
| Finally, our last day in the Balboa Yacht Club marina, Panama City |

| Halfway to Las Perlas, a close encounter with local wildlife |
| Tentatively IDed as a Bryde's whale--any other opinions? |

| The Bryde's whale had enough of us and dove |
| Our last night in Las Perlas, Panama, before setting sail to Galapagos |
| Celebrating crossing the Equator between Panama and the Galapagos, latitude 0°00.00' |

| A "shellback" visits us on the Equator |

| A very curious, uninhibited Pacific green sea turtle |

| On the Equator, Bob snorkeled with the turtle |

| The Pacific green sea turtle checking us out |

| Adiós, tortuga...we motor away into the calm of night |

| This is truly a "Pacific" Ocean |
| 2 days later...Land Ho!..the first sight of the Galapagos |



