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DAY 7 – TINTOREROS ISLAND
Waking up the morning began like a majority of mornings have so far on my journey consisting of me putting moisturiser and aftersun on my burning arms and neck. After breakfast we headed down to the bay to do a snorkelling and hiking adventure day for...
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DAY 10 – WOW WHAT AN EXPERIENCE
Today was what I had envisaged would be one of the main reasons to come to the Galapagos Islands, to swim with Sea Lions. The day started with having breakfast at our homestay. The people we were staying with didn’t speak any English so conversation was...
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DAY 6 – SIERRA NEGRO
The day started with a visit to the Giant Tortoise breeding centre. In Galapagos there are about 5000 giant tortoises left but there is a very low chance of those born in the wild surviving. Firstly when we got to the centre we were met by our naturist...
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DAY 8 – SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
Today started with an early morning speed boat ride back to Santa Cruz Island. The speed boats were introduced in 2005 as a quick means of getting between the main islands of the Galapagos. The 32 mile journey takes approximately 2.5 hours by speed boat...
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DAY 5 – JOURNEY TO ISABELLA
Despite getting to bed at around 8:30pm and waking at 4am, our sleep had not been a good one. This was due to the blaring music coming from all of the bars and clubs that lasted until 3:30am. It would have been fine if the music being played was party...
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DAY 9 – TWO DOWN ONE TO GO
The following morning we woke early to go to the Darwin Research Station. This was the place where Darwin did most of his research when staying on the Galapagos Islands and came up with his theory of evolution by natural selection. The research station...
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DAY 3 – ALTITUDE / SICKNESS OR BOTH
So I wake up, and no my muscles aren’t aching surprisingly from my hike the day before however the sore throat I developed from the plane journey had unfortunately turned into a full blown cold, running nose, nausea etc. In fact I couldn’t work out whether...
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DAY 2 – The Qui-to South America
Upon waking up around 7am I was greeted with a pleasant surprise …. the view. The rain was gone so don’t take weather advice from the BBC or Bing that said it would rain constantly. In fact there were beautiful blue skies and it was clear. From my hotel...
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Day 1 - Strange Feelings
So I was sat at Heathrow this morning in the BA lounge where I had spent many a Monday morning however usually I am there waiting to board a flight to Edinburgh for work and given that in 2013 I had done that journey 13 times there was an inevitable feeling...
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Day 1 - The Journey
I decided to use my air miles for this trip as I had accumulated nearly 300,000 on British Airways and never had the chance to use them. This was my one in a lifetime trip and so I decided to book business class seats. Why not though if it is not costing...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
The Galapagos Islands lie west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean about a 90 minute flight from Quito and are a collection of 13 islands that were formed by volcanic eruptions hundreds of thousands of years ago. The islands are on a tectonic plate that is...
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Departing Soon
So The time has come ... work is nearly over and it now about the fun of packing and trying not to forget anything. My first post will be from Quito on Tuesday 23 September. Scott Time to Fly
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DAY 11 – RETRUN TO QUITO
In the morning we woke around 7:30am, had breakfast and headed for the Interpretation Centre on the island. This was the equivalent of a museum and explained about how the islands were formed, how they have evolved over the last 50 years and what the...
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Still Alive and Kicking
Friends Many of you have not heard from me for a few weeks now, and wanted to let you know I am well and currently enjoying my travels in Peru. I have not been able to update my blog online as much as I would have wanted to because the internet connection...
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Day 1 - Arriving in Quito
Arrival in Quito was smooth, and as soon as the airplane doors opened I felt the altitude. Quito is the most elevated capital city at 2,800m above sea level and is just 15 miles south of the equator. I know what you are thinking, isn’t La Paz the most...