Shipboard Food

Our cruise boat has very nice food, served frequently. When I get home I'll post some photos. Meanwhile, watch maetravels.blogspot.com for a few wildlife photos -- my favorite is penguins.

Shipboard Food

Our cruise boat has very nice food, served frequently. When I get home I'll post some photos. Meanwhile, watch maetravels.blogspot.com for a few wildlife photos -- my favorite is penguins.…

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Iguana eating beach plants

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKMThGbn8vdOyC8cSddI9s835v18waNJ1KqC4-esDJL90vlCHopgh38OtvpuilQd2oxL3SVrzuqscO_GK0A26901WGzwodOnKiSRsbR9HMZWPUlkHkKK5ME_IQGFqENGWaHtny4X-tbY/s1600/iguana_2389.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474066492701624066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKMThGbn8vdOyC8cSddI9s835v18waNJ1KqC4-esDJL90vlCHopgh38OtvpuilQd2oxL3SVrzuqscO_GK0A26901WGzwodOnKiSRsbR9HMZWPUlkHkKK5ME_IQGFqENGWaHtny4X-tbY/s400/iguana_2389.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" /></a><br />The land iguanas on Plaza Island (visited yesterday) eat beach plants, which store water in this season. The plants are very beautiful: some red, some green some with yellow flowers, which the iguanas especially like. Sounds better than their normal diet of cactus to me! See maetravels.blogspot.com for much more.

Iguana eating beach plants

The land iguanas on Plaza Island (visited yesterday) eat beach plants, which store water in this season. The plants are very beautiful: some red, some green some with yellow flowers, which the iguanas especially like. Sounds better than their normal diet of cactus to me! See maetravels.blogspot.com …

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Lunch onboard the Eclipse

<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrd0nLWaoMkIX28ExDom2hV6MSUJEZ1KVb-y4wrwvHNVBHcnbMaFERg_4uoM6JTCgNigdouidkoRiTc-RRJ2PRWKxD-_LZIthP6gOUy4oY8oAmJpxYxyx4lMDQsy8422rH0JudBRNQpvQ/s1600/eclipse2370.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473566315161869394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrd0nLWaoMkIX28ExDom2hV6MSUJEZ1KVb-y4wrwvHNVBHcnbMaFERg_4uoM6JTCgNigdouidkoRiTc-RRJ2PRWKxD-_LZIthP6gOUy4oY8oAmJpxYxyx4lMDQsy8422rH0JudBRNQpvQ/s400/eclipse2370.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" /></a>Note: we drank coke with our lunch.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15deAYaeBrj79uTExOIsPYDaTduXli5ZhNgUEA8qBc9SCCqqCly5Qfon7DqjZCHcICe_2JHnW5CpmD6fFdGzkJgdCjEa3MVPnBpg3hkBxFKyg34dHXD2I4G8sypj1iqXYYyubY97kG1s/s1600/eclipse2372.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473566310343017458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15deAYaeBrj79uTExOIsPYDaTduXli5ZhNgUEA8qBc9SCCqqCly5Qfon7DqjZCHcICe_2JHnW5CpmD6fFdGzkJgdCjEa3MVPnBpg3hkBxFKyg34dHXD2I4G8sypj1iqXYYyubY97kG1s/s400/eclipse2372.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" /></a>Galley of the Eclipse where they actually cooked our food<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For pictures of some of the wildlife we saw today, see: <a href="http://maetravels.blogspot.com/2010/05/santa-fe-island.html">Santa Fe Island</a>.</div></div>

Lunch onboard the Eclipse

Note: we drank coke with our lunch.Galley of the Eclipse where they actually cooked our foodFor pictures of some of the wildlife we saw today, see: Santa Fe Island.…

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Today's Breakfast

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhz2wM_b_DkcFJ0iy2ru1zSm9mOl-mV9QdUwCbCSh7HOvD8CrcHvDIkiZl08jD5xzdU0ice07QzRRkOd5_bGZpRU1sMmevuhKsnxhxmK7v451ut8pfOeSZ9-5B_MokdUX_iyidx-28Ec/s1600/tortoiseeats0053.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473061994367046994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhz2wM_b_DkcFJ0iy2ru1zSm9mOl-mV9QdUwCbCSh7HOvD8CrcHvDIkiZl08jD5xzdU0ice07QzRRkOd5_bGZpRU1sMmevuhKsnxhxmK7v451ut8pfOeSZ9-5B_MokdUX_iyidx-28Ec/s400/tortoiseeats0053.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" /></a><br />After our own breakfast we walked back to the Darwin Research Station up the hill, and saw the same turtles as before -- eating breakfast. We also caught a glimpse of Lonesome George, the last of his species, who lives in the reserve with two females that don't interest him at all.

