Galapagos Islands travel: Kathy's slideshow of Daphne Major

Kathy's slideshow of Daphne Major and Departure. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com made all our

Galapagos Islands travel: John's slideshow of Daphne Major

John's slideshow of Daphne Major and departure. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: Kathy's slideshow of Sullivan Bay

Kathy's slideshow of Sullivan Bay (James Island), our eighth Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far.

Galapagos Islands travel: Katharine's slideshow of Sullivan Bay

Katharine's slideshow of Sullivan Bay (James Island), our eighth Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far.

Galapagos Islands travel: John's slideshow of Sullivan Bay

John's slideshow of Sullivan Bay (James Island), our eighth Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far.

Galapagos Islands travel: Katharine's slideshow of Bartolome

Katharine's slideshow of Bartolome Island and 213 pictures of Klaus. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: Kathy's slideshow of Bartolome Island

Kathy's slideshow of Bartolome Island, our eighth Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. Gail RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: John's slideshow of Bartolome Island

John's slideshow of Bartolome Island, our eighth Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. Gail RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: The 365 Steps.

Feel the burn! Fortunately, there were a few rest breaks along the way. At the top of this Galapagos Island, Martin's pulse was as steady as a rock. The climb was well worth the view.

Galapagos Islands travel: Landing on Bartolome proper.

Preparing to ascend the 365 steps. Another Galapagos Island location shot for the movie "Master and Commander". The Doctor and his companions walked through this field of shrubs, and then the movie

Galapagos Islands travel: Group picture. Capt'n Jonathon. Music

Klaus, our Mountain Travel Sobek adventure travel guide, proves he can negotiate 12 cameras for our group picture. Jonathon at the helm of the panga. Harvard lawyers sing! It was empowering

Galapagos Islands travel: Such colorful, shiny lava.

You wouldn't usually associate words like "colorful" and "shiny" with lava, but here it is on this Galapagos Island. If you have the bandwidth, look at the subtle colors in the near-DVD version

Galapagos Islands travel: A surprise pops out of the lava!

Sebastian 'scared' Edwin. Then, if you have seen the movie "Master & Commander" with Russel Crowe, you may recognize some terrain used in the movie. Recall when the Doctor was trying to find

Galapagos Islands travel: Galapagos Islands travel: Layers

A century or so after this Galapagos Island erupted, small plants finally emerge from the lava field. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com made all our travel agent arrangements.

Galapagos Islands travel: Bartolome Island's neighbor

The Galapagos Islands are volcanic, and here we see a pa-hoi-hoi lava field, from an eruption 100 years ago. It's difficult to express how unreal this landscape is, until you're there for yourself.

Galapagos Islands travel: Kathy's slideshow of Rabida (Jervis)

Kathy's slideshow of Rabida (Jervis) Island, our seventh Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far.RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: John's slideshow of Rabida (Jervis)

John's slideshow of Rabida (Jervis) Island, our seventh Galapagos Island. Pictures only begin to capture the experience. Mountain Travel Sobek has done a fantastic job so far. RomanoTravelOnline.com

Galapagos Islands travel: Departure and sunset.

The Mary Anne, our 210' floating hotel in the Galapagos Islands, is silhouetted in the sunset. Sebastian pilots the panga, and Edwin gives the "Arrrgh's". Our Mountain Travel Sobek adventure travel

Galapagos Islands travel: Hawk and frigates in flight

In the Galapagos Islands, one way to tell the difference between hawks and frigates in flight. Hawk's wings curve one way at the tip, frigate's wings curve the other. Great footage of hawk landing

Galapagos Islands travel: Green and orange vistas.

Just looking around at the wonderful scenery of this Galapagos Island, with its green and orange vistas. Gail from RomanoTravelOnline.com made all our travel agent arrangements.