Blogs from Galápagos, Ecuador, South America - page 82

I hate tour groups. I am too cool for them. This is my justification for the smug tone in this blog. It´s my party and I will cry if I want to. There is a lot of debate about how to best experience the Galapagos. Some fly to the islands then try to catch a last minute deal to save some money, others just book it in Quito. Flying to the islands and booking one is of course is possible, but in my opinion, you should research the boat you want and just book it. Remember that the itinerary is more important than the boat. The Galapagos is expensive. Either pay the money to get what you want or don´t go. Penny pinch on the rest of your trip. How many times are you going to ... read more

Everyone has heard of the Galapagos Islands, and know its full of wild animals that are as tame as your pet dog, but we were still a bit skeptical if its really as nice as everyone makes it out to be. We are not avid bird watchers or anything like that, and hoped we wouldn't be disappointed by our trip. Mi is, mint mindenki, hallottunk mar a Galapagos-szigetekrol, es hogy itt a "vadallatok" olyanok, mint a kezesbaranyok, megis nemi szkepticizmussal vagtunk neki a turanknak. Raadasul nem vagyunk valami nagy madarrajongok es bar ugye ez megiscsak madarparadicsom, szoval csak remelhettuk, hogy nem banjuk meg?! We treated ourselves to an eight day boat trip around the islands on a sailing-motor boat called Encantada. An essential part of any good trip is having a good group people to enjoy ... read more

We flew from Quito to the island of Baltra on the Galapagos islands where a bus was waiting for us a took us a short way to a ferry accross to the main island of Santa Cruz. The islands are very windy and look quite bleak. We took another bus for an hour accross the centre of the island to the main port of Santa Cruz on the other side where we met our boat, The Pelikano. We ate a fantastic lunch on the boat and met the crew and the other guiests who have been here for three days already. In the afternoon we went to visit the Darwin research centre and the giant tortoises therein. We met lonely george who is the last remaining member of his species. He is approx 95yrs old and ... read more

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Hi all, This is just to inform you that there's an internet place even in the galapagos islands, 970 KM west of ecuador. We flew in this morning, got on our boat and... I felt really sick! But don't worry, after about an hour we left the ship again and went to see some giant turtoise on the shore, and when we got back on board I felt just fine (tfu tfu tfu). I hope I will continue to feel that way, but even if not, I have some pills against puking, I hope they would help. Apart from that, on Sunday we spent so much time in the internet uplodading the pictures that we only had time to go to one museum (the central bank museum) for one hour. we saw archeological findings from before ... read more