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Another Planet
On April 10th, 2007 we headed off the South American continent across land's edge, and after flying 1000 kms westward off the Ecuadorian coast, over the Pacific Ocean, we spotted the famed volcanic islands known as the GALAPAGOS. Peering through the tiny portal in our airliner, we couldn't help but think that we were cruising over some extra- …
THE Galapagos Islands!!!!
Finally a blog entry about the Galapagos Islands! The last 5 days we have been too busy enjoying the beautiful Galapagos Islands that we didn't have time to write a blog about this amazing and unique place in the world.
We flew out to Baltra which is the airport for the main Island Santa Cruz on Monday morning. We had a hotel booked for …
Santa Cruz: Highland
JEAN
The highland was the last excursion from our 8 days cruise.You can see here turtoise turtles in their natural habitat.
I didn't found this excursion necesary after having visited the Darwin center and therefore would not recommend it. Turtles are not moving here and because they are not used to humans they hide when you get too …
Arrived in the Galapagos!
... 8211; lounge, dining room, library, a pool, a small gym, etc. After everyone got on the boat, we had a meeting when the expedition leader, Carlos, did the one-hour introduction of everything, followed by the mandatory safety drill. Then we had lunch around 1:30pm. Lunch consisted of a soup, which was nice, and a buffet of various sorts. The only meat dish, chicken, ran out half way. The staff seemed embarrassed while we waited for the next batch. They later brought ...
Day 8
Heute machten wir morgens vor dem Frühstück einen Ausflug
auf den Schlauchbooten zu Black Turtle Cove. Vom Ufer aus kann man den
dichten Mangrovenwald kaum durchblicken, doch das Wasser ist flach und
klar. Wir sahen große Rochen, viele kleine Haie und natürlich
Schildkröten. :-)
Danach wurden wir schon ...