Oh Island in the Sun - Harry Belafonte

 It would seem an obvious choice that after our Sunday runs with Equador we would board a flight from Guayaquil to Baltra Island, part of Galapagos followed by the short boat ride to the island of Santa Cruz but not before a novelty shot of my Oil Rig Shipmate and then Boss, Mike Hughes or MYQ's as he was also know

straddling the
EQUATOR

our first

BIRDS

AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER

The Pathway to the

GALAPAGOS FLYCTCHER

while on the rocky foreshore and sandy beach

GALAPAGOS SEALIONs
(the one's on the left)

Ditto with the

(CREYFISH)
in the Fish Market

GALAPAGOS IGUANA

Second Day and the Rain Struck not that it made any Difference!

GALAPAGOS LAVA HERON

LARGE GROUND FINCH
(female)

LARGE GROUND FINCH
(male)
part of the Darwin (finch) Complex with a day trip to the

ISLE of FLOREANA
producing

BROWN NODDY
their very own endemic

FLOREANA GIANT TORTOISE

GALAPAGOS DOVE

a by-product Cruise Ship the
GALAPAGOS EXPLORER

GREAT FRIGATEBIRD

with young and finally, for this week at least

GALAPAGOS LAND IGUANA