Like the last few days today started with what was supposed to be a 2 hour boat ride from Isabella back to Santa Cruz. Actually for some of us that wanted to get up early we went a couple places before breakfast, a place called the wall of tears, which was where Ecuador tried to […]
This morning also began with a 2 hour boatride from Floreana to Isabella, only this time it actually did take only 2 hours and nobody got sick, although most of us took the sea sickness drugs and ate very little for breakfast, and we also had a different boat, one that was almost entirely open. […]
Day 5, Floreana
This turned out to be the most adventurous day of the trip so far, but in a bad way. In the morning we were to travel by boat from where we were on the island of Santa Cruz to go spend the day on the island of Floreana. As we were eating breakfast […]
This morning we flew over to the Galapagos Islands, they are located 600 miles west of Ecuador, and are located right on the equator. This hasn’t been the greatest of days. it started out with a huge scare in that I couldn’t find my passport as we were about to leave. Four people turned by […]
this is always easier when I have time to write this up the same day. I’m writing this at the end of day 4.
River rafting was a lot of fun. The bad part about it was it was a 3 hour drive out there through a
winding mountain pass through the Andes Mountains, then a 4 […]
Today we got to see a little of the Andes Mountains. Quito, the capital of Ecuador is set at about 9,000ft elevation in the Andees. This morning the 12 of us going mountain biking got picked up by 2 4×4 vehicles with bikes standing on the top of them. This was the first time to […]
Day one got off to a questionable start. I sat on the runway at O´hare for 3 hours waiting for the thunderstorms to pass. I finally got to LA to meet up with the group but was 3 hours later than scheduled. I was a little nervous at times but I made it in time. But […]
Tomorrow evening I start my journey to the Galápagos Islands. I have a early evening flight to Los Angelos and then have to wait for a 4:20am flight to Panama, then change planes and arrive in Ecuador elary Saturday afternoon. I will be staying 3 nights in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One full day […]