{"id":1453,"date":"2015-10-11T00:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2015-10-11T00:29:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T00:29:58","slug":"galapagos-part-6-bahia-gardner-punta-suarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1453","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos Part 6: Bahia Gardner + Punta Suarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day six! All on Espa\u00f1ola Island<\/strong>.
\nWe did a 7:30 kayaking session where we got pretty close to some sea lions (they seemed to be playing with some of the other kayaks in our group), a sea turtle and some swimming (from rock to rock) marine iguanas. <\/p>\n

In theory there’s a timelapse of this kayaking outing. I haven’t put it together yet though. <\/p>\n

Afterward, we lazed around on the beach… (Bahia Gardner<\/strong>)
\n\"Sandy<\/a>
\nThere were a bunch of sea lions. Including this one that rolled itself in sand. <\/p>\n

\"Lizard!\"<\/a>
\nA lizard that apparently grew a new tail at some point. <\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
\nA beach?<\/p>\n

\"Whale<\/a>
\nAnd a whale skeleton that had been left there. And, I assume, positioned. <\/p>\n

I snorkeled out from the beach, and there weren’t many fish, but there was a family (one big one, two small ones) of stingrays. I swam awayyyyy when they seemed to notice me. (I didn’t wear flippers. I felt slow.)<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, we did a “long” walk around Punta Suarez<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\"Marine<\/a>
\nAs soon as we got off the zodiac, there were marine iguanas everywhere<\/em>. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
\nAnd a bird. I’m not sure what kind. <\/p>\n

\"Cuddling<\/a>
\nThe iguanas cuddle! (probably for warmth… but still)<\/p>\n

\"Lizard\"<\/a>
\nA lava lizard hanging out on a rock.<\/p>\n

\"Beach\"<\/a>
\nThe view? Lots of rocks. Spot the sea lions. <\/p>\n

\"Beef<\/a>
\nHere are some rocks on the beach. The texture reminds me of beef stew meat. Right when it’s almost raggedy. <\/p>\n

\"Albatross\"<\/a>
\nA Galapagos albatross! Also known as the waved albatross.<\/p>\n

\"More<\/a>
\nAnother albatross. Their heads are such a rich creamy color. <\/p>\n

\"Albatross<\/a>
\nAnd they do a hilarious mating dance. They fence, then head bob, then fence some more. <\/p>\n

\"View\"<\/a>
\nMore view. On the left side, our guide, Yvonne Torres. <\/p>\n

\"Galapagos<\/a>
\nA juvenile Galapagos hawk. SO ROUND. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day six! All on Espa\u00f1ola Island. We did a 7:30 kayaking session where we got pretty close to some sea lions (they seemed to be playing with some of the other kayaks in our group), a sea turtle and some swimming (from rock to rock) marine iguanas. In theory there’s a timelapse of this kayaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136,18],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places","tag-galapagos","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}