What a treat to
spend spring break with Lola, Uncle Rob, and our family.
We were lucky
to get the Golondrina ship all to ourselves with Jorge as our guide and 8 staff.
Our
itinerary:
·
Sunday - Airport of Baltra – Highlands
Santa Cruz (included Twin craters and lunch in Puerto Ayora)
·
Monday - South Plazas Is. – Santa Fe Is.
·
Tuesday - San Cristobal Is.: Leon
Dormido - Cerro Brujo - Lobos Is.
·
Wednesday -Española Is.: Suarez Point –
Gardner Bay – Gardner Islet – Osborn Islet.
·
Thursday - Floreana Is.: Cormorant Point
– Devil ́s Crown - Charles Darwin Station.
·
Friday - North Seymour Is. – Airport of
Baltra.
Check out this
1 second everyday video for the highlights of our trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLrOQWoUo7U
Highlights included:
- 30 sharks!! Huge schools of white tipped reef sharks and Galapagos sharks, just 10 feet away!
- Playing with sea lions. I am really playing! They were twirling around us, blowing bubbles, brushing against us, biting our fins. One even pulled down Bryson's wet suit strap!
- Blue footed boobies doing their dance rituals, with the males giving gifts.
- Godzilla land and marine iguanas. Apparently, they used to get killed hanging out on the landing strips asphalt until the airlines had their staff chase them off each morning.
- Frigate birds with their big red pouches.
- Hawks which are polygonous, where the male is monogomous while the female is not (ha, ha!)
- Lava tunnels - crawling through the caverns
- Huge tortoise
- Spotted eagle ray
- Flamingos
- Darwin's finch
- Golden warbler - bright yellow are the male
- Albatross at the albatross airport - these are monogamous for life!