Today's Breakfast

After our own breakfast we walked back to the Darwin Research Station up the hill, and saw the same turtles as before -- eating breakfast. We also caught a glimpse of Lonesome George, the last of his species, who lives in the reserve with two females that don't interest him at all.…

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Begging at the Fish Market

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldmgxmOJhlVUOeBLt-FOKH5BOZgPpxOUNF-ykLfTGE44mHXP02XvoAmiAIac-fvjJ8dyf9J1QrNeuLc9JLmrXdocifxWZxRvIu3foVjoIWiT-H9VW85ZsNt7wdnTDm-xm9jUzMZIHezY/s1600/boatride2184.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472775666585708322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldmgxmOJhlVUOeBLt-FOKH5BOZgPpxOUNF-ykLfTGE44mHXP02XvoAmiAIac-fvjJ8dyf9J1QrNeuLc9JLmrXdocifxWZxRvIu3foVjoIWiT-H9VW85ZsNt7wdnTDm-xm9jUzMZIHezY/s400/boatride2184.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />These must be fantastically fresh fish. But what really struck me was the baby sea lion begging -- and the fisherman (or fish monger, I don't know which) actually tossing him one. A big crowd of pelicans were also begging.

Begging at the Fish Market

These must be fantastically fresh fish. But what really struck me was the baby sea lion begging -- and the fisherman (or fish monger, I don't know which) actually tossing him one. A big crowd of pelicans were also begging.…

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Eel for breakfast?

On a beautiful walk this morning, I saw a most unusual sight: a heron who had a large eel in his beak, and was pecking and eating it. My excellent guide had never seen such a thing before. Along the 2 km trail to the wide sandy beach I also saw many beautiful birds, especially finches (see <a href="http://maetravels.blogspot.com/2010/05/beach-walk-more-birds.html">Beach walk, more birds</a> at maetravels.blogspot.com).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMQhQRIEbfdbFsjCGnsevP77nUtrQ-sLWbvy2UrdUqiKpjm8njLKCgkJ2iZia1gBRQXLFMx29C5LZilX0s8q4ME_hgallCKeT1A2TvUcKfuoN4KXh_B9K3wEnRRG_rueRKPRgIu3Dfuc/s1600/heron_eel2160.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472676540923847410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMQhQRIEbfdbFsjCGnsevP77nUtrQ-sLWbvy2UrdUqiKpjm8njLKCgkJ2iZia1gBRQXLFMx29C5LZilX0s8q4ME_hgallCKeT1A2TvUcKfuoN4KXh_B9K3wEnRRG_rueRKPRgIu3Dfuc/s400/heron_eel2160.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDg7257g0qPaXdTiDiTRZlYDfDP0YVkcfLmytYYF40XYJPymg4OsUj4sbgyuVzuX5m__YQmOOGGvyyS3Hbu_Ez3vGdYTx89bltFSYWZFXwdgQz5hmbnqDUsQmmvUOmDWWUaSlWrCBX3s/s1600/heron_eel2162.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472676531605063154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDg7257g0qPaXdTiDiTRZlYDfDP0YVkcfLmytYYF40XYJPymg4OsUj4sbgyuVzuX5m__YQmOOGGvyyS3Hbu_Ez3vGdYTx89bltFSYWZFXwdgQz5hmbnqDUsQmmvUOmDWWUaSlWrCBX3s/s400/heron_eel2162.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc-ot4rO-_0Z0pIgvfRvz3oufSKhxyW7ec4OzCiucJmNqP-uouPulOdyrPumtDiodVtiQfxfyxUg9cSbaPiJU8JauNU6q7rlx5WkSFcxIZe7ZmdEcJy-WS0ssxEi0_6wOQCYkuyr1ya4/s1600/heron_eel2163.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472676529166415794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc-ot4rO-_0Z0pIgvfRvz3oufSKhxyW7ec4OzCiucJmNqP-uouPulOdyrPumtDiodVtiQfxfyxUg9cSbaPiJU8JauNU6q7rlx5WkSFcxIZe7ZmdEcJy-WS0ssxEi0_6wOQCYkuyr1ya4/s400/heron_eel2163.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 400px;" /></a>

Eel for breakfast?

On a beautiful walk this morning, I saw a most unusual sight: a heron who had a large eel in his beak, and was pecking and eating it. My excellent guide had never seen such a thing before. Along the 2 km trail to the wide sandy beach I also saw many beautiful birds, especially finches (see Beach wal…

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Lunch

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjh8cHFY4uyBjxsD-RbAsBPoD4oyyPcVR_rOLxdChue5jo4geS8Ydzfia9lnQvUZ34g3_rcwSExZy08fYcBl1bkPN2D6dxCT3nihEI-CaGr0ht5aO44CVztl-w3jIdBrVetycSMAOsdkw/s1600/lunalunch2117.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472408819862404834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjh8cHFY4uyBjxsD-RbAsBPoD4oyyPcVR_rOLxdChue5jo4geS8Ydzfia9lnQvUZ34g3_rcwSExZy08fYcBl1bkPN2D6dxCT3nihEI-CaGr0ht5aO44CVztl-w3jIdBrVetycSMAOsdkw/s400/lunalunch2117.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" /></a><br /><br />The tour I took today had lunch at a small cafe on the island of Floreana, pop. 110, electricty entirely solar, maybe with more tortoises than humans. These fritters were quite nice.<br /><br />For much more interesting photos of wildlife and so on, see maetravels.blogspot.com for more posts later today.

Lunch

The tour I took today had lunch at a small cafe on the island of Floreana, pop. 110, electricty entirely solar, maybe with more tortoises than humans. These fritters were quite nice.For much more interesting photos of wildlife and so on, see maetravels.blogspot.com for more posts later today.…

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