Ecuador (Galapagos): 2.5km footpath to Turtle Bay
Ecuador (Galapagos): Mangrove trees at low tide
Ecuador (Galapagos): Looking for marine iguanas
Ecuador (Galapagos): Lava rock coastline
Ecuador (Galapagos): New friend! Marine iguanas only occur in the Galapagos Islands
Ecuador (Galapagos): Janine following tracks of these prehistoric monsters...
Ecuador (Galapagos): By now England should have scored their winning goal
Ecuador (Galapagos): Mangrove expansion over the beach
Ecuador (Galapagos): Bizarre and unique coastal vegetation
Ecuador (Galapagos): Rearranging the beach
Ecuador (Galapagos): Tiny but not shy
Ecuador (Galapagos): Marine iguanas can stay underwater for up to an hour
Ecuador (Galapagos): They can dive up to 30m deep
Ecuador (Galapagos): A pelican taking a breather
Ecuador (Galapagos): Spy shot!
Ecuador (Galapagos): We discovered a swimming hole close to Puerto Ayora
Ecuador (Galapagos): Making lunch outside our hotel room in Puerto Ayora
Ecuador (Galapagos): Breakfast in bed
Ecuador (Galapagos): A giant tortoise in the wild
Ecuador (Galapagos): Johan and a giant tortoise in the wild
Ecuador (Galapagos): The rare red shouldered tortoise
Ecuador (Galapagos): The harbour in Puerto Ayora from where we went on our 8 day cruise
Ecuador (Galapagos): Close to sea lions on a red sanded beach
Ecuador (Galapagos): Rabida Island with our small (read “cheaper”) boat to the left
Ecuador (Galapagos): A female lava lizzard
Ecuador (Galapagos): Frigate birds within touching distance
Ecuador (Galapagos): Less than a week old sea lion
Ecuador (Galapagos): Many many marine iguanas
Ecuador (Galapagos): Soaking up the afternoon sun
Ecuador (Galapagos): Lava bubbles that cooled down
Ecuador (Galapagos): red billed oyster catchers eating a crab
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sea lion swimming in a lava tunnel connected to the ocean
Ecuador (Galapagos): The New Flamingo, our happy home
Ecuador (Galapagos): The artist in Johan
Ecuador (Galapagos): Us. There.
Ecuador (Galapagos): And the famous view again (without the famous people)
Ecuador (Galapagos): Volcanic craters in the foreground with a 125 year old lava flow in the background
Ecuador (Galapagos): Great snorkeling around this headland
Ecuador (Galapagos): Water walking birds, feeding
Ecuador (Galapagos): Great snorkeling
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sea turtles abound
Ecuador (Galapagos): White tipped reef shark
Ecuador (Galapagos): These guys were very playful
Ecuador (Galapagos): Another sea lion teenager playing with us
Ecuador (Galapagos): Daily boat life
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sally Lightfood crabs on the lava flow
Ecuador (Galapagos): Lava lizzard male
Ecuador (Galapagos): Fearless lava lizzard
Ecuador (Galapagos): Subsiding lava surface - our group on top
Ecuador (Galapagos): Lava strips remind one of intestines
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sally Lightfood crabs
Ecuador (Galapagos): Found one (of many)!
Ecuador (Galapagos): Mangrove birds
Ecuador (Galapagos): White tipped reef sharks in Black Turtle Cove
Ecuador (Galapagos): Immature frigate bird
Ecuador (Galapagos): A male frigate bird has managed to attract a lady - now she must wait for 6 hours for his pouch to deflate!
Ecuador (Galapagos): This does not work like a balloon
Ecuador (Galapagos): A land iguana on Seymour Island
Ecuador (Galapagos): A land iguana on Santa Fe Island
Ecuador (Galapagos): Gorgeous!
Ecuador (Galapagos): A bird whose name we have forgotton
Ecuador (Galapagos): One of those nameless birds taking off
Ecuador (Galapagos): At Santa Fe in a natural harbour
Ecuador (Galapagos): Typical siesta time
Ecuador (Galapagos): Snorkling waters
Ecuador (Galapagos): Say AAAhhhhhh
Ecuador (Galapagos): Galapagos tree cactus
Ecuador (Galapagos): Siesta time for these guys are pretty much any time of the day
Ecuador (Galapagos): So cute!
