A backpacker’s nightmare & a familiar face

Every backpacker’s nightmare was upon us as our camera (black Canon EOS 400D) was stolen. Fortunately, we still posess my camera and the photos I’d taken. However, half the photos taken at the Galápogos were now lost! I sense a tear coming down my chin as I’m typing. This is exactly why backup is so important! We were just out off luck as we were just about to leave Santa Cruz island the following morning. We hadn’t brought our little laptop for the Galápogos trip as we were only bringing what was necessary for the four days at sea. Thus we would be unable to do any backups until we reached our hotel back in Quito. [...] Read more

The Galápogos Islands – day 4

Got up earlier than ever – 05.45 am after about 50 minutes sleep! We headed for North Seymour and had a dry landing at island before breakfast. After just stepping onto the island we saw the first blue-footed boobie! It didn’t seem to care that we were barely 30 cm away, watching in awe an snapping photos like there was no tomorrow. It turned out that none of them did. All over the place we could witness blue-footed boobies flying around or whistling, stumping their feet and flashing their wings as part of a dance to impress their female counterparts. A great show and we had front row seats! These birds are awesome. I’ve gotta say; I love boobies! [...] Read more

The Galápogos Islands – day 3

We went ashore at James Bay, Isla Santiago and saw lots of sea lions and we were lucky enough to witness two male lions fighting for a territory. We also spotted literally heaps of Marine Igunanas as they were lying in piles to keep warm. After walking for about 20 minutes we came to a natural bridge formation made by lava rocks and carved out by the sea [...] Read more

The Galápagos Islands – day 2

Got up at 7am – early! Had a tasty breakfast on the boat. Went to the Sombrero Chino and saw beautiful sea lions, heaps of Sally lightfoot crabs, Marine Iguanas (endemic) who sneezes a salt acidy liquid and Lava Herons in their natural habitat. The scenery was stunning! An unbelievable amazing mixture of colors from the turquise water, the black lava stone, the brown mountain, the green cactice and the red flora (don´t remember the name of this plant) dotting the ground [...] Read more

The Galápagos Islands – day 1

Got up around 5am. It was time for one of the new wonders of the world – the Galápagos Islands! We got picked up outside the hotel by a representative of the ship company and dropped of f at the Quito airport. We then had to pay 10 USD to get a Galápagos ID-card. The plane first went to Guyaquil and then continued to Baltra. We had reached Galápagos [...] Read more