Galap-oh-my-God!

For a place that we weren't sure we were even going to be able to visit when we planned our trip, the Galapagos ended up being our favorite destination. Aside from being a huge step up in comfort from our normal lodging, we had an amazing experience touring the islands, seeing the incredible scenery, eating delicious food and, of course, meeting the natives!

Panoramic view from our hotel room

Our tour group for the Galapagos

A marine iguana swimming along

First giant tortoise sighting

She's huge!

And a messy eater

Nat pretending to be a giant tortoise. He'll do anything for food!

Inside a giant tortoise shell

Lava chambers at Los Gemelos

Floreana

Greetings from the natives on our swim from the boat to Floreana

Tortuga!!!

View of the sunset from our deck in Floreana

Giant tortoises playing tag


Beautiful flowers at Cueva de los Piratas


Riding the Chiva!

Darwin's finches

A school of dolphins escorting us from Floreana to Isabela




Video of the dolphins

Boris and Carol hanging out on the boat

Isabela

View from our room on Isabela

Baby lobo!

Galapagos penguins

Path of the white tip reef sharks!

Las tintoreras

A group of young sea lions that followed us around Las Tintoreras

Crazy bird with a huge red beak

Sally-Go-Lightly crabs and the sea

Tortuga!

Sunset over the sea in Isabela

Cactus flowers

Cactus tree forest
Panoramic view of Volcan Sierra Negra

Lava tunnel

At the caldera of Volcan Sierra Negra

Flamingos

Baby giant tortoise at the Wall of Tears

Newborn baby giant tortoises

Lonesome George - at 90-something years old, he's last of the Pinta Island
subspecies of the giant tortoise

Galapagos Land Iguana

A sea lion looking for an easy lunch at the dock

One of the fishermen gave us a piece of skin to feed the sea lion


Going, going

Gone!

Super fresh ceviche

Nat and the Veronicas from our awesome hotel, the Red Mangrove Lodge


Heading out for a day of scuba diving

Starfish