Tag Archives: Santa Cruz

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Day 165: Sleeping in Airport

Santa Cruz – Baltra – Guayaquil, Ecuador So a while back I mentioned about the website Sleeping in Airports in my blog entry. Today, I decided to give it a try. Reason being: 1. Guayaquil’s airport got a pretty good rating 2. Save the hassle […]

Charles Darwin's mural in Santa Cruz

Day 164: Darwin’s Galapagos

San Cristobal – Santa Cruz, Ecuador We had to go back to the main island Santa Cruz again due to the fact that we need to travel to Baltra island tomorrow to catch our flight back to the mainland. Even though we had been in […]

Mean faced turtle

Day 162: Life in Gordon’s Rock

Santa Cruz – Gordon Rocks – Santa Cruz – San Cristobal, Ecuador I was due to arrive at the dive center at 5:25 in the morning. I’m used to the early diving schedules, but this is curiously early. It’s still pitch dark outside. Only later […]

Money shot?

Day 161: To the Dead Surfer

Isabella – Santa Cruz, Ecuador Cloudy morning with drizzling rain… spent it lazily walking along the long sandy beach and making occasional turns into the dirt roads to check out where they led to. Yesterday, we saw a procession along the beach; a funeral. Today, […]

A shack by the beach

Day 159: Tanlines

Santa Cruz – Isabella, Ecuador Bright and early at 7am, Richard and I boarded the ferry that took us from Puerto Ayora in Santa Cruz island to Puerto Villamil in Isabella island. Puerto Villamil is a lot less commercialized like Puerto Ayora. Everything is more […]

Godzilla

Day 158: Coastal Grooves

Santa Cruz – Floreana – Santa Cruz, Ecuador I’m too tired to write today. Basically, I took a day trip to Floreana Island. Got loads of photos and videos to make up for the lack of storytelling:

Santa Cruz from above

Day 157: Survival of the Richest

Guayaquil – Baltra – Santa Cruz, Ecuador Armed with Michel’s Galapagos cheat sheet, we boarded the flight to Galapagos. As he had told me beforehand, foreigners need to buy Galapagos “visa” of $10. Also, upon landing there, we need to pay the park entrance fee […]