December 24, 2007 @ Plaza Island & Pto. Ayora, Ecuador


Very early morning, moon still out

Sunrise

Sunrise

Sunrise

Today activities

Full moon

Interesting cloud pattern

Sea lion lying in the road

More sally lightfoot crab

National Park of the Galapagos

They like to post for picture

Me & sea lion

Prickly pear cactus

Baby sea lion

Land iguana

Land iguana

Another baby sea lion

Sea lion poop

My family sure like to take photo

Mom and pup sea lion

Feeding time

So cute!

So cute!

Land iguana waiting for food to drop from the cactus

Vegetation of Plaza Island

More land iguana

You can find one under each cactus almost

This one has a fat tummy

Mom & land iguana

Another waiting for food

A rare white sea lion

Mom & junior sea lion

This baby sea lion did not make it

Mom & junior sea lion

Like mother like kid

Waiting for food

Two dead iguanas

Waiting! This photo might cause discomfort

Marine & land iguana

Marine & land iguana

Marine & land iguana

Another fatty

Food of prickly pear cactus

More land iguana

More land iguana

More land iguana

More land iguana

Lots of iguana

So relaxing

Marine iguana

Marine iguana

Feeding time

Mom @ Galapagos National Park

Island Plaza

More sally lightfoot crab

Darker color when young

Island Plaza

Island Santa Fe?

Our captain

Dad & Andrew - our guide

Me, Dad & Me

Mom & Dad

Galapagos heron

Young sally lightfoot crab

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

More sally lightfoot crab

More sally lightfoot crab

Huge iguana!

I have the same indian star tortoise!

Pto. Ayora

Young sally lightfoot crabs

Big marine iguana

Marine iguanas

Sally lightfoot crab fight!

Fighting

Fighting

Marine iguana

They are pretty ugly actually

Marine iguana swimming

Arrived at destination

Pto. Ayora

Brown pelican

Captain*s self-made man for the new year

Fellow cruisemates

Me, Mom & Dad

Some of the crew

The crew & the ladies

Mom

Galapagos National Park

Charles Darwin Research Station

Charles Darwin Research Station

Galapagos tortoise!

They are the largest living tortoise

Me & Galapagos tortoise

Mom & Galapagos tortoise

Female lava lizard

Avg life expectancy is estimated to be 200 years!

Mom & Galapagos tortoise

Adults can weigh over 300 kilograms (660lb)

Me & Galapagos tortoise

Female galapagos tortoises

Lonesome George, the last known
individual of subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonii

This two girlfriends

This two girlfriends

Two years old galapagos tortoises

Two years old galapagos tortoise

Distribution of the galapagos tortoises among the islands

Introduced animals to the different islands

Shell of male galapagos, female galapagos, ? And sea turtle

Huge marine iguana

So lazy

Huge marine iguana

Another marine iguana

Female lava lizard

Hotel Silberstein where we spent a night

Could that be George*s foot?

First sight of George!

George is always hidding, here is a better photo of him

Finch

Great blue heron