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Puerto Ayora Slideshow
Puerto Ayora
Travel Blogs from Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Geological wonder of Galapagos
Today we travelled to Bartolome Island. This is a much younger Volcanic island were it is only 700,000 years old as oppose to Santa Cruz island were it is 2 million years old. Due to its younger geological age, the plants and animals have not yet ...
A wonderful week in the Galapagos (cont)
Hello again, Day 5 - Santa Cruz Today we visited Santa Cruz which has the largest town in the Islands, Puerto Ayora. In the morning we visited the Charles Darwin Research Centre and learnt a little about the conservation work taking place on the ...
Last Few Days of Galapagos
... definitely the best array of marine life i have ever seen! Meanwhile, Jenna spent the day visiting the beautiful galleries that Puerto Ayora has to offer as well as a bit of souvenir shopping. That evening, we enjoyed a delicious seafood ...
Puerto Egas
The sea was very rough the day we had first arrived in the Galapagos - Clare had been sick twice, despite the seasickness pills, and I, having thought that I´d be fine as I don´t usually suffer, spent many an hour sucking a lime which our guide had ...
Bienvenido al Paraíso!!! Galapagos
Wow!!!! Bin wieder mal sprachlos! Chan das nur schwaer beschriebe, eifach ganz e spezielli Athmosphaere uf dene Insle, Natur pur! Am letschte Sunntig (13. Mai) sind d Romy und ich im Paradies glandet! Nach 1 1/2h Flug haend mir Galapagos erreicht und ...
BEGINNING THE LONG TREK HOME
On the morning of the 6th I got up early and watched the sun rise. The water taxi came at 8am to take a bunch of us to shore. A number of our party were catching flights from Baltra late morning/early afternoon. So we travelled there ...
If i was a tarantula, would you still be my mate?
Sadly it was our lasdt day on board Darwin. We´d docked in our own port of Pueto Ayora, Santa Cruz, the evenong before. It seemed very strange to be sleeping on our little boat, when our house was onloy 10 minutes away, but we didn´t want the holiday to ...
THE SHIP
Alright, I am just going to write about my time on the ship in one entry. Here goes: March 25, 2009 The water taxi ride to the Knorr was about 15 minutes long. The ship was anchored pretty far out, and the waters were choppy. ...
Galapagos Islands
... . Al met al een zeer geslaagde duik. Na het duiken kregen we een uitgebreide lunch aan boord en rond 3 uur keerde we terug in Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz. ´s Avonds kwamen we Sigrid en Maria nog tegen en zijn we samen gaan uiteten en op stap gegaan. ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful(and the sick)
... down south again for about 5 days of trekking and mountain biking and hopefully a chance to see Cuenca - beautiful old colonial town in Ecuador. Then off to go comping in the jungle for a week. That should be quality. And then onwads to Peru and beyond. ...
Galapagos
Seymour Island A long ride back from the Southern islands, I awake to Seymour. Here, I see Frigates nesting, mating ... One male is courting 2 females and ends up losing both, similar to humans. Red throat of male expands like a huge balloon. We ...
Marine Ecology is Over, Best Class so Far
Sorry about not having updated the blog for a while, I have been pretty busy these past few weeks. After our great dives at Gordon Rocks in Santa Cruz we headed back to Isabela to begin out Marine Ecology Class. This was the class I was most looking ...
Swimming with Sharks on the Galapagos Islands
... by bridge to Baltra), the main island. The island's one city and hub of the Galapagos cruise and tourism industry, is Puerto Ayora, which struck us immediately as built-up and crowded. We were taken aback by the brash commercialization along the pier, ...
ile san cristobald, Galapagos
.. premiere chose, je tiens a me plaindre.. car ici il fait trop chaud.. et le soleil et fort.. j ai vide un tube de creme en une semaine.. je grille.. et y a pas beaucoup d ombre.. vivement la pluie.. et le froid.. trop c est trop... non je plaisante.. ...
