2009 Galapagos - MindStormPhoto

We first visited the Galapagos Islands in 1999, on a four-day cruise. We loved it so much that we decided to return 10 years later for a 10-day cruise. These are images from that trip.

Red Footed Booby on Perch on Genovesa Island, Galapagos

Mother and Baby Frigate Birds on Isla Genovesa, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Shore bird and Sally Lightfoot crab on Isla Genovesa

Red-footed boobies are only found here. The intensity of the red feet are used to attract mates.

You can get within a couple feet of them for extreme closeups!

Marine iguana sitting on rock on Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Galapagos Pelican sitting on rock

They dive and eat the algea off the reef.

Sally Lightfoot Crab at Edge of Tidepool

Baby Sea Lion Looking at Sally Lightfoot Crab on Isla Santiago, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Galapagos Sea Lion

Mother and Baby Blue-Footed Boobies on Grand Seymore Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Closeup of Galapagos Tortoise on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

He was just looking at me with curiosity, then went back to his dancing

Hooded Mockingbird on Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Espanola is the only place in the world where waved albatross touch land

First, the blue-footed boobies hop on one foot, then sky-points when courting a mate

First, the blue-footed boobies hop on one foot, then sky-points when courting a mate

"Leaving the Pod" - I had a little fun with this one. It started as a normal image of several sea lions on a beach. I then Photoshopped it to look like one was leaving the frame.

Galapagos Sea Lions coming in from the sea