Galapagos

COLONIAL QUITO IN ECUADOR



We’re in the Andes at an altitude of 9000 ft, at the foot of an active volcano. We have several hours before our plane leaves for Atlanta and, travel weary though we are, we’re taking ad...

BOARDING PLANE FOR ECUADOR AND HOME

Taking a Blackberry photo of Lonesome George, the giant land tortoise Our group boarding plane for Equador and home

THE LAST DAY

We’re sad to see the trip drawing to a close. If any of you are ever contemplating a trip to Galapagos, I cannot recommend the Lindblad/National Geographic Expedition enough. Everything was perf...

MALCOLM TURNED 10!!!!!

Yesterday my grandson turned ten and we had such a fun dinner with cake and toilet paper decorations that the other kids on the boat made and hung. Malcolm stuck his whole face in the gooey chocolate ...

SHELLBACK

I haven’t had any access for two days so I won’t be giving any blow by blow but a general report on what’s happening here in the Galapagos. We are now, as of yesterday, all Shellback...

DAY 4 GALAPAGOS

We don’t get power where we are today so I will send my blog tomorrow but I am sending photos others took. Today I swam with a giant sea turtle and sea lions. (click photo to enlarge – by:...

DAY 3 GALAPAGOS

After a rather bumpy sail during the night which had the boat pitching from side to side (I slept through it!) We woke up anchored in the port of Santa Cruz Island. Only 4 of the Galapagos Islands are...

DAY TWO/GALAPAGOS

We got up at 6am. This alone is somewhat traumatic since, during the play, I’ve gotten used to going to bed at 12pm or 1am and getting up at 11am. I skipped dinner. Partly because I was tired bu...

JUST LANDED

There’s little that excites me more than seeing a new animal I’ve never seen before. It’s called a “lifer.” The next days there’ll be lots of them. Just landed. It&...

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