Nice Boobies!

Blue footed boobies, that is. Everyone loves boobies!

Before I had time to think, I dropped a load of cash on an 8 day Galapagos Cruise on a beautiful catamaran called the Nemo. Great crew, great service and it was the trip of a lifetime! I swam with penguins, sea lions, rays, turtles, and marine iguanas. Saw frigate birds flirting, an albatross menage a trois, and sea turtles mating. Wow.

The Galapagos is an archipelago of volcanic islands in the crossroads of 3 major ocean currents converging to create unique environments for strange animal habitats. Each island is different, and has it's own endemic animals.

we would go ashore with our naturalist, Juan Carlos, our very own Dr. Doolittle, and learn about the behaviors of the different species. When he "talked" to the animals they would actually answer back?! The animals aren't afraid of us, and the park has to have a "no closer than 6 ft rule", but if the animal is on the path, then all bets are off. Also, sometimes the animals would come right up to us (obviously they didn't get the memo), and we could get face to face with them.

do giant tortoises really have two penises? Here we get a glimps.....

ok, so baby sea lions are THE cutest thing I've ever seen. EVER. I could watch them all day. Here's one sucking his thumb/fin - are you kidding me?

the fur seal lions have HUGE eyes to hunt at night - kind of freaky when they come within inches of you to play while snorkeling

Too lazy to walk, here's a bull sea lion rolling himself over to his other group of females. He actually makes it....

turtle porn - it's ok to watch

the captain even let me sail his boat - thanks, William!

some dolphins came to play...

I had to hold back the tears when I left this portion of the journey

for more pics of Galapagos and Ecuador click on thiakonig.com/ecuador