Galapagos Islands

I flew back to Medellin on July 8th and met my friend, Karen from Santa Rosa, at the airport. I had just enough time to do some laundry, get some sleep and re-pack for my next journey. We left the next day and flew to Quito, Ecuador. We spent one night there, then flew to the Galapagos Islands vis Guayaquil. We were originally scheduled to do a boat cruise, but the boat that we were supposed to be on crashed a week before our arrival. There were no more boats available, so we did a land tour instead. This was probably a good thing because I got horribly sick on the three hour boat ride from one island to the next! We spent 3 nights on Isabella Island and one night on the main island, Santa Cruz. We saw amazing wildlife, walked along some beautiful beaches and went snorkeling with sea turtles. It was a great trip!

Our hotel and view in Isabella

Penguins!!!

This turtle is a few hundred years old

This is called the Wall of Tears...built by prisoners during some war a long time ago

Lave tube, or cave, formed by lava...very cool!

Our hotel on Santa Cruz Island

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