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15 July 2018
Continuing from all the early wake-ups on the cruise, we woke around 0630 for our 0800 meet-up a the dive shop. I think the other customers had been told 0815 but were a little later. Kim got fitted into his snorkel gear while I was taken to another shop for my dive gear. I had […]
14 July 2018
Today was a near write-off. We lazed indoors till lunchtime, except for a brief walk to drop-off our laundry (our first time since Brasov about four weeks ago). We still had little bouts of wobbliness from the boat. I had decided on a Kicker Rock dive for tomorrow while Kim was still hesitant on a […]
13 July 2018
Finishing up I can’t believe how much the both of us had slept. It wasn’t just the side-effect of the motion-sickness tablets as Kim, who wasn’t taking any, was sleeping off all the choppiness. We woke at 0545 to pack and had breakfast at 0700 before disembarking at 0800. Gandhy, hailed a few taxis to […]
12 July 2018
South Plazas Island The Millennium started up around 0300 bound for the South Plazas Island. It interrupted my sleep but only briefly. It was a turbulent ride for most of the way until we reached our destination around 0600 but I slept pretty well considering the engines were right under us. I guess if we […]
11 July 2018
Barcha Beach It was another early start today with a 0600 pre-breakfast walk on Barcha, a beach on Santa Cruz where American barges were left to rust. We saw what looked like the remains of a crab but Javier told us that the crab had moulted, leaving its main shell and legs behind! Further inland, […]
10 July 2018
Cruising around Galapagos isn’t a holiday. We had to wake at 0545 for a 0615 breakfast before a 0645 disembarkation for Bartolome. As we got on Bartolome, a sea lion was on the steps. It was so cute, the Israeli girl thought it would be OK to sneak past it, forgetting the 2 metre rule. […]
9 July 2018
Getting going We had to be at the travel agent at 0900 for our pickup for the cruise. We woke at 0700 and after packing and some muesli we got there by foot. We realised on the way there that the white pickup trucks around town were taxis! All this time we thought they belonged […]
8 July 2018
With a cruise booked and confirmed, there was no pressure to do anything today. Which was just as well, because the sky was grey and clouded over with drizzle. After a lazy start, we headed out to the Charles Darwin Centre. In terms of living wildlife there, we saw the giant tortoises in adult and […]
7 July 2018
Morning sightseeing We started our exploration of Galapagos by going to Tortuga Bay. There was a choice of a 45 min walk or a short boatride; we chose the latter but would walk back after. The boat ride turned out to be a mistake. We had to wait for the boat beyond the appointed departure […]
6 July 2018
Today we fly to Galapagos, specifically Baltra (aka Santa Cruz), one of the two main airports which accept flights from mainland Ecuador. Departing Quito After breakfast our ride turned up at 0945 for the ride to the airport. We arrived at 1030 for our 1347 flight. We had heard about the lengthy procedures for Galapagos […]