Today we got our first sights of the Galapagos Islands. We touched down late morning, and by noon we were already aboard the Sulidae and had already begun to see creatures unseen anywhere else in the world.

We spent the afternoon paddling around in our dingy in the Black Turtle Cove seeing upclose animals such sharks, crabs, albatross, turtles, …

After making it through the first night on the boat, today we arrived at Floreana where we were greeted by a colony of sea lions on the beach.

In the afternoon we stopped by the Galapagos Post Office, a post office unlike any other. Here people drop off postcards and other travelers can pick them up and deliver them themselves.

The highlight …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC6JM8oZzwI

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Santa Fe Island & South Plaza Island


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Santa Cruz Island

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Dragon Hill & Chinese Hat

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Sullivan Bay & Bartolome Island

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Santa Cruz Island

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