Visiting Galapogos is a unique experience only enjoyed by a few. Tourism has grown steadily since 1970. Even so, only 160,000 visitors came to the islands in 2007. The best way to see the islands is aboard one of the few boats that offer guided tours. Our boat, Sagitta, was skippered by Lenin Cruz and our guide was Valentina, his sister. Both were born on the islands but Valentina went to Cuba to gain her degree in Biology before returning as a guide. Life aboard Sagitta was very comfortable and the boat made a great platform from which to visit the volcanic islands that make up the archepelago. I can only imagine how Darwin must have felt when he visited the islands in 1834 during a round-the-world trip aboard the Beagle collecting data from which he
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