Selected Best Pictures

El Panecillo hill from Old Town

Looking down García Moreno street in the Old Town historic section of Quito, Ecuador. That is El Panecillo hill in the distance with the 45 meter tall statue, Virgen de Quito, on top.

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

A male, photographed on the El Chato tortoise reserve in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Photographed on the El Chato tortoise reserve in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Cactus Flower

The flower of the giant prickly pear cactus, this one was photographed at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Sunset in Academy Bay

Sunset seen from our yacht anchored in Academy Bay, at Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos.

Española Mockingbird

This mockingbird is only found on Española Island in the Galapagos.

Sea Lions jockeying for position

The beach at Gardner Bay on Española Island (in the Galapagos) was packed with female sea lions. When there was a disagreement about who was entitled to a spot of prime sand, displeasure was shown with a display of teeth.

Sea Lions on Gardner Bay

The beach at Gardner Bay on Española Island in the Galapagos, with sea lions in the foreground.

Yellow-Tailed Surgeonfish

Taken while snorkeling in Gardner Bay off of Española Island in the Galapagos.in Gardner Bay off of Española Island in the Galapagos.

Marine Iguana

Photographed at Punta Suárez on Española Island in the Galapagos.

Blue-Footed Booby

Photographed on the Punta Suárez hike, on Española Island in the Galapagos.

Nazca Booby with chick

Photographed on the Punta Suárez hike, on Española Island in the Galapagos.

Waved Albatrosses

Two waved albatrosses seen on the Punta Suárez hike, on Española Island in the Galapagos.

Galapagos Carpet Weed and Clubleaf

This green plant is galapagos clubleaf or nolana galapagensis. The red plan is Galapagos carpet weed or sesuvium edmonstonei. This picture was taken near Punta Pitt on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Red-Footed Booby

The Punta Pitt area of San Cristóbal Island was very dry and we did not see a lot of birds, but we did catch a glimpse of an occasional red-footed booby, like this one here.

Galapagos Carpet Weed on San Cristóbal Island

This landscape is part of northeastern San Cristóbal Island near Punta Pitt. The red plants are Galapagos carpet weed or sesuvium edmonstonei.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Photographed near Cerro Brujo on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Sunset through Kicker Rock

After our beach walk at Cerro Brujo, on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos, we asked the captain if he would relocate the yacht so we could see the sunset behind Kicker Rock. The captain delivered so we could watch the sunset behind the rock formation.

Sunset at Kicker Rock

After the sun set behind Kicker Rock (lower-left in the image), I took this picture of the clouds lit up by the sun below the horizon. Near San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos.

Giant Prickly Pear Cactus

These giant prickly pear cactus were photographed on Santa Fé Island in the Galapagos.

Santa Fe Land Iguana

Photographed on Sante Fa Island in the Galapagos.

Coast of Santa Fé Island

This is a small section of the northwest coast of Santa Fé Island in the Galapagos.

Yellow Warbler

Photographed on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos.

Galapagos Lava Lizard

This lava lizard was seen on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos, and is a member of the galapagos lava lizard species.

Swallow-Tailed Gull

Photographed on Darwin Beach on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos.

Red-Footed Booby

Photographed on Darwin Beach on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos.

Juvenile Frigatebird

Photographed on Darwin Beach on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos.

Red-Footed Booby head

Close-up of the head of a red-footed booby. Photographed on Darwin Beach on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos.