Puerto Lopez is a tiny little village along the Ecuadorian coast; when the sun comes up the beach is transformed into a huge fish market, as the fishing boats are returning from their early-morning catch.
This town is also the jumping-off point for whale-watching tours and trips to Isla de la Plata, also known as 'the poor man's Galapagos.' Isla de la Plata is home to blue-footed boobies, frigates, albatrosses, and the surrounding waters home to manta rays, sea turtles, and migratory humpback whales. The snorkeling off the island is spectacular; I saw several types of eel, including a very toothy moray eel, beautiful starfish, puffer fish, and too many other brightly colored and amazing tropical fish to name them all.
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| Blue-footed boogie protecting its egg |
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| blue-footed boogie w/its young |
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| male & female boobies |
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| frigate, trying to attract a mate |
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| going down |
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| saw lots of tails splashing around |
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| this is about the most of any whale that I saw; none breached that d |
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| Okay, so I didn't take this picture, but I thought it looked pretty cool so I added it anyway. |
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| Spectacular sunsets on the beach |
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| sunset |
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| melting sun |
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