Rest of Galaps, Quito & Lima
10:16 PM
Howdy again
Well, my time in the Galapagos has come to an end. When I last updated, it was lunch on day 3 on Isabella. We finished the day with a trip out to Giant Turtle breeding centre, then to the Wall of Tears and a long walk along the beach back to town.
We left early the next morning for Santa Cruz, our final destination in the Galapagos. After a just over two hour boat ride, we arrived and checked into our hotel. We wasted no time heading for the highlands where we visited a park where giant turtles roam around in the wild and then made a trip through a giant underground lava tunnel. At one stage, the floor was a mere two feet from the floor so we had to commando crawl through. That afternoon we headed for the beach, which entailed a 45min walk would you believe. Here I was thinking I was on an island!
The next day, we visited the Charles Darwin Research centre and checked out more wildlife. We then got a chance to do a spot of shopping before getting back on board the boat to head back to San Cristobel. We organised to have one final swim with the sea lions on the way back which was even better than before. I had about 5 of them at one stage swimming next to me underwater which was sensational and one got so close to me at one stage that it actually nibbled on the end of my snorkel while i was still wearing it!
And with that, ends my time in the Galaps. We did some last minute shopping the next morning before flying back to Quito. We enjoyed a final meal overlooking Quito as a group before parting ways. Today I flew to Lima to start the next leg of this tour which is the Inca trail. We arrived about lunch time and had a brief look around the local area of Miraflores, where our hotel is before meeting our tour group leader and heading to the old town to have a look around and sample a Pisco Sour. We have an early morning departure tomorrow for Cusco, a day there, then a day in the Sacred Valley, then its four days of non-stop hiking. Yay.
Pics are going up on my photobucket site as I type this. Depending on how I go, I´ll try and organise them a bit but connection is limited.http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e
Cheers
Dave
Well, my time in the Galapagos has come to an end. When I last updated, it was lunch on day 3 on Isabella. We finished the day with a trip out to Giant Turtle breeding centre, then to the Wall of Tears and a long walk along the beach back to town.
We left early the next morning for Santa Cruz, our final destination in the Galapagos. After a just over two hour boat ride, we arrived and checked into our hotel. We wasted no time heading for the highlands where we visited a park where giant turtles roam around in the wild and then made a trip through a giant underground lava tunnel. At one stage, the floor was a mere two feet from the floor so we had to commando crawl through. That afternoon we headed for the beach, which entailed a 45min walk would you believe. Here I was thinking I was on an island!
The next day, we visited the Charles Darwin Research centre and checked out more wildlife. We then got a chance to do a spot of shopping before getting back on board the boat to head back to San Cristobel. We organised to have one final swim with the sea lions on the way back which was even better than before. I had about 5 of them at one stage swimming next to me underwater which was sensational and one got so close to me at one stage that it actually nibbled on the end of my snorkel while i was still wearing it!
And with that, ends my time in the Galaps. We did some last minute shopping the next morning before flying back to Quito. We enjoyed a final meal overlooking Quito as a group before parting ways. Today I flew to Lima to start the next leg of this tour which is the Inca trail. We arrived about lunch time and had a brief look around the local area of Miraflores, where our hotel is before meeting our tour group leader and heading to the old town to have a look around and sample a Pisco Sour. We have an early morning departure tomorrow for Cusco, a day there, then a day in the Sacred Valley, then its four days of non-stop hiking. Yay.
Pics are going up on my photobucket site as I type this. Depending on how I go, I´ll try and organise them a bit but connection is limited.http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e
Cheers
Dave
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