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DAY 10 (GOOD GOD I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO TANNED, CAN YOU FIND ME IN THE DARK!!!!!!!!!!!) As I got on the zodiac for the last time, it was ironic Eduardo was our zodiac driver. We started with Eduardo and it ended with Eduardo. However, Rogelio was on the boat with us instead of William in the beginning.   As I watched the xpedition get smaller and smaller. I was sad to feel I won’t see my beloved islands for a long time or ever. It was a sunny and cool day in paradise. &n...

Hello all, I had a nice morning packing everything up again.  I tell myself everytime that I travel that I will let myself stay in the same hotel for at least two or three nights in a row more often.  I am not doing very well so far on this trip.  I have stayed two nights in a row only two times, so I really need to work on it.  The tour guide was late for our 8am meetup in front of the hotel, and after finally arriving at 8:20am he was in a big hurry.  We ...

Our first glimpse of the Galapagos was arriving at Baltra Island. Baltra is really only a small satellite island to Isla Santa Cruz and where the airport is located (see my review). Everything went quite rushed, first we had to go through customs formalities etc, which took quite a lonf time. Then we caught a small van that brought us to the ferry that would shuttle us to Santa Cruz Island, our final destination for the day and where we would embark the ship that would be our home for the nex...

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