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Travel Blogs from Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Galapagos Islands - Life Abundant.
On Sunday the 4th of March Kathy and I flew to the Galapagos Islands to join the good boat "Eden" to enjoy what the islands have to offer. The plan was to go cruising around the islands, to go swimming and snorkelling, to enjoy the ...
Signs of WWII
Morning dry landing on Seymour, an islet off Baltra, a geographical uplift. Swallowed-Tailed gulls, seaa lions, BF Booby, and the magnificent Great Frigate Birds, males with red balloons, and a mother feeding young, and marine iguana, were the ...
Tauchen - Hammerhaie am Gordon's Rock!
YES! Ich hab' sie gesehen - Hammerhaie, und zwar viele und große! Aber schon bei der recht rauen Fahrt zum Gordon's Rock standen die Zeichen gut: wir haben Wale gesehen - fantastisch! Konnte ja eigentlich fast nicht mehr besser werden... Aber doch! ...
Gus and Luke in Galapagos
A guest entry by Angus. As Luke and I stepped off the plane we felt as though we were entering a swimming pool. The humidity was absolutly incredible. We had landed in on an Island named San Cristobel. We really felt as though we were living the dream ...
Bienvenidos a Galapagos!!!
Today we embarked on an 8-day cruise around the Galapagos archipeligo. After the complex and mystifying experience at the Quito airport, we were ready for a vacation! ...
Galapagos Islands Overview
This is a very breif placeholder of an update. In short, the Galapagos Islands are AMAZING. Here is a brief summary of our trip. Boat: Yate Rumba Cruise dates: March 2 - 9, 2008 Itenerary: March 2 Arrival via plane at Isla Baltra ...
Galapagos!
So Galapagos Islands was everything I thought it would be, just amazing stuff everyday. Its hard to describe the wonder of the place so i'll just show you some photos. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7780&l=c786a&id=606791396 From now ...
The Galapagos Islands
6th Mar. We'd had a rough sail over night to North Seymore Island and a 5.40am Juan rang the bell to wake us up as we had our last Island walk at 6am before leaving for Baltra. On the Island we saw some more Land Iguanas, Lizards, Blue Footed Boobies and ...
Llegando a un paraiso
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Islas Galapagos, Ginny yo pasamos una semana increible en Puerto Ayora. Aqui pude mostrarle a Ginny donde vivi y trabaje en 1999 cuando hice un voluntariado de 6 meses en el departamento de la Estacion Cientifica Charles ...
Galapagos
Wow. It's been about 2 weeks since my trip around the Galapagos Islands, so this account might not be quite as good as it could have been if I'd been a little more prompt with my updates, but 'Wow' is the first word that springs to mind when I ...
Day 5 - Off to the Galapagos Islands!
... for us and waved us off. Once in Quito we went straight to the airport for our flight 600 miles of the coast of Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands. Once an the plane we could all take it easy and get some sleep before arriving in Baltra Island. After ...
The Galapgos Islands
... , a small island of little consequence other than entry point to the Islands, we took a small boat and bus to the town of Puerto Ayara (the biggest town in the Galapagos) on the island of Santa Cruz where we were to join the mighty GAP III ...
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
... ; Then at the south end, it was like desert again. A giant Galapagos tortoise was on the side of the road. Once in Puerto Ayora town, we took another boat, a water taxi, for 3 minutes to another pier leading to our hotel, the Finch Bay Resort ...
Galapagos Islands
Wow. That's pretty much the only thing to say about the islands... when you fly into the airport they seem so unimpressive... sparse vegetation, pretty small for the most part, just kind of sticking out of the infinite blue of the Pacific. ...
Galapagos - Puerto Ayora
Spent the last three days in Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galapagos. Saw gigantic turtles (the weight up to 150 kg, big enough to carry a person). I also visited the most beautiful beach in the galapagos - Turtuga bay. The sand are so soft, ...
Galápagos
... in a wooden barrel. One of the many tourists will certainly deliver it one day close to home) - Devil's Crown (fantastic snorkeling !!!!) - Puerto Ayora (a night out.... and Darwin Research Station) - Isla Santa Fé (finally some sharks) - San ...
Galapagos: "Sind die selbstgebastelt?"
Huhu! Oh je, hier ist es tatsächlich ganz schön tot... hatte aber kein Internet- nach dem ober-final-Stress in Boa Vista und einem Vortrag in portugiesisch vor lauter Brasilianern war Abschied angesagt. Ganz schön schlimm- die Leute da sind mir doch ...
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands
... , Valentina, was born on one of the Galapagos Islands (population 100) and talked about the overpopulation of the main town, Puerto Ayora. Her complaint about too many people seemed ironic because she is 7 months pregnant! The Charles ...
Trip to Galapagos from Quito
... all of South America). I need to go to Galapagos to get additional education, they worked me! We walked the streets of Puerto Ayora (main town of Galapagos and only town in Santa Cruz) upon arrival and found a great 85 foot sailboat dive boat ...
Our first sighting of Dome-Shaped Shell Tortoises
We sailed overnight to Santa Cruz Island the second largest island of the Archipelago, our first activity for the morning, was a visit to Bahia Ballena, the highlands of the island, a wet landing, medium walk through luscious greenery, when you looked ...
Too much time on my hands
... a big fish in this little pond here. No one is very poor here, even though the prices are so much higher than mainland ecuador. However, no one saves money either, they live paycheck to paycheck. There isn't a bank on the island, just a "cooperativa" and ...
Week one in the Galapagos!
Arrived in Santa Cruz Island in the city of Puerto Ayora. It's the largest city in the Galapagos with about 40000 inhabitants (I think!). Visited the Charles Darwin research centre and Tortuga bay beach. White sandy beaches and turquoise water... ...
Getting ready for Galapagos
... pre-booked boat trip with the hope of getting the best deal possible. As long as it is not high season, turning up in Puerto Ayora is the most economical way of seeing the islands and I found a last minute 7 day trip leaving the following day on ...
Volcano Sierra Negra
Once again getting an early start, we took cabs to the base of the volcano and began the horse back ride upto the calderra. My horse Rosia was a nursing mother and her little faol (??) was tagging along for the ride. The emaciated state of the horses, ...
Galapagos, dyrenes verden
Det finnes ingen plass i hele verden som Galapagos! Snodig sted, og hadde aldri trodd at det var saa spesielt og fint som det viste seg aa vaere. Kan aldri tro at det finnes andre steder i den store verden en kan ligge ved siden av sjolover paa stranden, ...
Beginning in the Galapagos
After a night staying with Rachel in her home (and sampling our first Caiparinas), Katie and I spent a week on the Coral I, cruising around the Galapagos Islands. Highlights include seeing blue-footed boobies diving in formation; swimming with sealions; ...
day 81: departure day
We`ll return to the Santa Cruz Island today. The boat will leave around 3pm, which leaves me plenty of time to go for a stroll and explore the surroundings. I started walking. Along the roads, along the beach, along a dirt road, along a foot path into ...
Allemanes beach, football fever and a boogie
Arise more sedately but still in time for breakfast. Hit Allemanes beach, which is a much shorter and cheaper water-taxi ride away at only $1 per person. It's not as amazingly breathtaking as Tortuga, the sand is more grainy and the seabed sharper ...
Day 91 - Santa Cruz - Welcome Triathletes
... green. As we subsequently found out, the centre of this island sits almost in permanent cloud and receives a good helping of rain, Puerto Ayora itself is normally just outside of this cloud and gets a good deal of sunshine. As we arrived in Puerto Ayora, ...