Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador 2006

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#3300FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="096006e0egaygz.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>GLENN HARDING'S WEBSITE</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GLENN HARDINGS WEBSITE"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada 2007"><U>Canada 2007</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baja, California 2006 "><U>Baja, California - 2006 </U></A>   |   <B>Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador 2006</B>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Egypt and Jordan 2005"><U>Egypt and Jordan 2005</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greece and Turkey 2005"><U>Greece and Turkey 2005</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panama Adventure 2002"><U>Panama Adventure 2002</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Costa Rica 2002"><U>Costa Rica 2002</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mayan Adventure 2001"><U>Mayan Adventure 2001</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alaska Vacation 2000"><U>Alaska Vacation 2000</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hobbies"><U>Hobbies</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                  CLICK ON THE LINKS ABOVE  TO GO TO OTHER PAGES</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="097bec00egdypo.png"> <div> <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BALTRA AIRPORT"><U><B>Baltra Airport</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="M. S. ISLANDER"><U><B>M. S. ISLANDER</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ZODIAC TRIPS"><U><B>Z</B></U></A><A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ZODIAC TRIPS"><U><B>odiac Trips</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ISLAND PICTURES"><U><B>Island Pictures</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PINNACLE ROCK AND THE STAIRS"><U><B>Pinnacle Rock and </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PINNACLE ROCK AND THE STAIRS"><U><B>The Stairs</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE"><U><B>Galapagos Wildlife</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POST OFFICE BAY"><U><B>Post Office Bay</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quito, Ecuador"><U><B>Quito, Ecuador</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MY SOUVENIRS"><U><B>My Souvenirs</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador 2006</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="88530c50.jpg" border=0 width="560" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> My grandson, Marshall Harding and I were in Equador 20-31 May 2006.  We flew from Houston to Guayaquill and on to Baltra in the islands.  There we boarded a ship, the M.S. ISLANDER, for a weeklong circumnavigation of the group of volcanic peaks forming the islands.  Charles Darwin visited this place and formed his idea called evolution in a book, “Origin of the Species”.  This interesting adventure let us see the varied fauna that he studied. Our luxurious trip made for a very pleasurable learning experience. We paid a $100 each park fee to enjoy the limited public access.  Some islands you cannot set foot on and all others have well marked trails that limit your exploration attempts.  On Bartolome we were required to stay on a boardwalk and stairs up to the peak and not allowed to set foot on the island.  This is a purpose filled attempt to keep the island group as pristine as possible for the protection of the wild life. I hope you will enjoy my picture collection of the trip that also includes three days around Quito. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>