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Comparing Animals from Different Galapagos Islands
As I've told several followers, I had the impression that the land portion of our trip was "same animals, different island". That said,...
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Jun 3, 20241 min read
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Sightseeing, Heading Back Home
From the Itinerary: A 9am pickup for a half day city tour with guide Pedro Pastor. Then off to the airport for our return flight....
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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North Seymour - the Island of Love
From the itinerary: April 11 - North Seymour Island. Afterwards, transfer to Baltra Airport for flight back to Quito. Transfer back to...
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Apr 27, 20242 min read
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Santiago Island
From the itinerary: Santiago Island: Egas Port / Espumilla Beach / Buccaneer Cove Egas Port is lava and black sand. After sunrise I saw...
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Apr 25, 20242 min read
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Fernandina
From the itinerary: Fernandina Island: Espinosa Point / Isabela Island: Vicente Roca Point Up with the sun again. The volcano was...
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Apr 20, 20242 min read
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Santa Cruz Island
From the itinerary: Santa Cruz Island: Black Turtle Cove / Bachas Beach Michelle left us this morning- we will miss her. Now we started...
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Apr 19, 20242 min read
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Swimming with Rays and Sea Lions
From the Itinerary: Rabida / Santiago Island: Sullivan Bay Today was probably the best day of the trip. We woke up to see the red sands...
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Apr 17, 20242 min read
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Santa Cruz Island: Dragon Hill/Chinese Hill Island
The title of this blog was our itinerary for today. We had lots of activities! After a soft sunrise breakfast was a fried egg and bacon....
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Apr 16, 20242 min read
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The start of itinerary 2 - giant tortoises, a cactus forest, new guests and crew
From the itinerary: Santa Cruz Island: Fausto Llerena Breeding Center / Highlands Today's sunrise Today we started the second itinerary...
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Apr 15, 20243 min read
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Floreana Island
From the itinerary: Cormorant Point and Post Office Bay We started with watching the sunrise from "our place" - we found two seats in...
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Apr 14, 20243 min read
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Getting to San Cristobal and Boarding the "Yacht"
From the Itinerary: In the morning, transfer to the airport of Quito, where you should go through the special procedures to travel to...
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Apr 2, 20243 min read
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Middle of the World
From the itinerary:Â At 9:00 am, you meet with your English speaking guide Pedro Pastor in the lobby of the hotel. Full day tour with...
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Mar 31, 20242 min read
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Then and Now
Only some readers will understand:) Pedro, our guide! The shop The Equator
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Mar 31, 20241 min read
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Getting There -29 and 30 March 2024
From the itinerary: fly on Iberia Airlines to Madrid at 3pm. Overnight at the Airport Hilton and fly on Iberia Airlines to Quito at...
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Mar 30, 20242 min read
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Going home
And all too quickly my 2023 Ecuadorian Adventure is coming to an end. Was up bright at 3:58 just before the alarm. Took a shower and...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
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Last Full Day and Canoeing By Moonlight
Last Full day We were allowed to sleep in this morning and I tried breakfast as it was our last full day. I had wonderful coffee and...
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Jan 29, 20232 min read
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No drone zone
It's January 15, 2023. There was a huge thunder storm all night. If I had been asleep, I would have awakened when there was a huge crack...
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Jan 26, 20233 min read
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Macaws, Parrots & Parakeets
We were up with the birds having a 5:45 start. I was up at 5:15 and saw the sun rise. It was fun to see several Small Bats. Today is a...
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Jan 25, 20234 min read
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