Paddling with stingrays and swimming with sharks
Another day, another island, this time it was Floreana. A green tinged mineral beach, flanked by mountains-was the sight that greeted us as we went out on deck before breakfast. Our first wildlife opportunity was also at this early hour, as small baby ...
Day 124 - Galapagos Islands (Floreana)
Each night our national park guide gives us a briefing on the next day's activities. Last night he explained that today we'd be spending the day on the island of Floreana, which is the most central of the southern islands. It looks like every day here ...
Swimming With Sea Lions
Just finished a five day boat trip in the Galapagos, and it was a safari of land and sea. Iguanas galore (both land and marine), loads of sea lions, and bountiful numbers of blue-footed boobies (cute little birds with bright blue webbed feet). None ...
Sullivan Bay and Sombrero Chino
... lecture was on the birds of his Ecuadorian home town, Salinas. He is so passionate about his work and making such a difference in Ecuador. I hope his work is well rewarded. That brought the day to an end for most of the group, but Jeff and ...
Things to do before you die.
... state of it. Flying is the only way to get to the Galapagos Islands and 90 minutes after leaving the coast of Ecuador I touched down on Baltra. I had arranged to fly out a few days before my boat trip as I wanted to spent a ...
Sharks!
Hi everyone, Well as you can see we have made it to the Galapagos Islands! We spent a couple of days in Quito, didn´t see much except the inside of an irish pub where we enjoyed seeing South Africa beat England in the Rugby! We booked a ...
Andy´s diving trip
... well I was starting to get hypothermia! We did a second dive and after had lunch on board and returned to Puerto Ayora about 3.30pm. A fantastic experience but sometimes I think snorkelling can be just as good. Bye for now Jacques ...
The Galapagos Islands
Jeannie here. We loved the Galapagos! Sean stared contentedly at marine iguanas, agitated brilliantly-red crabs, imitated the courtship dance of the blue-footed boobies, tempted frigate birds to nibble his fingers, and felt his ...
Santa Cruz
The first week of our conservation work in the Galapagos Islands, we were based on a sustainable development farm in the Santa Rosa area of Santa Cruz. The purpose of the farm is to promote self-sustainability to the Islanders, utilising local ...
Welcome on board!
... airport in Galapagos. He was American but of Colombian descent. A series of mini buses and boats took us to the port of Puerto Ayora on the island of Santa Cruz. Here Sam and I found a supermarket where Sam took the chance to buy a few ...
Walking the lava fields of Isla Isabella
... advantage of the wind and hopefully get there in less than 21 days. Here's to a wind filled, great crossing across the largest stretch of water (appart from the Southern Ocean) in the world! Adios Ecuador and Bonjour French Polynesia! Tom ...
Cruise around the Islands for Spring Break!
Spring break was finally here! Evan and I left at 6 am saturday morning for Santa Cruz to meet up with our mom's before heading out on a cruise. I met up with my mom at around 1:30 after a much needed nap. We had an ok lunch in the town and then went to ...
Spending time with honeymooners in the Galapagos
... to stay where he was in the shallows. That evening we dropped the anchor next to the main town on San Cristobal Island (Puerto Baquerizo Moreno). With great excitement a number of us headed into 'town' for a few beers but the party didn't really ...
Puerto Villamil, Isabella Island
... buckets at 5:30 AM, but by 6:30 it had dropped to a light drizzle and eventually stopped altogether. We disembarked for Puerto Villamil - a little dump of a town which is built on lava, out of cinder block and apparently a hot-bed of illegal fishing ...
From Lobos island to Santa Fe Island
Today we arrived at Lobos island, the nursery of sea lions. The sea lions would come to this island to breed their young. The strongest alpha male dominate the crowd and get the chance to mate with all the females. Their are so many sea ...
Galapagos Islands Day 2
Boarded the Spondylus at about 10am. A very large and comfortable ship that sleeps 16 passengers. I managed to secure a room by myself with a double so very happy with the accomodations and the excellent food served. The first day was spent seeing ...