I just had the amazing experience of going to the Galapagos Islands here in Ecuador. I went with a fellow volunteer, my friend Mary. We snorkeled, swam, hiked, and saw some amazing animals including sea lions, crabs, iguanas, penguins, fish, blue footed boobies, etc. We visited our friend Eva, a fellow PCV, on the island of Isabella where she works. One of the volcanoes on the island was erupting while we were there which made it a bit cloudy so we did not get to see quite as much as we normally would in terms of wildlife--but we saw sooo much it hardly mattered!!

Here are some of the photos of the amazing things we saw!!

A blue footed booby!

Turtles Mating

Sunbathing Sea Lions

The Island of Floreana

Sea Lions PlayingLong Necked Turtle

Galapagos Penguins Cactus Flower

Breastfeeding Sea Lion Pup

COlorful Crabs

giant Pelican Giant Turtles

Baby Turtle

Giant Iguana

Iguana Face ( when i took this picture I thought the iguana would pounce. lucky for me he didnt!)

Me at the rim of the volcano after our hike

view from the rim

view from the rim of the volcano

Esnorkeling

Fighting for Food

 Eva and I--she gets to live in the Galapagos as a Peace Corps Volunteer-how lucky!!

Blue Footed Booby picture I stole from Eva

Flamingoes on Island Isabella

The rim of the volcano we hiked! (we sat where those people are sitting-scary!)