Galápagos: Isla San Cristóbal
Now that I have the time, I am going to start a series of posts from the Galápagos tour, which was back in January!
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Upon arrival to the San Cristóbal Airport near Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (the capital of the Galápagos) on the Isla de San Cristóbal, we met our guide Paola and were shuttled to the dock, hopped on a dinghy, and scuttled to our home for the next week: Archipel II (yes, there is an Archipel I, but it’s just “Archipel”). It was a lovely little catamaran that housed about 15 of us at a time, plus the crew. We all came from North America or Europe. And most others had excellent cameras, including Athene Blakeman, whose photos I will mention when I post them but it’s probably going to be quite obvious.
Like this one, the Galápagos yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola), taken by Athene:
The flight into Isla San Cristóbal. This is the northeast side of the island.
My bunk on the boat!
A view of the bay of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.
sunset
The top deck! Many naps were had here.
Lava lizard! Get ready to see a lot of these cuties. Photo by Athene Blakeman.
Galápagos sea lion swimming! Photo by Athene Blakeman.
