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Wednesday resending Chinaman's hat and Sullivan bay. Snorkeling with penguins (no underwater camera) lava fields. First up was penguin fishing, noddi tracking the penguin to get the missed bits, red billed oyster catcher, and blue heron. One highlight was watching … Continue reading

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BSGI Santa Cruz on boat resending

Tuesday Viewing of subsided craters, daisy trees evolved from daisies, ranch, giant tortoises, short city visit First minor injury, an arm, sent off with the person to be xrayed. She is now wearing a cast. Visit to the South Eastern … Continue reading

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BSGI hood or espanola island resending

Monday Beach time with the sea lions, snorkeling, and then a long difficult walk to see the albatrosses. Hood, small uninhabited island which has been discovered a long time ago by many many sea lions. A walk among them with … Continue reading

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BSGI on boat San Cristobal resending for pictures

Sunday Snorkeling between the towers, beach hike, highlands excursion Morning snorkeling in clean and clear crystal waters between the rocks charles darwin saw called tiki rocks. An eroded channel idea for viewing swimming turtles, many, and similarly for sea lions … Continue reading

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BSGI Oro Verde hotel

Friday April 24 trip ends after early morning walk Explore Seymour island, frigates', both types, land iguanas, doves, etc. Bonnie's courting, frigate chicks.     In Album 4/24/15 Check this out on Google+

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BSGI on the way to and at saint james to Bartholemy and then finally Daphne major circumnavigation

Thursday April 23 last full day of the adventure. Wake up 5:30 quick breakfast, wet landing, mocking birds, flycatchers, fur seals, lots of different show birds; The highlight was a flycatcher. Kept trying to nest in camera lenses, landing on … Continue reading

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BSGI Fernandina and to end of ispanela

Wednesday Wake up call at 05:30 for punta fernosa, dry landing, piles of marine iguanas to observe early morning behavior. Cactus forest, penguins, cormorants, explore areas with lots to see. Fantastic island. Molting crab, male and female hawks, iguana carcass, … Continue reading

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BSGI urbina bay then Tagus cove, same island

Tuesday April 21 6:30 wake up call, iguanas do not get up early. Wet landing in urbino bay, was under water as late as 1950. Galapagos cuckoo. Large land iguanas, giant tortoises. Sea turtle egg shell on the beach, rather … Continue reading

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BSGI Elizabeth Bay on boat

Monday 6:20/wake up, dry landing, lava fields, walk on jagged lava, zodiac ride to penguins, flightless cormorant (pictured), eagle rays. Lava cactus, grows on the lava, flamingos in the lagoons, moorhens. In sight were cerro azul cerro negro and four … Continue reading

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BSGI westward ho southwest Isabella and then punta Moreno

Sunday Highlands farm areas. Artificial lagoon with flamingos and other watering birds. Beach ride to town. Then westward to punto Morena to see marine mammals. From the zodiac we saw four flying flamingos, impressive and some penguins on the way … Continue reading

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