OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Woke up early this morning with mixed feelings. Happy, because it was our 29th Wedding Anniversary and what a fantastic place to be spending it in, and sad because we would have to disembark the Xpedition at 11.00am for the return flight to Quito, and we didn’t want our incredible Galápagos voyage…
Tag: Galapagos
Tree Planting and Tortoises
Today would turn out to be a very full, different and interesting day spent on Santa Cruz island. We were up and ready and breakfasted in time for our usual departure at 8.00am; in fact, ours was the first inflatable to depart for the island. Today we were going to see that most famous and…
Santa Cruz & North Seymour Islands
We were up this morning at 7.00am once again, feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We looked forward, with eager anticipation, to what today would bring. 😊 At 7.45 we gathered at the after decks, replete with water shoes, sturdy trainers and socks, sunhats, snorkelling gear and lightweight clothing worn over our swimsuits. Then…
Santiago & Bartolome Islands
Woke up at 7.00 this morning, but a huge wave of tiredness came over me and I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. I don’t know whether it’s the early morning, late nights, exercise, fresh air, free cocktails or a combination of all of them, but I was just completely drained. Therefore I missed the…
Isabela Island
Everybody was dancin’ with the CaptainAnd we all had fun all night longAnd the ship sailed on. Paul Nicholas We had a lie-in this morning until 8.00am, as we were not due to participate in any activities until 10 o’clock, when we were going on a scenic tour of the inlet by Zodiac. The day…
Santiago & Rabida Islands
What a truly wonderful day it turned out to be today! We got up at 7.00am and enjoyed a good breakfast in the Darwin Restaurant, before making our way to the stern of the ship to collect our lifejackets for the Zodiac ride ashore. We also wore water-shoes as it was a “wet landing”, and…
Glorious Galápagos
Carry me on the wavesTo the lands I’ve never beenCarry me on the wavesTo the lands I’ve never seen. ‘Orinoco Flow’ – Enya We got up at 06.45 this morning, filled with a suppressed excitement in anticipation of the day to come. After a good breakfast once again, we assembled in the hotel foyer at…