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