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Gallery 7 - Costa Rica to Galápagos
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Boats moored at Costa Rica Yacht Club |
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Happy Hours tilting over at low tide |
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Atlantis tilting over at low tide | ||
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Ker-Mor being hauled out as Carlos yells out "suave, suave!" |
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Ker-Mor stripped down |
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Pretty wood! | ||
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Juan (gordo) & coworker |
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the "Internet guys" |
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Dana & Chris at the club | ||
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Almost finished |
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Thirsty Ker-Mor going back in the drink |
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Carnival parade | ||
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Jan & the FMPs (photo courtesy of Cabiri) |
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Joe & the FMPs (photo courtesy of Cabiri) |
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Aggie & the FMPs (photo courtesy of Wanderlust) |
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Taryn & the FMPs (photo courtesy of Waterdragon) |
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Dana & the FMPs |
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Donna & the FMPs (photo courtesy of Nintai) |
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Back at the club |
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Graeme & Janna on Dragonfly, leaving for the Galápagos |
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Gran Hotel Costa Rica in San Jose |
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View of the National Theater from our room |
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View of plaza from our room | ||
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Music and dancing down in the plaza |
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These guys were great |
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Chris' family in Iowa |
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Chris preparing the boat for departure |
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Passing wreck on way out of Puntarenas |
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Proposal on sail | ||
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Chris & the sail |
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Dana & the sail |
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Anchorage at Isla Jesusita | ||
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Dana on Jacó beach |
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Chris in Jacó (with Loren's hammock) |
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Chris in Herradura (still carrying Loren's hammock) | ||
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Looking out at our anchorage in Herradura Bay |
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Looking towards Los Sueños Marina in Herradura Bay |
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The luminescent Volcán Poas crater | ||
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Dana & the crater |
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Moss covered branches |
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Dana & a giant leaf |
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Flying off to Vegas for a couple days for Show West |
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Night out in LA (after Dana's horrible haircut - I said "poquito!") |
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Chris & Loren on Santa Monica pier | ||
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Loren & Dana on Santa Monica pier |
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Loren & kid on rollercoaster |
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Chris & Dana playing on the rings at Muscle Beach | ||
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Loren, our cousin Cheryl, Dana & Chris |
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Visiting Loren's new home |
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At the mall with Dana's dad (after neck surgery) |
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Schoolboy in Nicaragua |
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Preparing for a meal at school (Food For Education program) |
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Schoolgirls drinking their pinol | ||
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Post baby-weighing consultation (Integral Health Attention for Children program) |
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Moms & babies waiting for their turn |
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Happy & healthy baby | ||
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Road work in Pantasma (Food for Work program) |
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Kids from Escuela Tomatoya showing off their water bottles (solar disinfection of water / SODIS program) |
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Lunchtime at Escuela Tomatoya (Food For Education program) | ||
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El Salvadoran girl drinking potable water at her home in La Paz |
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Another El Salvadoran girl showing the latrine at her home |
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Her mom rinsing corn in potable water | ||
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Another of her daughters |
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Mom & baby in Sicahuite |
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Potable water at a home in Cañal Montefresco | ||
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El Salvadoran men from the communities of Taburete Claro and El Escondido |
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El Salvadorans assembling to accept responsibility for their new water and latrine systems |
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Water faucet at the Suchitoto water filtration plant | ||
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El Salvadoran girl in Palo Grande |
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Helping herself to some clean water |
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Puppies need clean water too! | ||
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Happy kids at their home in Palo Grande |
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And their shy little sister |
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Boys collecting water for a community that does not yet have water pipes |
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Some food provisioning as we prepare to leave Puntarenas |
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Ker-Mor at the fuel dock |
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Panga leading us out of the estuary | ||
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The fishing boat that almost ended our voyage |
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Chris adjusting the sails en route |
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Booby coming in for a landing | ||
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Booby still there at night |
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Still there in the morning |
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Sunrise at sea | ||
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Chris catching a quick nap at the helm |
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Approaching Isla del Coco |
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Rangers checking us in at Bahia de Chatham | ||
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Dana's new bathing suit matching Ker-Les' new color scheme |
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Waterfall into the bay |
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Cristóbal in Ker-Les | ||
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Cristóbal snorkeling |
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Fish! |
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Fish being followed by Dana | ||
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White tip shark appearing from behind a rock |
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Shark swimming below |
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Shark coming towards us! | ||
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Run away! |
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Chris being rescued by fairy dust |
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Dana steering Ker-Les to the next snorkeling spot | ||
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The scuba boat that sold us diesel in Bahia Chatham |
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Islet where the sharks were, with boobies on top |
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Cousteau's rock carving | ||
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On shore |
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The ranger station at Bahia Chatham |
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Chris hiking up the mountain | ||
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View from part way up |
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Dana hiking up |
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Rest stop with a spectacular view (you can see Ker-Mor) | ||
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Ker-Mor and others moored in Bahia Chatham |
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Ker-Mor in Bahia Chatham at dusk |
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Ker-Mor in Bahia Chatham |
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Chris sewing the genoa sail |
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Dana sewing the genoa sail |
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Taking down our tattered Costa Rica courtesy flag | ||
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Hoisting our courtesy flags for Ecuador and the Galápagos |
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Notes to Poseidon and Neptune as we approach the equator |
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GPS showing N 00˚000.00' at the equator | ||
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Making a wish before tossing Neptune's jar |
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Tossing Poseidon's jar |
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Some rum for Poseidon | ||
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Panoramic view of the Puerto Ayora anchorage (Ker-Mor is the tiny one 5 from the left) |
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Looking over the anchorage towards town |
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View towards town from Ker-Mor | ||
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Stand-off between Chris and pelican on our bowsprit |
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Chris, Brent & Irma walking to Tortuga Bay |
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Cute little bird en route to Tortuga Bay | ||
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Beautiful white sands of Playa Brava at Tortuga Bay |
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Ghost crab on Playa Brava |
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Ibises on Playa Brava | ||
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Dana meets her first marine iguana (only found in Galápagos) |
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Resting contently just before spitting at Dana through his nose |
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Marine iguanas blending in with the rocks | ||
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Brent, Chris & a marine iguana |
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Chris making faces at the iguana |
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Brent & Irma moving on to other things, Chris still playing with the iguana | ||
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Reef shark in Tortuga Bay lagoon |
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Dana & Chris in the cactus forest |
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Cacti at Tortuga Bay | ||
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Marine iguana close-up! |
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Showing off his back side |
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Round-table meeting of marine iguanas | ||
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Oystercatcher resting in the sand |
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Chris on Playa Brava - time to go home |
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Heron on the fountain back in town | ||
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Night heron watching the water |
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Ray night-feeding in shallow water - watch your step! |
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Chris at the Charles Darwin Research Station | ||
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Dana at the Charles Darwin Research Station |
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Female Galápagos giant tortoise |
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Her close-up | ||
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Dana with a male giant tortoise |
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Resting his heavy head on the ground |
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Galápagos land iguana at the Darwin Research Station | ||
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Chris getting on the water taxi |
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Small marine iguanas hanging out at the taxi dock |
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Local girl watching Dana work on web site updates | ||
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Dinner with Ilze & Skip |
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Chris, Graham & Taryn |
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Shopping at the produce market | ||
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Chris in Puerto Ayora |
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Pelicans waiting for fish scraps |
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Pelican in tree full of nests | ||
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Puffer fish kissing Chris' finger in a lagoon |
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Marine iguana looking out at the boats |
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And another | ||
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She can't see me if I hold really still... |
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I think she sees me now... |
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Screw it - hi! |
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