Saturday 29th August – Morning We slept really well last night even if the boat cruised all night. It was not that much rough actually. The boat kept going up and down rather than left and right. I didn`t even hear the anchor at 4am. We anchored at the northern western tip of Santiago called Caleta … More Galapagos Cruise Day 5 – Morning
Friday 28th August – Afternoon We rested until 3pm. During this time, the boat moved towards the sea horse head of Isabela island. You have the choice, what would you prefer? Sleep, read a book or listen to music? Or watch the sea! I saw that crazy dolphin jumping like if he had been bitten by … More Galapagos Cruise Day 4 – Afternoon
Friday 28th August 2015 – Morning Here was the introduction to the day. And the detailed programme written by Carlos on the board. What is not written here though is that the night before he recommended to wake up at dawn because we could spot some whales. So most of us were awake at 6am. … More Galapagos Cruise Day 4 – Morning
Thursday 27th August 2015 – Afternoon After our morning snorkle, we came back to the boat and had lunch. The boat sailed away for 2 hours. We sat on the white chairs facing the ocean just under the captain`s cabin and looked at the horizon most of the time. Lots of storm petrels came to danse and … More Galapagos Cruise Day 3 – Afternoon
Thursday 27th August 2015 – Morning The sea was not too rough during the night boat ride. We heard the anchor go down at 4.03am and then fell asleep again until 6.45am alarm clock. We went for brekky at 7am. Lingered around. 8am got into the panga. Here was the programme for the day. Introduction written … More Galapagos Cruise Day 3 – Morning
Wednesday 26th August – Afternoon The nice lunch we had Jumping back into the pangas again to go to Isabela again, we can see it in the background on this picture. While on our way to Isabela, we saw this penguin swimming. We took the chiva again and got to the shopping area or “T-shirt … More Galapagos Cruise Day 2 – Afternoon
Wednesday 26th August 2015 – Morning Here is the full map of our itinerary. We had reached Puerto Villamil that morning. Here was the introduction to Day 2 in the paper Galasam agency gave us when we paid for the cruise in Guayaquil. Here was what was on the board on the boat. Here is … More Galapagos Cruise Day 2 – Morning
Tuesday 25th August 2015 – Afternoon Here was the introduction to the 8-day cruise on the San Jose boat that Galasam had given us on paper. The trip started by boarding this bus which took us to the boat. We got to the pier where we waited for the panga (small boat you see arriving … More Galapagos Cruise Day 1 – Afternoon
Tuesday 25th August 2015 With Patrick, we woke up at 5.40am and the taxi picked us up at 6am. The taxi guy was actually a bit late and we were wondering if we should call another one when he finally turned up. He drove like crazy to the Guayaquil airport, which we didn`t like too … More Galapagos Cruise Day 1 – Morning
Sunday 23rd August 2015 I went walking around Guayaquil to discover the city and also search for tours going to the Galapagos. Here is the police station at the corner of the hostal. Guayaquil looks very American, wide streets, square skyscrapers. Wide pavements like in America. Same type of lights in the streets. On one … More Guayaquil – 2 days
