December 18th, Guayaquil
Weather on the Galapagos was very pleasant with temperatures between 20 at night and 25 to 28 during the day but as soon as we stepped out of our air-conditioned hotel the humid heat fell upon us. Temperatures went up …
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December 17th, Leaving Galapagos
Nothing much happened today. After breakfast a taxi brought us to the ferry terminal where we crossed the canal between Santa Cruz and Seymour island. There we took the bus to the airport, checked in and waited for our 1.5 …
December 16th, North Seymour.
The boattrip to Nort Seymour was the only one we didn’t book in advance, but since we hadn’t seen the frigate birds with bright red chest we booked a last minute tour.
December 15th, A local stroll
No booked trips means relaxing without a timeframe. We walked along the waterfront to the Laguna Las Ninfas at the edge of town. It’s a lagoon with fresh water that is fed by the ocean when the tides come in. …
December 14th, the Plazas
No time to blog after we got back yesterday. Transfering the GoPro snorkeling video to the tablet took to long. We were brought to the ferry terminal by bus and then got into a Zodiac that brought us to the …
December 13th, exploring the area
We had no specific plans for today but since there were a few things on our list that were within walking distance. Only a few 100 meters away we visited the Darwin center with an exhibition about Darwin’s work on …
December 12th, Isabela to Santa Cruz
It was time to leave Isabela and fly to the third and last island of the Galapagos, Santa Cruz. The taxi arrived right on time to get us to the airport. Our luggage was weighed and checked for bio hazards …
December 11th, biking around
No fixed time to get up today, what a luxury. After breakfast we went out to rent bikes in order to explore on our own. The first destination was the “wall of tears” build by prisoners doing hard labour. At …
December 10th, Los tuneles
This time a pickup with two benches in the back came to get us from our hotel for a boattrip to Los Tuneles. After we got our snorkeling gear and wetsuits we were dropped off at the harbour from where …
December 9th, Sierra Negra
It was raining for some time when we got up at 5:45 in the morning. At 7 a bus, or better converted lorry with benches, picked us up at the hotel and brought us to the start of a 16 …