Tuesday 8th September 2015 Guayaquil We got to Guayaquil airport and walked to Guayaquil bus terminal which is about 10-15 minutes walk from the airport. There Patrick bought a ticket to go to Banos the next day around noon as it is a 9-hour journey he was not too keen on jumping on a bus … More Guayaquil to Huaraz
Saturday 5th September 2015 We were at the pier at 6am to grab a ticket for the boat and went to the platform, waiting to embark for San Cristobal. First, there is a checkpoint where they control the bags to make sure nothing with seeds travels from one island to another, interesting, similar to Australia! … More Galapagos San Cristobal – 4 days
Friday 4th September 2015 In the evening, we were told that Macarron was going to Gordon`s Rock again in the morning. We were keen on going to another site so were not interested. They offered to take us to Seymour in the afternoon instead. It was actually a good idea because after all those last … More Galapagos Dives from Santa Cruz – Day 4
Tuesday 1st September 2015 So the cruise was over and we were in a bus going away from the airport where we had dropped the rest of the San Jose family and with Dave, Linda and Patrick, we were off to the boat with final destination Puerto Ayora. Here was the road. The landscape reminded … More Galapagos Dives from Santa Cruz – Days 1,2 and 3
Tuesday 1st September 2015 – Morning I could not believe that we were in September already! I had now been travelling for 2 months!!! Time flies too fast!!! We woke up earlier at 5.45 am that morning. First picture of the morning, at dawn. There was this other boat nearby, pretty boat! Getting into the … More Galapagos Cruise Day 8 – Morning
Monday 31st August 2015 – Afternoon Before to continue, let me introduce a very important item part of this cruise, the bell! When it was wake up time, or time to go for lunch or 15 min before to go on the panga, or time to go on the panga, the guide would ring the … More Galapagos Cruise Day 7 – Afternoon
Monday 31st August – Morning Introduction to the day Programme of the day (we all thought we were the 1st September too, but we all forgot there are 31 days in August!) Woke up 6.45am. So many boats around us, not used to that anymore! We could see Puerto Ayora from the boat. Brekky 7am. Panga … More Galapagos Cruise Day 7 – Morning
Sunday 30th August 2015 – Afternoon At 3pm we got into the panga with beach gears and snorkle gears. View from the panga. We were at Sombrero Chino, the southern tip of Santiago island. Those rocks we saw from the panga do look like Chinese Hats actually! The shore of this side of Santiago island. The panga … More Galapagos Cruise Day 6 – Afternoon
Sunday 30th August 2015 – Morning We slept really well from 9.30pm until 6.45am. Brekky at 7am, awesome as every day. Introduction to the day Programme of the day We got our swimming suit on us and walking stuff. We got into the panga and went to Rabida island beach at 7.45am. Here is the … More Galapagos Cruise Day 6 – Morning
Saturday 29th August 2015 – Afternoon At 2pm we got into the panga and did a wet landing at another beach called Puerto Egas. View of the beach. View of the boat from the beach. We dropped our bags and shoes and got into snorkeling gears and then we snorkeled from the beach. My great snorkeling buddy … More Galapagos Cruise Day 5 – Afternoon
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