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OK so if I´d stopped and thought about it for more than 5 seconds I would have realised I was way off track... but I had this fantasy that I would be sailing the Galapagos on this gorgeous 40ft sailboat, visiting some islands to see the animals, snorkelling in crystal clear, tropical waters and relaxing up on deck at all other times...

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We had a lazy morning once more, I prepared breakfast and we decided to go to one of the other local spots Las Grietas. We got there by water taxi for $0.50cents, Jody and Niamh half price. The water taxi took us about 200metres and dumped us at a pathway. We then followed a pathway that passed, what I can only describe as, an up market area of ...

Today we decided we would not do any tours but we had struck up a good relationship with the nearby tour operator. We opted for seeing what tours we could do and compared prices with a few operators. All the operators had similar prices although it was sometimes possible to knock off $5 here or there. Also, we were able to bargain for some tours...

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 settled onto this island, only a few cacti and some weed have barely settled here, But in time, ...

Late morning on the 5th, I took a water taxi along with Laura and others to the shore to spend the day in town. Laura and I walked to Tortuga Bay, which is about an hours walk to the west of Puerto Ayora. It is a lovely spot. Gorgeous white sand beaches and brilliant green and blue water. View of the open ocean. Mountains behind you. You definit...

After three days of sitting on the boat waiting for thunderstorms to subside in Isla de Cocos, we finally left with somewhat favorable wind. That lasted a day, then the wind started coming from exactly where we wanted to go: the Galapagos. So we spent all of our time at a 45-degree angle. Life at an angle pretty much stinks. All of us have cuts ...

Today is the end of my Galapagos cruise. I have spent the past 8 days sailing around the islands with 14 other people on the Royal Darwin. The Galapagos islands are named after the giant tortoises which once roamed all over the islands, but were almost wiped out by sailors after fresh meat. The islands are on the Equator about 1000km from Ecuado...

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; Albatrosses dancing; snorkeling with lots of pretty fish (couldn't tell you what they are tho...

Hello, Just back from an incredible week in the Galapagos Islands. I´m not sure how much justice I can do to this trip in this blog as it was truly amazing. Galapagos is a truly special place. I´ll start with a few details of where we went and what we did. We booked a week long trip on a boat called the Guantanamera in Quito. Day 1 Arrive in Bal...

"Ahoy there, shipmates" "Splice the mainsail" "Walk the plank you scurvy sea-dogs" "Arrrrggggghhhhhhh" I have very little idea if these are: 1. Real sea faring terms 2. Still in common usage 3. Mean anything in any way You see, we have just been on a cruise around the Galapagos for the last 7 days. It has been truly fantastic. We arrived in the ...