I’m in the middle of a seven-hour layover in Miami, so here are some more tidbits for you. At the end of each week the guides host a trivia contest with five categories: Fauna, Flora, Marine Animals, Geology and General.  Twenty questions in total; three multiple choice options.  The answers are timed, so no internet … Continue reading Flight Tidbits

I'm in the hotel in Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's port city. My schedule was always to return home from here, whereas many passengers coming here is a change to avoid Quito due to some political demonstrations. Viva democracy. I fly to Miami at 1:30 in the morning, and leave the hotel at 10:30 to drive … Continue reading In Transit Tidbits

Now for something completely different. We returned to Santa Cruz’s Puerto Ayora.  Last week I visited a coffee plantation that hosted Giant Tortoises.  Seems the tour this week was to the same place, so the Head Guide approached me with a different option.  Rather that return to the plantation I can be taken on a … Continue reading Geology

Not far from Post Office Bay on Floreana Island is Cormorant Point.  Ironically, it is not named for the Flightless Cormorant bird, but for a ship of the same name that visited the area. We started the visit with a wet landing on some annoyingly soft sand.  It had an interested green tint due to … Continue reading Punta Cormorant

During the night we went around the western most part of Isabella Island on our way to Floreana Island.  It was noticeably bumpier.  Now, I know the professional ocean-going CruiseBoysians will scoff while reading that, but just a minute… Edited Map of the Galapagos (from Wikipedia) Above is an edited version of the excellent map … Continue reading Post Office Bay