We started in Quito, Ecuador, then flew to the Galapagos islands for a six-day cruise, then flew to Lima, Peru for a day, then Machu Picchu and Cusco.
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Quito, Ecuador. A beautiful city.
Plaza Grande de la Independencia in Quito.
Quito is home to almost 3 million people.
Because of frequent earthquakes, there are very few tall buildings and the city is spread out.
Aboard the Eclipse in the Galapagos Islands.
A Galapagos iguana.
Papa stands by while mama incubates the eggs. They will switch off periodically so they can both feed.
A blue-footed booby protecting her eggs.
2016: South America
A short (10 minute) video showing some of the wildlife we encountered in the Galapagos Islands and Peru.
A male blue-footed booby posturing to attract females.
Another pair of blue-footed boobies nesting.
The male frigatebirds expand their red throat pouch to attract females.
The swallow-tailed gull has a distinctive red band around their eyes.
Sea lions frolicking around the rocks.
The sea lions were curious and would often swim up to us. On this occasion we had to carefully step over a sea lion who decided to sun himself where we disembarked.
View of Isla San Cristobal from our ship.
Red-footed booby chick and mom.
Blue-footed booby chick and mom.
The landscape on many of the islands is rocky and mountainous.
Baby sea lion making its way up the beach.
Joe with two sea lions sunning themselves. They are huge!
A deserted beach on Isla Floreana, shared only with iguanas and sea lions.
