Galapagos Islands Travel Blogs

To get to the Baltra airport this morning, we had to take a taxi to the ferry to the bus to the airport. Because of all these connections, we left 4 hours prior to our departure time, based on the recommendation from the hotel owner. And of course we got to the airport really early. Hmmm, killing t…

After 1 1/2 hour flight from Quito, Ecuador we landed on Baltra, the Galapagos Islands. The islands are volcanic and very rare, and the wildlife quite unique. Here there are no creatures that are afraid of people. Therefore you have to mind where you are walking, so you don‛t step on an iguana or…

I am overwhelmed.  There is just too much to say about the last week on the Galápagos, or maybe I´m just getting lazy after a year of blogging.  Either way, I plan to save most of my stories for in person chats with family and friends when I return home next month, but feel free to send…

DAY 3 (BOARDING ON THE XPEDITION) YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I AM HERE! I AM FINALLY HERE! MY DREAM IS HALF WAY FULLFILLED!    It was a pleasant flight from Guayaquil to Baltra.  I slept to whole entire 2hrs flight. I woke up this in the nick time to take photos flying over…

Tuesday morning was devoted to the seabirds of the Galapagos Islands. Of the 140 bird species found on the islands, 89 are seabirds. Two terns (the Sooty and Brown noddy), two boobies (the Blue-footed and Red-footed), two frigate birds (Magnificent and Great), Storm Petrels, Red Billed Tropic B…

A week aboard a yacht in the Galapagos has to be the most amazing thing that we´ve done so far and will be without a doubt one of the highlights of our trip!  We spent an amazing 8 days on a great boat (the Friendship), cruising around the archipielago, wandering arou…

My first travel to Ecuador. It was so amazing, that i decided to go back to learn spanish...(See Blog Ecuador 2007). I was travelling with a group of 16 swiss people...and i was definitely the youngest one...hahaha. it was a great time, but won't do it again in group!

Spent five days on the Galopagos Island, Ecuador in September 2008.

This trip was the reason I started to travel. I remember writing a report on the Galapagos penguin in the fourth grade. Since then, I knew eventually I'd make it there. My friend Tracey and I started the journey in Quito for a few days. Our hotel hooked us up with a wonderful driver and we took tw…

I spent ten days on a boat in the Galapagos Islands, with a couple of days on either side in Quito, Ecuador, and surrounding area.

5 months and 5 countries... so far just a few photos with writings to come

me and sea lion

Ecuador is an amazingly diverse country with virgin rainforest, snowpeak volcanoes, beaches, typical indigenous villages and of course the unique Galapagos Islands. Mountains full with cloudforest en waterfalls. Incredible views in the Andes and of course mi lindo Quito, a great city that has captured my heart. Ecuador for me is like coming home after living there for half a year. Adoro y amo a este país

Another start to a good day. Well its my last now. Have a final breakfast this morning. Then we are off to Santa Cruz to check out the Charlies Darwin research station. We go check out all exhibits here and then off to the tortoise area.Our first stop today was the Charles Darwin Research Station o…

The Galagagos are probably best known for being the islands that inspired Darwin's The Origin of Species. Incredibly, in spite of growing tourism and the impact of human habitation, the islands have changed relatively little since Darwin's time. Tourism is managed intelligently by limiting the …