Residencial Espana Santa Cruz

... Ecuador can now qualify is to beat the in form team Chile in Santiago on Wednesday, a very, very slim chance and unlikely result. <br><br>The mood in town that evening couldn&#8217;t be more different to the one I was expecting. There were no car horns playing along the harbour front, there were no hoards of drunk celebrating fans. In fact it was the most quiet evening we had had. We just packed for our early departure tomorrow, we were leaving and we were all sad.

... mass of rock and on one side a tall rocky pinnacle. That was where we were going next for some snorkeling.<br><br>We clambered down the walkway to our launch who then took us back to the boat. Snorkelling gear was laid out ready for us. We changed and off we went to the nearby bay we had seen from the top. As we approached we could see Sea Lions on the beach. I jumped in with some other snorkelers whilst Jody, Niamh and Christie headed for the beach. It wasn't long before ...

... where we came to what looked like the end with a small opening at knee level, enough to crawl through. Christie and I didn&#8217;t venture any further but Jody and Niamh crawled through the opening and returned telling us that the tunnel was the same on the other side with lighting and going further and further. We felt we didn&#8217;t need to explore further and returned to the entrance. At the entrance we came upon some other visitors and when we got back to the bikes there ...

... a size, and the rest of usindulged in pastas of one sort or another, spending the pricely sum of $31, a real splurge. Well it was Jody and Christies birthday after all. After dinner Jody and Niamh went across to the fishermans dock and there, hanging out with the sea lions, was a blue footed boobie. It was our first real sighting up close of a blue footed boobie, and those feet really were very blue. After a few snaps it was home to bed.

... fair which was about 100 metres from our apartment. It was well attended by the local population, very few actual tourists seemed to attend. Some local specialities were on display such as some wonderfully looking cakes and local coffee. There was a local band playing a CD on the sound system, which we opted to buy.<br><br>We returned to the apartment, left Jody and Niamh watching a dvd, so Christie and I could go and look for the Saturday markets. After a short walk we found a ...

... gave us, Gabe felt not an ounce of sea sickness! Once we arrived we checked in to our hotel and then hiked to the Charles Darwin research center. There we got to see the famous Lonesome George; although his name is really a misnomer, he's not lonesome at all, they&#8217;ve given him two female companions, and when we went to see him he was busy going at it with one of them. Turns out he&#8217;s ...

... see the tortises in the wild. They looked so out of place just massive things sitting there on the grass. We also went through a lava tunnel which was bizarre made by the lava on the outside cooling and still flowing on the inside. We came back down for dinner on the boat. It sails at midnight tonight and we will wake up on a new island. I wont be able to update from the boat so next will be thursday or friday.

... 150m long, but aparently there are 15km ones. Pretty cool. <br><br><br><br>We then went back to the boat an i started on drugs. Feeling a tad better now, but did have a cold fever. So when people were wearing shorts and a t, i was in 2 jeans and 2 cardies. Im feeing better now but baking. The 4 drugs im on are making me feel pretty yuck so im going to go and sleep. <br><br><br><br>See you all!

Today we got up early, around 5, and head breakfast then went to the airport, again we found a taxi willing to take 5. He tried to charge us $10 but my aunty said  take the $5 or nothing, and he did. The flight to Galapagos was 2 hours white a stop over. Forget where. I was surprised that when we got there that it wasn't hot hot, with the sun out it was hot, but with clouds, which there pretty much always are, it is pleasant. I  was ...