Saturday, April 23, 2011

A Week in Galapagos

Hola from Jeff and Jeannie!

We just disembarked from our boat today and are still reeling in the entire experience.

The bad news when we got on board was that there was no Internet - this was also the good news. No blogging - oh well......

Every day held a new adventure - as Liz put it, this is truly a zoo without walls. It was amazing the diversity of wildlife we saw and also how little they cared about us.

The cruise fortunately had a great mix of two legged mammals on board - many Brits, Canadians and a whole group of Swiss/Germans. As Americans we were in the minority - only one family from Seattle other than us. Being as it was a school holiday time there were quite a few teenagers and young adults that added a lot of fun and energy.

I am not sure I can pinpoint one highlight although yesterday's sighting of the waved albatrosses doing their mating dance had to be in the top five.

We'll start posting selective pictures from the trip now that we are in semi-civilization. We are currently hanging in the lobby/lounge of a hotel in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island. the southern cross is out (!!!!!) and we can see the Big Dipper very low in the sky to the north.

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