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Galapagos Islands Vacation !

In August we were able to travel to the Galapagos Islands for a once in a lifetime adventure. We traveled with Natural Habitat Adventures on their Eastern itinerary on board the Nemo III catamaran luxury sailboat. Each day we traveled to a differnt Galapagos island where we hiked, snorkled and kayaked amongst the incredible wildlife where we learned about the ecosystem and animals from our incredible guides. Along the way we made new friends and enjoyed the spending time with them, the guides and the crew of the Nemo III.

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Day 4 - Floreana Island

Next up was the island of Floreana known for its black sand beach, its flora variety and home to a lagoon with flamingos. Floreana also had a small human settlement in the 1800s and is famous for its dark stories of The Baroness and the remenants of its Post Office.

Aside from a beach hike and a kayaking outing, we snorkled twice on this day where the primary attraction was a large popultation of Sea Turtles.

A Medium Ground Finch.

A Trio of Sanderlings foraging on the shoreline.

We missed most of the Flamingos, but there were still a few loitering in the brackish waters of Floreana.

A Lava Gull, usually present on the lava rocks along the shorelines.

Our other amazing guide, Andreas, coaxes a Sea Lion into playing.

Our guides Veronica and Andreas handing out mail at the famous Floreana "Post Office" which was a real Post Office in the early 1800s. Now visitors leave behind postcards for loved ones or friends and future visitors can take those postcards back to their home town to deliver them personally.

Two Galapagos Penguins - more to come later!

 

 

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