Tortuga bay, Santa Cruz

Other places in the world they would have made a road and a big parking lot. Here you have to walk for 40 minutes to get to the beach:

You looking at me?

Me looking at you!

Life is a beach.

The islands are so young that the vegetation has not had time to cover them up yet, giving contrasts between the black lava stones and the greenery.

Two marine iguanas fighting over the best place in the sun, "Kongen på haugen" in Norwegian.

Trip to Floreana

Some pictures from our trip to Floreana yesterday. Named after the first Equatorian president, who was actually a Venezuelian.

First day in Santa Cruz, Galapagos

I am out of adjectives, just look at the pictures:

Entering Santa Cruz from the airport on Baltra

Our first Lobo marino

Los gemelos en Los Gemelos

Darwin Finch

Entrance to the finca of Polo, Ricardo's cousin

Aslak and giant turtle. Aslak to the right.

I wonder why they still have a tail when we don't

Did you just say that I have food in my face?

Polo' place

Satt en liten gul

Entering a lava tunnel

Guess what. My shoe is size 43

Deeper into the lava tunnel

Exiting the lava tunnel

Hungry

Lazy. Or cold. Or both. Definately ectothermic

La Basílica, Quito

La Basílica de Quito, - the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.

And the view:

Quito by bus

Today we spent some hours hopping on and off sightseeing-buses after first having watched the orquids.