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Wednesday,
August 27, 2014
Awake early in Montanita, even before most restaurants are open so we managed to have breakfast around the corner at some kiosks. Then we boarded the bus for the one-hour drive to Puerto Lopez. Upon arrival we were separated into two groups for two boats to go see the humpback whales cruising (and mating) by the coast.
We got extremely lucky to find a few pods and then a show-off who would do the barrel-rolls and then breach many, many times in succession. I will let the photos speak for themselves, I will just number them, no captions. Not too many people get this lucky and a couple of folks were seasick so missed most of the fun, poor them...
Several folks will be wanting copies of these photos so hopefully many of them can just borrow them from here. I was truly fortunate to get so many quality shots.
When we got back to Montanita, the schedule said we would have a Dinner + Dance with Brian Gary performing on the rooftop patio of our hotel. Again it was organized disorganization, with extra tables being hauled up 5 stories by rope on the outside of the hostal. They also barbequed some shrimp kebabs and we enjoyed Brian's music and had a few dances. One of our group members named Karla, with a K, also gave a fabulous a-capella rendition of a very old song. All in all, it was a pretty good time..
NOTE that you may click on any photo for an ENLARGED VIEW.
Hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day's excitement, Cheers, Al
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| Our group kept these kioskd very busy |
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| Frigate Birds greet us in Puerto Lopez |
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| Are these egrets or herons? They look too big to be egrets. |
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| Birds and fishing boats, a natural combination. |
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| Very picturesque |
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| Waiting to board our boats |
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| Pelicans have claimed this boat |
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| Frigate birds are everywhere |
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| Finally we are on our way to see the Humpback whales |
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| A very pretty coastline |
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| Relaxing on the ride back |
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| Lots of birds on the cliffs |
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| They include pelicans and blue-footed boobies. |
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| Every coast seems to have these hideaways... |
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| Lots of varieties of birds |
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| Hundreds of them |
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| Can you spot the blue feet? |
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| I still think they are herons, or maybe storks?? |
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| Love the outline of the frigate bird |
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| Fresh seafood for the asking |
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| How to get tables up 5 stories.... |
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| The view from the top of our hostal |
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| I pitched in to help haul up the tables, with Mike from T.O. |
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| The expensive hotel in town |
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| Night shot of Montanita street |
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| This hotel is might impressive... |
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| Brian and Luz |
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| Brian is the consummate entertainer |
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| He enjoys his work (play....) |
