The Galapagos Islands 01....

Hello to you all,

Welcome to this latest travel report and what is unquestionably the greatest week of my Round-The-World trip so far. In contrast to my usual updates, you will probably be pleased to hear that this one won't take you a couple of hours to read. The fact is, the Galapagos Islands are beyond words, they are quite simply the closest you can get to paradise on earth. With this in mind, I have shortlisted 28 photos from the 700+ that I took in the last week and will limit my words to just a brief prologue and the odd explanation along the way....

Lynn and I left Quito on Monday 21st August, 2006 bound for San Cristobal Island in the south-eastern corner of the The Galapagos Islands. We spent 8 unbelieveable days on a small yacht travelling between the islands before returning to San Cristobal Island, and ultimately mainland Ecuador on Monday 28th August, 2006.

Our first stop after boarding the yacht and leaving San Cristobal Island was to the tiny island of Lobos off the western side of San Cristobal. "Lobos" is Spanish for "sealions" so no prizes for guessing what the main attraction was!



The animals in The Galapagos Islands have never known humans as predators. Therefore they do not show the usual fear when we walk amongst them. It is possible to walk right up to just about any animal or bird here without their being in the slightest bit bothered!



Of course some of the animals like to show off for the cameras too!



Sealions are present on just about every island within the Galapagos archipelago, not just on Lobos Island. Breeding seasons vary from island to island which means that you are almost guaranteed to find baby sealion pups on atleast one of the islands. This little fellow is only 1 day old!



Incidentally, don't forget that if you want to see an enlarged version of any of the photos then just 'left-click' on that particular image and hey presto!

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