All good trips must come to an end and this is our final day in this magical place called the Galapagos Islands. We only have one excursion for the day to Puerto Ayora but it encompasses 4 activities. First up, a visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Fausto Llerena Giant Tortoise Breeding […]
Wow! Day 7 and time is flying by so fast. This morning’s excursion is actually some shopping time and walking through the town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno in San Cristobal Island. And although 2 levels above quaint, I wasn’t ready for civilization yet…. There were sea lions lying around “everywhere” and many boats in the […]
We opted for the Beach walk on Santa Cruz for our morning excursion. The sands are very white here vs the black sands of Santiago Island or the red sands on Ràbida Island. And it is here that many Green Sea Turtles come to lay their eggs. As the tender approached the beach, a female […]
Our morning excursion was to the other side of Santiago Island to hike on the lava flow. Quite honestly, I didn’t have high expectations of enjoying this….Boy was I wrong! First, there are many different formations within the lava flow and they have names. If I were a rock hound instead of a birder, I […]
For today’s excursions, we opted for three: morning was the Wildlife Tender Ride at Elizabeth Bay Isabela Island, and then the afternoon kayaking and Wildlife Tender Ride with short, steep walk. The morning ride took us to and around a brackish lagoon where we encountered green sea turtles, dark-billed Cuckoo, and Galapagos Penguin. We circled […]
Finally!!!! The first day for excursions, exploring and birding. 😎 First stop is Puerto Egas on Santiago Island. Each day there are different morning options as well as different afternoon options for our excursions. Tom and I opted for the 8am Long walk with optional beach snorkel. We rode a tender to the adventure: Twas […]
Travel day from Quito to Baltra, Galapagos! Our outfitter Celebrity Cruises certainly took care of all the logistics and travel challenges for the day as we took: bus, charter plane, another bus and finally to our ship, the Flora. We arrived at the ship, where our luggage had already been delivered to our estate room, […]
Friday was a LONG and thankfully relatively uneventful travel day. We got into Quito, Equador after the sun set so I had to wait until Saturday to see what it looked like. But no worries, we’re booked for a bus/walking tour of the city. Our small group (#1…of course), boarded the bus and off we […]
Now that I have 9 chickens (8 hens and a roo), going on vacay and leaving them in the run/extension areas was weighing heavy on my mind. So! I put in a request for an addition. Tom came up with a 12′ x 12′ addition. And so the work begins: 1) purchase all the items […]
Our anniversary was actually Wednesday, April 15 but we waited for the weekend to slip away and celebrate. First stop: The French Connection Winery for some tastings. The same guy that makes wine for Calais (another winery just down the road) makes the wine for this place. Calais is more Bordeaux type wines whereas FCW […]
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