Galapagos - here we come!

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Said goodbye to our tour guide Rodrigo and our driver Washington and caught a flight from Guayaquil to San Cristobel in the Galapagos. I was expecting a tiny plane but we were on a Boeing 737 and Aerogal was a very nice airline to fly with, we even had a sandwich and a drink! It took us only an hour and a half to travel the 600 miles from the Ecuadorian mainland to the islands. Once we arrived we paid the $100 entry fee and showed our $10 visas and met up with our new guide Rafael or Rafa to his friends and headed off to meet up with the Monserat, our home for the next 7 nights. The cabins were much larger than I expected - twin beds rather than bunkbeds with its own bathroom. The only problem was that they thought we were Mr and Mrs Scraggs and had allocated us a room with a double bed. As the boat wasn't full we were able to change to a twin room which meant being next to the engine and in the bottom of the boat. Great!

We enjoyed a short hike on the beach and it was amazing to be so close to marine iguanas, crabs and sea lions.We also saw some Darwin finces, a yellow warbler and some pelicans. An early night as we are due to sail rfor about 4-5 hours to Espanola. I dosed myself up with sea sickness tablets and my acupressure bands and prayed for a calm night ...........................

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