The Galapagos

There's too much about the Galapagos I could say... all I'll say is that it was one of the best weeks of my life. To share with you, here are photos a videos... and maybe a couple explanations about land formation, mating seasons and reasons for spitting...

Pictures:

Giant (very afraid) turtle

Huge caldera

Shark we were swimming (inadvertedly) near

Post Barrel

Pretty?

Peguins!

Turtle growth

Albatross

Couple of points of info:

- The Shark - there were actually two of them. We were swimming around before someone on the boat told us that they saw sharks in the water. So we got out (not afraid or anything) and saw two sharks. Eeek!

- The Post Barrel - this is from whaling and pirate times when they would put mail in it to be delivered when a person passion would be on their way to that country. Nowadays, you look to see if there are any letter two people in your country, you take them, and then deliver them once in your country (by hand or mail). And you get to put your mail in it. It's cool.

- The Albatross - the Galapagos Albatross is endemic to the Galapagos. They only breed on this particular island. They are usually away from November until April. We were there right a the beginning of April and saw basically the first Albatross of the year! So cool. They're huge, with wings of over 2.5 meters.

Videos:

Lots of sea lions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETomCicNLOI

Cute sea lion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6mpJxn4lSU

Spitting iguana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzN3CEOEPfA

Big ol' turtle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHdF6Y_fgWA

That's it for now because Youtube is not working right. Will post more soon.

Thanks for reading!