We left the Galapagos at 12.00 today. What a fabulous experience. We went on a 3 night tour on a very small cruise boat which took us to different islands so that we could see as much of the wildlife as possible. We snorkeled and went on land trails every day. The wildlife is quite amazing, the whole place is heaving with different species, and the most amazing thing is that they have no fear of humans. We have snorkeled with sea lions playing around us, and large turtles, rays and wonderful tropical fish swimming right up to us. It is not hard to be a wildlife photographer here. On land you have to step over marine and land iguanas and nesting blue footed boobies and magnificent frigate birds. We also saw sharks and Galapagos penguins, as well as giant land tortoises, including 'Lonesome George'. Darwin's finches rather lack interest compared to the prehistoric-looking marine iguanas, unique to these islands. We all feel very privileged to have been here. We shall include some of our wildlife photos on future logs, but for today we are sending a picture of Kerry cleaning off barnacles prior to our departure.
Kerry's blackberry hasn't worked since mainland Ecuador, so she won't have received any e-mails.
We're down to three because Hilton and Carrie decided to drop out as a result of an injury to Hilton.
Wish us luck on our big trip (around 3 weeks hopefully)to Marquesa Islands.
Best wishes from all on Lady Kay
Michael, Jackie and Kerry
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