厄瓜多尔3周游(2) - the Galapagos Islands

我们先在Santa Cruz的Puerto Ayora住了3天，然后回到Baltra开始了11天的Cruise。我们跟的是Galapagos Travel的小船，14个游客，加一个导游，一个Naturalist，和7个船员。几乎每天去一个不同的岛。早上6点起床，然后是wet Landing或dry landing，在岛上看动物。午饭前或饭后snorkel,然后再一次wet Landing或dry landing。晚饭前上一小时的lecture,一般为动植物，地质地理或自然历史，然后是第二天的briefing，非常充实。这11天感觉完全是在一个不同的世界,以至于我们在回程途中飞机降落在休斯敦时对civilization有明显culture shock。

这里和大家分享以下我们的所见。

Blue Heron and Tortoise shell at Hotel Solymar, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz

small land tortoises at Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz

male land tortoise at Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz

Tortuga Bay, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz

blue-footed booby, Tortuga Bay, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz

Magnificent Frigatebird, North Seymour

marine iguana sneezing, North Seymour

swallow-tailed gulls mating, North Seymour

nazca boobies, Isla Genovesa

nesting red-footed booby, Isla Genovesa

red-footed booby, Isla Genovesa

yellow crowned night heron, Isla Genovesa

crossing the equator

noddy tern, Isla Isabela

sea turtle, Isla Fernandina

lava lizard on a marine iguana, Isla Fernandina

sally lightfoot crab, Isla Fernandina

marine iguanas, Isla Fernandina

sea lions, Isla Fernandina

fighting marine iguanas, Isla Fernandina

marine iguana, Isla Fernandina

flightless cormorant, Isla Fernandina

yellow warbler, Isla Isabela

Galapagos penguin, Isla Isabela

sea turtles mating, Isla Floreana

Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Isla Floreana

baby sea lion, Isla Espanola

baby sea lion playing with iguana tail, Isla Espanola

waved albatross, Isla Espanola

"Christmas Iguana", Isla Espanola

sea lions, Isla Espanola

Lonesome George, CDRS, Santa Cruz

yield to the tortoises, Santa Cruz

sea lion and yellow warbler, Isla Santa Fe

lightly breaded sea lion, Isla Santa Fe

red-billed tropicbird, Isla San Cristobal

ghost crab, Isla San Cristobal

sting ray near the beach, Isla San Cristobal

baby sea lion, Isla San Cristobal

a land-marine hybrid iguana, Plaza Sur

swallow-tailed gulls feeding, Plaza Sur

Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome - as seen in the movie Master and Commander

bullseye puffer, near Pinnacle

bluechin parrotfish, near Pinnacle

school of Razor Surgeonfish and Bluechin Parrotfish, near Pinnacle Rock

spotted eagle ray, Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz

blue heron, Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz

our cruise ship - Tip Top IV