Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos March 12th 2010 Farewell to Quito - finally on our way to the Galapagas. After some confusion at the airport as to what gate number, and the destination, we made our way across the yellow marked path to the aircraft. An hour into the flight it was evident given we were flying over water that we were not making the scheduled stop over at Guayaquil. So we were either heading directly to the islands or on our way to ... read more
South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » Santa Cruz Island The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more
Jim and Naomi's big trip to the Galapagos Islands (via New York city).
The plan is we fly to New York, spend a day in the Big Apple, then we fly to Quito, Ecuador. We have two nights there (our only chance to see Quito up ion the Andes), then fly Thursday to Baltra, Galapagos. Two weeks there, including a 4-night boat cruise to some of the islands, the rest of the time island hopping under our own steam. Hope to sepnd a few days at Floreana and Isabella.
Then we fly back to NYC via Guayaquil, Ecuador's main economic city, near the coast. A week in NYC being a tourist (and visiting Naomi'... full info