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sea lion pups are the most fun
Ecuador (Galapagos): Time off with the lcoals
Ecuador (Galapagos): Pelican in flight
Ecuador (Galapagos): Blue footed booby
Ecuador (Galapagos): About 2 days old, resting with mum
Ecuador (Galapagos): Lava lizzard eyeing an albatross egg
Ecuador (Galapagos): Albatross breeding pair
Ecuador (Galapagos): Watching the pair's courtship display
Ecuador (Galapagos): A curious Galapagos mocking bird begging for water
Ecuador (Galapagos): Sea water blow hole on Espanola Island
Ecuador (Galapagos): A red billed tropicbird
Ecuador (Galapagos): A masked (or Nazca) booby
Ecuador (Galapagos): Solitary marine iguana basking in the sun
Ecuador (Galapagos): Johan and a Galapagos hawk - no fear from either side!
Ecuador (Galapagos): Afternoon snorkeling invitation
Ecuador (Galapagos): Us at Gardner Bay, Espanola Island
Ecuador (Galapagos): Dodging sea lions on a lonely beach
Ecuador (Galapagos): Coversations with a marine iguana
Ecuador (Galapagos): Johan exploring
Ecuador (Galapagos): Janine running away from a playful sea lion
Ecuador (Galapagos): Last touch
Ecuador (Galapagos): Our cabin on the New Flamingo
Ecuador (Galapagos): Dinner time on the boat
Ecuador (Galapagos): The HUGE Galapagos tortoises
Ecuador (Galapagos): These guys dwarfed our guide!
Ecuador: Otavalo animal market - bring your animals and sell/buy/trade
Ecuador: This little piggy went to market...
Ecuador: Otavalo market also has a table cloth and material section
Ecuador: Local women dressed for market day - Otavalo, 2hrs north of Quito
Ecuador: Hummingbird feeder - look for the little dot of a bird on top of the feeder!
Ecuador: The boot legged racket tail hummingbird
Ecuador: Boot legged racket tail hummingbird again
Ecuador: We stayed on the top floor of a “dome” above the canopy
Ecuador: Our room with magical views across the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve - 1hr from Quito
Ecuador: This is our view! In the afternoon, clouds came rolling in...
Ecuador: Some weird purple and green plant
Ecuador: And tiny white bugs with long tails
Ecuador: Johan, the researcher
Ecuador: Janine loves cloud forests
Ecuador: A curious little worm!
Ecuador: Shiny beatles
Ecuador: Vegetation growing on other vegetation (forgot the correct name - Johan)
Ecuador: A worm that looks like one of those ugly cats!
Ecuador: The clouds came rolling in...
Ecuador: Another beautiful trail
Ecuador: There were butterflies everywhere, especially around the streams
Ecuador: A purple/blue snail without a shell - yugghh
Ecuador: Cloud forest flowers in all their colours
Ecuador: The previous one was purple and green - this one yellow and green!
Ecuador: Resting after a long uphill
Ecuador: Early morning dew drops
Ecuador: The purple thing again
Ecuador: A shop named after our taxi driver's son!
Ecuador: Arriving in Banos to see the active Tungurauha volcano - a month later there was a masive eruption and the town was covered in meters of ash
Ecuador: There were minor eruptions and deep rumblings every 20 minutes!
Ecuador: Approaching the gorge
Ecuador: Johan bird spotting
Ecuador: Complete with hammock for better bird spotting
Ecuador: Incredible see-through butterflies abound
Ecuador: Another see-through butterfly
Ecuador: Trekking to Las Palmas Reserve - deep into the mountains in Southern Ecuador
Ecuador: It took us almost 5 hours to reach this remote waterfall in Las Palmas Reserve
Ecuador: Vilcabamba is also known as “the valley of longevity”
Ecuador: And this is our new pet - we called him “Slakkie”!
