as juice and snacks every time we came back from an activity.
We sailed at night and woke up at a new island, one night was rather rough and we had some white faces at the breakfast table the next morning.
There are 12 islands in the Galapagos but we did the southeast ones...San Cristabol, Espanola, Florenca, Santa Cruz and Baltra.
Our photos are too many to post so I will just do a few from each island. Unfortunately, we did not have an underwater camera but hopefully I can get the group video on U Tube.
Thanks Dean, your blue footed boobie is better than mine!
Arrived at San Cristabol Island by plane, a bus to the dock
Nursing time
Pelicans and seal galore
Our boat for the week
A hike to tortoise breeding sanctuary
Welcome committee
Kicker Rock where we swam with hammerhead sharks
After the hot hike, a swim and a jump from the third deck!
Only 73 years old here
yeah Kelly!
after the hot tour of the tortoise sanctuary
Berto took us to town after dinner
First snorkel
These guys completely ignore us!
Waiting for the dingy for the cave tour
different stages of lava flow
overhead in the arch
Kicker Rock
coming back to the mother ship after snorkelling with the hammerheads sharks
locals swimming with the seals
How many times i the dingy??? I lost count at ten!
Every night a different local animal
Some of the happy crew
nesting
The nascar boobie
Blue footed boobie
ignore this video, it was a crab race but I can't get the sound chip to transfer and cannot delete this for some reason
nascar boobie
some misc photos from the week
flight from Quito to Galapagos
luggage for the boat taxi
hiking through the bird sanctuary
the whole gang
laundry on the top deck
two very special friends
in town one evening but no place to sit
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