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THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ARE A PART OF ECUADOR LOCATED 600 MILES OFF OF MAINLAND ECUADOR |
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THIS MAP OF GALAPAGOS SHOWS WHERE WE WENT ON OUR LATEST CRUISE I have travelled in Galapagos many times and made my way to most of the islands. This particular cruise took Muriel and I, Ginny and the Vancouver golfers and at least 80 more people on the Galapagos Legend to the most remote and pristine part of the Galapagos |
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DOROTEA (that's me) LARGE AND ALIVE WITH SHADOW AND ZERO I continue to develop my blog in a chronological fashion but am in different locations. I am loving this location where I can enjoy these beautiful creatures |
These ORCAS (killer whales) were spotted at the south end of Isabela Island. Count the fins. It was a large pod of at least 14 whales. This migratory pod was travelling through around the middle of Nov.
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THESE ORCAS CAME RIGHT UP NEAR THE BOAT |
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JUST HANGING OUT IN THE PACIFIC |
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COUNT THE FINS HOW MANY ORCAS CAN YOU FIND ? THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ALL OVER OUR WORLD |
wow, that's fantastic. Did the Galapagos Legend circumnavigate Isabela or just around the north point and back? How many days was the cruise?
ReplyDeleteDo the locals have a ledger of places that the Beagle and/or other early visitors made landfall?
No, the Legend did not circumnavigate Isabela. It went around the northern tip and down the Bolivar Channel as far as Urbina Bay. Then the boat retraced it's route. The cruise was over 4 nights and parts of 5 days.
ReplyDeleteYes, the National Parks Board Guides have all of the information on where Darwin landed and made his observations. Darwin and his cartographer spent time at Sullivan Bay on Santiago, on Bartolome. They also went down the Bolivar Channel and dropped anchor at Tagus Cove. I will post about Tagus Cove soon. We actually saw graffiti left there on the cliffs 200 years ago. This bay was a hangout for buccaneers and whalers. Darwin dropped anchor here as well. We did a hike to Darwin Lake. Pictures and information to follow.