We started out from Houston on a late night flight. As we were coming into Quito the lights are beautiful it's as if they formed a landing pattern for the planes. They are different colors of white, blue, and an orange color. At the Quito airport our guide for the next two days welcomed us. At Swissotel, our home for the next two days, we were …

Our guide picked us up the next morning and we spent hours seeing the city. We couldn't wait until the next day for our day at Cotopaxi.

We spent the next day at Cotopaxi and a near-by rose farm. Our guide said that he hadn't see this clear a day since the beginning of July. Cotopaxi was really amazing and coming from Texas is was a wonderful surprise to see Bluebonnets (the State Flower of Texas) growing at the base of the mountain. We didn't know Ecuador was the Rose Captial …

When we got to the airport at San Cristobal we met our new family. That is what we became. There were to be only 15 of us on the trip. There was another couple from Texas, one from England, from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, a young lady from California and two guys from Australia. We met our guide who then took us to the Millennium. After our …

Can you imagine seeing Blue-Footed bobbies doing their mating dance or baby waved albatrosses still having their down in the middle of your walk-way or the Galapagos Hawk with a chick (rare sighting)and marine iguanas everywhere, masked bobbies, Galapagos gulls, sea lions, doves, mockingbirds, finches. That is what we saw on our first full day …

Went to the famous post office barrell and pick up some post cards to mail from home. Saw the pink flamingos which are more coral colored than pink and snorkeling again. Starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and penguins swimming by. What will the next snorkeling trips bring?

We started the day by seeing one of the things I wanted to see, a Woodpecker Finch. We were all so excited to see this little bird peck a little hole in the tree branch and then dig something out of the hole. We then went to the tortoise reserve were the tortoises were mating (what a sight), then some of our group decided they wanted to be a …

On Santa Fe we had trouble getting on the island, sea lions laying everywhere. Huge hundred year old cacti, land iguana and a galapagos snake, at least he was going the other way. More snorkeling. South Plaza sea lions and marine iguana everywhere. Going back to the landing site, there were two male land iguanas were fighting for territory and …

Rabida, wow red sand,snorkeling with beautiful fish and starfish, sea lions and ghost crabs on the beach. James Bay and more snorkeling sea turtles everywhere, blue footed boobies diving for food, going up and heading straight down into the water. Leaving the Bay there were three penguins sitting on a rock just waiting for us to go by (see …