DSC_0754.JPG=Mountainous Quito
S710.jpg=Rabida Island
Snorkel1.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
20180112_001205.jpg=Rabida Island
Nik010818.jpg=Brown Pelicans
S74.jpg=Take off from mountainous Quito on our way to Galapagos
Nik01089.jpg=El Chato Reserve
Nik010816.jpg=Frigate bird
Nik01082.jpg=Marine Iguanas at the dock
Nik01085Pan.JPG=Galapagos Tortoise
DSC_0892.JPG=Cactus Finch
20180108_113826.jpg=Auckland airport
20180112_003430.jpg=Rabida Island
Nik01084.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise
DSC_0744.JPG=Landing at Santiago
Nik010811.jpg=Santa Cruz one of many of "Darwins Finches" and a Yellow Warbler
20180112_002754.jpg=Rabida Island
Nik010824.jpg=Floreana Island
S72.jpg=Santiago evening walk
DSCF0068.JPG=Digital CameraBaccas Beach snorkelling
Nik010821.jpg=Cactus Finch
20180108_111342.jpg=Landing at Auckland for a change to LATAM flight [Latin America]
20180108_113529.jpg=Landed at Auckland
DSC_0902.JPG=Lava Lizard
Nik01086.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise - - trying to mate but he's at the wrong end
DSC_0830.JPG=Santa Cruz volcanic crater
20180111_082636.jpg=Santa Cruz island lava tubes
S6001Galapagos.jpg=Santa Cruz tortoise display
S79.jpg=Rabida Island
20180109_100910.jpg=Santiago evening walk
DSC_0742.JPG=Smoggy for our landing at Santiago
Nik010813.jpg=Galapagos Mocking Bird
s70108Pan02.JPG=Arriving at Baltra Island [Galapagos]
Snorkel5.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
DSC_0751.JPG=Again just one overnight stay before our flight to Galapagos
Snorkel3.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
DSC_0870.JPG=Rabida Island
Nik010815.jpg=Frigate bird
DSCF0070.JPG=Digital CameraBaccas Beach snorkelling
S75.jpg=Shortly after take off we can just see the peak of Cotipaxi volcano [nearly 6000 metres]
Nik01088.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise
20180109_081610.jpg=Santiago Hotel Providencia for just an overnight stopover
s70108Pan06_InPixio.jpg=In the afternoon we travel to Baccas Beach [salt water lagoon]
DSC_0913.JPG=Baccas Beach snorkelling
DSC_0753.JPG=Mountainous Quito
S77.jpg=Santa Cruz island lava tubes
s70108Pan04.JPG=Santa Cruz volcanic crater
20180110_193338.jpg=Fresh roses in the hotel lobby
S73.jpg=Park beside the Hilton with [not another] Arc de Triomphe
S7.jpg=Auckland airport
20180109_095811.jpg=Santiago evening walk
s70108Pan05.JPG=Rabida Island
Nik01081.jpg=At the dock before we even board Xavier III we were treated to some of the wildlife. Green Turtle, Sea Lion and Pelicans
DSC_0933.JPG=Frigate bird
Nik010817.jpg=Brown Pelicans - smaller than ours
20180109_084507.jpg=Santiago dinner at 'Lomits' just around the corner from the Hotel Providencia
S6001Galapagos2.jpg=Entry to the lava tubes
Snorkel.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
Nik01085b.JPG=Next morning we arrive at Rabida Island
DSC_0743.JPG=Landing at Santiago
Nik010823.jpg=Lava Lizard
S71.jpg=Santiago evening walk
s70108Pan07.JPG=Red sand Baccas Beach for a walk and snorkelling
20180112_003222.jpg=Rabida Island
DSC_0891.JPG=Cactus Finch
20180108_113841.jpg=Auckland airport
DSC_0838.JPG=At the Santa Cruz jetty ready to start our cruise
20180109_100235.jpg=Santiago evening walk after dinner before we go to bed for a 1.30 am pick-up and back to the airport for our flight to Quito [via Lima]
Snorkel7.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
20180108_114006.jpg=Auckland airport
Nik010819.jpg=Rabida Island
Nik01085.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise - the largest livingspecies of tortoise, can weigh up to 400kg
20180108_081632.jpg=Leaving Brisbane
XavierIII_catamaran_galapago.jpg=Our Glapagos tour map
Snorkel6.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
Nik010812.jpg=At the Santa Cruz jetty ready to start our cruise
Nik010820.jpg=Rabida Island
S78.jpg=We leave in the evening
20180109_100333.jpg=Santiago evening walk before our early morning flight to Quito [Ecuador]
20180108_121143.jpg=A three hour wait for our 11 hour  flight to Santiago
Nik010822.jpg=Lava Lizard
Snorkel4.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
DSC_0929.JPG=Frigate bird
S6001Galapagos1.jpg=Santa Cruz tortoise display
20180108_111239.jpg=Landing at Auckland for a change to LATAM flight [Latin America]
20180109_084140.jpg=Santiago dinner after our 11 hour flight from Auckland
DSC_0752.JPG=Our drive from Quito airport into the city started to give us some idea of mountainous nature of Quito [at 2800 metres]
Nik0108.jpg=After landing at Santiago we spent a long time searching for our bags but unfortunately no sighn of them arriving
S76.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise
Nik010814.jpg=Tiny Mocking Bird
s70108Pan03.JPG=Ferry point from Baltra to Santa Cruzislands
S70115.jpg=After landing at the airport on Baltra island we took a ferry/bus to the port on Santa Cruz [Puerto Aroya] where we board the Xavier III
20180110_053242.jpg=One night at the Hilton [Quito]
DSC_0927.JPG=Floreana Island
Snorkel2.jpg=Baccas Beach snorkelling
Nik01087.jpg=Galapagos Tortoise
20180111_083159.jpg=Santa Cruz island lava tubes
20180111_010233.jpg=Galapagos volcanic island
