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Galapogos (1 of 1)

Some islands along the way to our next stop.

Galapagos

Galapogos (1 of 1)

Galapagos

While most of the people were off on different excursions, I had a personal tour of the small islet of Chinese Hat.

Galapagos

 My tour guide was Christina Ahassi, a local of the Galapagos.  Notice her bare feet.  She had no trouble hiking around on the lava rocks.

Galapagos

Chinese hat is a very tiny island and is less than a quarter of 1 square km in size.  The island has the shape of a down-facing Chinese hat.  I found the volcanic scenery very picturesque.

Toronto to Vancouver (79 of 114)

There was a lot of colorful fauna everywhere.

Galapagos

Galapagos

Eventually, another guide picked us up and we went back to the ship on the zodiac.

Galapagos

Once we got back to the ship, there was a late afternoon zodiac excursion which I was happy to go on.  Notice how well this Brown Pelican blends into the background.  I read that while this bird is straining the water from its bill after a dive, gulls often try to steal the fish right out of its pouch- sometimes while perching on the pelican's head.   Now that would have been interesting to see.

Galapagos

Galapagos

Galapagos

We came across some more penguins before heading back to the ship.