I headed back to South America to do a bit of work…
Back in Quito, Ecuador…
After I had spent a few days in the capital, the group arrived.The virgin..
After just one day we headed straight for the Galapagos Islands. Jibiii…
It still is an amazing place – wonderland for animal-lovers..Underwater Galapagos; cleaning station for sea turtles
Stingray
White tipped reef shark – there was a whole gang of them hanging out under a rock shelf
The sealions were as playful as ever – giving us quite a show.
Some of my guests were kind enough to send me these pictures: The joke is aparently all Danish – the Ecuadorian captain doesn’t seem to be laughing.
The tourleader is always focused on the group.. even if she seems to be leading a group of tortoises on this occasion 🙂
Back on the mainland we headed for the jungle – the Amazonas!
The medicine man
Cocoa plant – ripe and ready – tastes good too – even like this
Beautiful flowers
more..
A very small, however very poisonous, snake was cuddled up under a dry leaf
I was sent this picture too – of the tourleader dressed up in local flowers to look like a kiss-ready parrot.. 😎
A Wolly monkey checks us out as we pass on the river
An Ozelot – beautiful creature – unfortunately endangered and here in a cage
The middle of the world..
And the monument marking the middle of the world – from 600 ft away..
We went to the giant market in Otavalo with all it’s incredible people
There’s shopping
talking
evaluations
and tacky sourvenirs..
We even made it to Mindo, the cloud forest north west of Quito. Here we got to see flowers and hummingbirds and even a mermaid..
Humming away
at an incredible pace
They’re just so cute
She was just sitting there – by accident
Another beautiful – now ex nymph..