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Galapagos Islands

Day 15 Bye Bye Galapagos, Hello Quito
26 Aug 2016

Day 15 Bye Bye Galapagos, Hello Quito

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning had a fairly early start with a 6am taxi, a ferry to Baltra, a bus to the airport and a flight to Quito. Annoyingly you “have” to be at the airport 90 mins before the flight even though … Continued

Baltra, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Quito
Day 14–KoM hunting in the Galapagos
25 Aug 2016

Day 14–KoM hunting in the Galapagos

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

After sitting around on a boat for a week doing sweet FA I thought it was a good idea to go for a bit of a ride while we had the chance. We’d spotted a bike hire place whose bikes … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz
Day 13 Stroll out to Tortuga Bay
24 Aug 2016

Day 13 Stroll out to Tortuga Bay

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning we woke to rain, so rolled back over and waited for our 8am breakfast to be delivered. After a few hours the sun came out so we decided to go for a stroll to Tortuga Bay. After a … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz
Day 12 North Seymour and Back to Santa Cruz
23 Aug 2016

Day 12 North Seymour and Back to Santa Cruz

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

  Up for 6am start today for our last trip of the cruise to North Seymour. Here we’re on the hunt for Blue Footed Boobies, which we found a few nice specimens that sat fairly still while we took photos … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, North Seymour, Santa Cruz
Day 11 Santiago and Bartolome Islands
22 Aug 2016

Day 11 Santiago and Bartolome Islands

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning starts with a zodiac cruise of the shore of Santiago island. We’re in search of Blue Footed Boobies but alas none to be found. There are however, quite a few nesting pelicans. There’s a juvenile hawk that for … Continued

Bartolome, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Santiago
Day 10 Fernandina and Crossing the Equator
21 Aug 2016

Day 10 Fernandina and Crossing the Equator

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning we visit a new island – Fernandina. The zodiac driver is quite skilled at navigating us through the shallow rock to land on the concrete platform. Here lives the largest population of marine iguanas. The rocks are literally … Continued

Ecuador, Fernandina, Galapagos Islands
Day 9 West Isabella
20 Aug 2016

Day 9 West Isabella

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning I’m sleeping with the help of some cold and flu one of the other passengers had. The real stuff is so effective and so annoying that it’s almost impossible to get at home. John goes out on the … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Isabela
Day 8 Isabella Island
19 Aug 2016

Day 8 Isabella Island

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Today I’m feeling worse so I pretty much sleep the entire day. John goes to the island in the morning to visit yet another breeding center. This one has lots and lots of babies. It’s almost surprising there’s any of … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Isabella
Day 7 Santa Cruz Island
18 Aug 2016

Day 7 Santa Cruz Island

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Today we’re on the most populated of the islands – Santa Cruz. We spend the morning at the Charles Darwin Foundation and breeding center. There’s some massive guys here but the pens and the light aren’t so great. We wander … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz
Day 6 Santa Fe and South Plaza Island
17 Aug 2016

Day 6 Santa Fe and South Plaza Island

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Today I’ve woken up with a head cold. I think weeks of battling people at work and on the bus coughing on me, long travel and probably the cold snorkel tipped me over the edge. Still not terrible, I load … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Sante Fe, South Plaza
Day 5 All aboard the Galaven
16 Aug 2016

Day 5 All aboard the Galaven

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Today we head out on our 8 day boat trip around the islands. We get a nice sleepin and wander into town. Have one last meal at our regular food place and look for a long sleeve shirt for John. … Continued

Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal
Day 4–Reverse 360 around The Island
15 Aug 2016

Day 4–Reverse 360 around The Island

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Today we set sail early to do the 360 tour of San Cristobal. I was keen to check out Kicker Rock as it’s supposed to have heaps of sharks at snorkel depth. We motor on for awhile, pretty much the … Continued

Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal
Day 3–Turtle ride to Puerto Chino
14 Aug 2016

Day 3–Turtle ride to Puerto Chino

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

This morning we  woke to rain. That annoying type of rain that isn’t pouring but enough to be annoying, especially when we were supposed to be going riding. We headed over the bike shop, had a chat and decided we … Continued

Galapagos Islands, Puerto Chino
Day 2–Arrived in San Cristobal
13 Aug 2016

Day 2–Arrived in San Cristobal

by Bronwen Zande | posted in: Travel | 0

Flight 4 of 11. After yesterdays’ mega journey, today’s plane ride of 2 hours seemed short. Last night we stayed at Air Suites which is really close to the airport. It was a bit of an odd experience in that … Continued

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