Mae Travels

One of the world's most beautiful beaches? I would vote yes. To get to Oval Beach you drive over the dune, and there's convenient pa...

This playground has zillions of dollars worth of high-end climbing toys, but the kids prefer to climb the trees by the fence. One of Delia...

Polar Bears playing with a ball Sea Dragons -- a relative of Sea Horses

Just another example of Mona Lisa Overuse. I wouldn't want to read enough to find out the pretext. Well, ok, I peeked at a review. It...

Dolphins love to chase after fast boats and play in the wake or in the bow wave ahead of the boat. I saw them twice while we were in the Gal...

I'm fascinated by the description of marine iguanas as "imps of darkness," a term first used in the Voyage of H. M. S. Blonde ...

As we toured in the Galapagos, we often thought about whales. One day, we watched a small pod of whales as they were spouting and flipping t...

Before modern mapmaking, the Galapagos Islands were also known as The Encantadas , or Enchanted Islands. In looking a little further for inf...

Darwin’s finches are no doubt the most famous birds in the Galapagos, because of the role they played in his great book. (Slightly off-topic...

I'm posting a large number of photos at Flickr now -- for more go HERE . Above is a photo of a few of the large crew and staff of our sh...

On the equator, sunrise and sunset come and go very quickly, but often beautifully. Because the water was not perfectly smooth, and there wa...

Surprised by an ash plume from a nearby volcano this airport was closed on Friday and Saturday. But it reopened for our flight from the Gala...

Today's remarkable bird: the albatross. They nest in large numbers on cliffs above a beautiful seascape, and they are engaging in "...

Zodiac boats took us from the ship to snorkeling, hiking, kayaking and bird watching. Every island is beautiful and different.