Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

... him, "The Darth Vader Tortoise".  See video of him here.   We then transferred to Puerto Ayora and checked onto our boat, the Galápagos Voyager.   Once we saw the boat, we felt really good about spending the extra money to go on a ...

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Today was our last day on the Galápagos Islands, very sad!  We left the Galápagos Voyager at 7am, and transferred to the airport on Baltra Island with just a quick stop at the Twin Craters on Santa Cruz Island.  Here it was time to say goodbye to ...

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Darwin's crucible! The Galapagos Islands. The internet, like most things here, is expensive, hence only a short entry for now. When I return to Ecuador mainland I will share my fishy tails with yee olde friends. I have managed to secure a last ...

Today was all about the giant tortoises.  In the morning we visited the Charles Darwin Centre, which is the giant tortoise sanctuary.  They are MASSIVE!  We saw lonesome george (which is good, since i thought he was dead) he is the last ...