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Ecuador 2012

March 24th – April 2nd, 2012
Tour Operator: G Adventures Land Galapagos
Transportation: Hiking
Accommodations: Hotel, Camping
Destinations: San Cristobal, Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz

Sunset on the Inca Trail

Quito

Cathedral in Quito

Fountain in Quito

Quito by night

Sea lions suntanning on the beach.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Galapagos Brown Pelican landing in the water

Galapagos Shark circling below us.

Marine Iguana feeding underwater

Going up for a breath! Snorkelling on the Galapagos was ridiculous. We found sea turtles on every dive among a huge amount of other wildlife.

Kicker Rock

My favourite sea turtle of the trip, this fella swam peacefully beside me for a short time.

A pod of dolphins racing alongside our boat.

Marine Iguana

Green Sea Turtle from above

Short-eared owl

Sunset over Floreana

Galapagos Giant Tortoises. The tortoises from Floreana are a hybrid of a few of the species, having just been placed in a sanctuary before people fully understood that there were differences.

These sally lightfoot crabs must be one of the most striking crustaceans in the world.

A cactus finch with a cactus

Sally Lightfoot Crab

This is one of the finches that Darwin made famous - this one is a Medium Ground Finch.

A large group of marine iguanas. If you were ever wondering, a group of iguanas is called a mess!

Galapagos Penguin! The only penguin species in the world that ventures above the equator.

A school of pelican barracudas

Best Friends

Santa Cruz Lava Lizard

A sally lightfoot crab sallying forth

Nap time!

Galapagos Brown Pelican

Marine Iguanas grabbing some shade

A Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise emerging slowly from behind a tree.

Back in mainland Ecuador, Ciudad Mitad del Mundo or the Middle of the World is located ALMOST on the equator. Built in the early 1980s, it demarked the line where they believed the equator passed through, but since then it's been shown to be off by about 240 meters.