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Barrio Punta Estrada S/N Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 593-5-2526297
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Today we made it the Galapagos! Very interesting terrain.....scruffy, mainly low...similar in looks to parts of Hawaii. We arrived around noon and went to see the MONSTER size land turtles...to see two large sink holes caused by under ground gases....a lava tube....and then the boat to this beautiful hotel! A very full day!
Galapagos Island, Ecuador epcnpc
I woke up very early this morning and had a chance to use their computer. Hope you all can veiw the pictures I have uploaded for the previous days. This morning we are going out on a yacht to see the large iguanas and the blue footed boobies. I will send a longer message with photos later.
Galapagos Island, Ecuador epcnpc
We left the hotel this morning about 7:30am and took the hotels private yacht to the island of Santa Fe. The ride took about 1hour and 45 minutes...the ride was rough and many felt ill. Once there we took the dingy to the island and there were many sea lions just laying around the beach. The babies were so cute! Then we hiked a bit and found the Sante Fe iguana....not afraid of us at all. Dad snorkled after lunch and the sea lions were playing around him! We also many blue footed boobies then...
Galapagos Island, Ecuador epcnpc
We have had 2 busy days! Yesterday we went on the yacht again to a small island named South Plazas. It was very warm. We had to get the sea lions off the little steps to get on the island from the Zodiac!! They grunt and groan but finally move. Then we hiked up this small island to a most spectacular view. We saw Galapagos Iguanas....Marine Iguanas....Frigates....Galapagos Doves....It was amazing. Today we left very early to Barrtolome(sp) Island. The yacht ride took 2 hours but was calmer an...
Galapagos Island, Ecuador epcnpc
Off we went today for the Galapagos Islands, a 2 hour flight from Guayaquil ($10 airport departure tax). We arrived in Baltra Island and paid the $100 cash entrance fee for the Galapagos (that's one way to keep down the number of tourists) (Plan ahead: you can't leave the airport until you pay your $100 cash and there are no ATMs at the airport). Took like 40 minutes to get bags and leave the airport after landing. Our hotel greeted us and took us by car for 5 minutes to the island's pier. Ba...
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador leifswanson
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... caught in a rip tide. A tragic incident that I did not want to repeat. Instead I wandered around and went to the smaller beach. I took my snorkelling gear with me but decided instead that I was too lazy to get all salty again... so I just chilled on the beach.
After a few days of being idle on Santa Cruz I decided to visit one of the other islands: San Cristobal. This is reached by "speedboat" in a little over two hours. The journey was an absolute farce. To begin with, the ...
... trees. We also battled with fire ants, which were everywhere, and had the best empanadas. [ The empanadas were basically fried dough, like you’d get at a baseball game, with cheese inside and sugar on top. Yum. Next we hiked to a set of craters called the gemelos (twins). We also hiked down into a lava tunnel which required us at one point to get down on our bellies to scooch through.
Santa Cruz,
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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The Cachalote I is a beautiful 30 metre-long, steel-hulled motor schooner, designed in California and rebuilt and completely refurbished in 2002.
The fully air-conditioned Cachalote I accommodates 16 passengers in her 8 cabins (7 with double lower and single upper berths, 1 with double lower) and each has an en-suite bathroom with hot/cold water showers.
Along with dining and lounge rooms, there is ample space on 3 wooden decks, with comfortable ...
... ist mehr od** we***** imm** d** gleiche...recht frueh raus,
Fruehstueck, dann ein Inselbesuch von 1-2 Stunden, danach eine Stunde
schnorcheln, Mittagessen, wahrend dem man weit**faehrt, ein **neut**
Inselbesuch von 1-2 Stunden, schnorcheln, Abendessen.
In d** Nacht
haben wir die langen Distanzen hint** uns gebracht, d.h. 6-8 Stunden
Navigation und Schlafen bei Wellengang. Ich habe sehr gut geschlafen,
all**dings musste man sich teils richtig festhalten ...
... seeing 20 or 30 of these huge creatures (of slightly differing species) they do start to look a little similar! Rearing these creatures does not come cheap however - to raise a tortoise or iguana from egg to release in the wild after 5 years costs a staggering US $5000 an animal. The centre releases hundreds each year.
For the rest of the time we left the main land and stayed on our boat touring island to island and seeing what ...
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