Blogs from Galápagos, Ecuador, South America - page 100

Day 4, a new, new beginning. We were excited about day 4, this was the day we got to leave San Cristobal Island and go to the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz. Puerto Ayora is a slightly bigger town and very different than Puerto B. Moreno. It is the center of tourism on the islands and has a lot more options for day trips than San Cristobal Island. This was also the day that the Canadians and Frederique left and we got new tour-mates. Basically, it felt like a new beginning for us and we are happy to say, the rest of the trip ran quite smoothly and we managed to even have a little fun. (We know that the first Galapagos blogs were rather negative, but there truly was a lot of needless ... read more

Detta har vi varit med om idag!! den 20 juli. Seglade under natten till San Christobal. Tidig vackning for frukost kl 06:00. Sedan bar det ivag med buss tvars over on till La Galapaguera..dar jatteskoldpaddorna finns (Landskoldpaddorna). Premiar for dessa vackra stora bjassar! Filmade o fotade en hel del. Det var en upplevelse! Det var ocksa den sista upptacksfarden for resan pa Galapagos. Flog hem till Quito pa eftermiddagen efte lang vantan pa flygplatsen. Har precis borjat packa om vara vaskor infor morgondagens flyg hemat till Svea!! Vi langtar hem nu faktiskt, och vi ar mycket nojda med allt vackert som vi fatt uppleva under dessa 7 veckor pa resande fot. Reser i morgon den 21 juli kl 09:00. Mellanlandar i Bonaire (Vastindien), sedan kommer vi till Amsterdam kl 05:00 nagonting, sen plan hemat vid 09:30 ... read more

We were instructed to meet up at the pier at 5:30 am with everything we'd need for the day. Our boat was scheduled to leave the dock at 6am to start the 3+ hour drive to Espanola. Espanola is considered one of the best visitor sites in the Galapagos and we were looking forward to seeing more wildlife. We arrived at Punta Suarez at around 9:30 am. Before disembarking, we had breakfast on board the boat (jam and cheese sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, tea or coffee). This was fine since we were all hungry, but none of us could have eaten anything on the ride over without feeling sick (very rocky). Then at about 10:30 am, after the cruise boat groups departed the island and moved on to their next destinations, we got to go onto the ... read more

Yay! It´s finally here. Our cruise in the Galapagos. Or so we thought... We arrived at the airport in Quito at 7:20 am to pick up our plane tickets from the travel agent. We had arranged to meet her there when we visited the office the week before. We found her smiling at the entrance. She handed us the tickets. Then, the surprise. She pulled out an itinerary and said, "I´m sorry to have to tell you this. The boat is broken. There is no cruise." Was this just a bad dream? A joke? Nope. Neither. The Sarah Dayuma, our ship, was no more. It had almost sunk, or broken down, or make up your own reason (everyone seemed to have their own story). The point is, it wasn´t working. We were told we would be ... read more

Antligen pa catamaranen!! Vi stortrivs fran forsta stund! Segling 7 timmar norrut fran San Christobal till en liten o soder om Bartholome som heter Sombrero Chino. Det var lite tomt vid middagsbordet..due to sea sickness. (Halva ganget). Annars var allt stralande. Njut av bilderna. Kram Kram!... read more