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11.-15.11. Island tour with the yacht Angelito

Апублікавана: 20.11.2018

Finally, we have faster internet again. I hope I can catch up tonight 😁

We spent 4 days on an island tour on the yacht Angelito 1.


There were only 14 passengers in total. All very nice. The crew and our guide were great too and the food was delicious. 

Our cook
Our cook

The only unpleasant thing was the strong waves during the boat rides. Luckily, we had motion sickness pills 😁. I still couldn't sleep because it felt like the boat was tipping over all night and I wanted to be ready to quickly get into the lifeboat. 😬 Only Milo slept peacefully and deeply. My theory: He felt like he was back in the time as an embryo. He had to do drops on the vertical cloth in my stomach. It probably felt similarly turbulent. 🙄

We visited various islands. These are all uninhabited and only a small part of them is accessible to ensure that the birds can breed in peace. Actually, you are only allowed to get up to 2 meters close to each animal. But since they don't have any natural enemies, they are often curious and come very close or sit right next to the path.


That's of course very nice if you, like me, only have a camera phone at your disposal 😁. Some animals occur on all islands, for example, the sealions 


and iguanas


Natural death 😁

Some of them have only a few colonies, such as the blue-footed booby.


You can see others from time to time
Pelican
Pelican
Frigate bird
Frigate bird
Red rock crab
Red rock crab
Red-footed booby
Red-footed booby
Masked booby
Masked booby


The plant world is also unusual on the Galapagos Islands. There are cacti that look like trees


and white trees that look dead and suddenly turn green during the rainy season. 


There are also lichens and fantastic ground coverings in bright colors. 

That looks particularly great on the black underground. 

The islands are of volcanic origin and you can see almost everywhere that they consist of solidified lava.


We also snorkeled along the coasts for three days.


I found that very impressive. To swim in the middle of a school of fish or dive next to sealions. We also saw stingrays and sharks. It feels a bit uncomfortable when a shark swims by only 50cm away from you. Even if they were only 1.60m long. 😬

On November 14th, I celebrated my birthday quickly.

There was a delicious cake for dessert for everyone. Great crew 😘


On our last morning, we visited the Darwin Research Station in Santa Cruz. There is a giant tortoise breeding station there.



Good Darwin

Otherwise, we would all still believe we were made of clay.

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Tuncay
Sehr beeindruckend, tolle Fotos . Vielen Dank 😉