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Wednesday 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 the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Saturday another perfect day Early morning to see an elusive rat, not seen. Great sighting of a blue Booby up close. Many sea lions playing, approaching and waiting for the return of their mother. Fausto called them, gif behind a … Continue reading →

Friday cerro dragona on Santa Cruz 06:30 departure flight to Baltra island and then on to the Beluga boat/yacht. First main sighting: a flock of blue footed bobbies sardine fishing. Diving, surfacing and diving, maybe 75 of them. Lava gull … Continue reading →

Thursday, last day and night in Guayaquil. Friday morning we take a plane to Baltra and then the boat, no connection on boat. Little if any on the islands. Presley Norton museum. Small archeology museum with excellent descriptions of artifacts … Continue reading →

Tuesday Leaving the forest and onto the beach. Stopped at a fascinating ship shaped church with truly impressive views of the long and very well used beach towns, each apparently different in culture. Montañita,a surfing and drug culture beach community … Continue reading →

Tuesday Field Trip to the South, Salinas, on the beach and home of some special Hummers that live on nearby cliffs. About 150 km south of Guayaquil, very popular beach area for both locals and tourists. Meeting at 8 am … Continue reading →

Monday Reserva churute mangrove forest, bird watching with Anna. A good drive away from the city. http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglares_Churute Anna is a field biologist that specializes in birds and aquatic birds. There are 1600 species of birds in Ecuador, hummers being the … Continue reading →