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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 me questions.  My main message is this:  GO!  I know it is expensive, but if you can, organize your trip when you reach Quito.  You will save money.  I talked to one gal on...

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 Baltra and North Seymour. I saw a sand bank between it. the water was parts of turquoise and blue. It was a clear day in paradise.   As soon as we exited off the plane, a wall of humi...

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 Birds and the Waved Albatross all nest on the islands in significant numbers. The Galapagos has the world’s largest colony of Red Footed Boobies and 30% of the world’s Blue Footed Boobies. Oth...

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 around the different islands and snorkelling in the waters.  The wildlife was fantastic in it´s variety and the fact that (due to the lack of natural predators) most are quite curious an...

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!

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 two day trips out of the city. Our first was to the Equator monument and museum. The monument was, well, a monument. A big red line painted on the ground. Ironic because I often make a huge point to m...

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

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

Quirky, unusual, incorrect or interesting signs from around the world

Roundtrip to Ecuador!

in progress...

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 numbers of tourists allowed at any of the islands at a time and by using smaller boats to cruise between the islands instead of big cruise ships. A Galapagos cruise is like no other. Don't expect...

In the Galapagos Islands there are many kind of cruises that offer a wide range of services from a relaxing cruise tour around the Galapagos Islands up to a spectacular Galapagos Scuba Diving Cruise through the Galapagos Islands. In the Galapagos Islands there are five galapagos islands cruises that have called my attention, which are Mistral, Parranda, Lammer Law, Alta and Evolution. These five vessels have made the experience of their passenger very pleasant. Above I have gather five rev...

I am now on the boat ‘Friendship’ at the Galapagos Islands with 16 other young people from all over the world. (Switzerland, France, Hungary, Israel, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands and USA) It is a fun group and I am looking forward to the remaining 7 days.  I spent a night sleeping on top deck above board as quarters are very close below deck and the air conditioning, mixed with diesel exhaust, next to the generator rooms, will kill me with my cou...