Saturday, April 26, 2014

Galapagos Islands - Santa Cruz

sea lion captain 
blue boobies
               We arrived in the Galapagos Islands after a 2 hour flight, 10 minute bus ride, to a 5 minute water taxi, to a 45 minute bus ride, and after paying our $100 non citizen entrance fee.  We now were on the island of Santa Cruz and it was beautiful.







salt mine




               The next day we did the island of Santa Cruz tour, and we went snorkeling and saw sea turtles sea lions, pelicans, blue and black footed boobies, large iguanas, crabs, and many beautiful fish.

              Later we did the highlands tour where we got to see volcanic craters, salt mines, lava tunnels and the gigantic tortoises in their natural habitat.  We also went to the Charles Darwin turtle breeding center later that evening.


                We went out that night and met these 6 guys from Sweden, that quit their jobs in engineering, bought a boat, and were traveling/sailing around the world for 24 months... two years!! (Mom you think I travel too long ;) I thought it was awesome!
2 year travelers!! 



fish dinner

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