September 28, 2007
Day 730
The last part of Santa Cruz I wanted to see was the highlands. I found out from an Israeli at the camping place on Isabela that there was an efficient system of colectivos on the island despite all of the tourist pamphlets that said that it was necessary to… Read More »
September 27, 2007
Day 729
I took a boat back to Santa Cruz Island this morning. Isabela was a great experience that was very different from the other islands. It's younger than the eastern islands, and therefore more volcanically active. It has five of the remaining twelve species of giant tortoise, and lots of… Read More »
September 26, 2007
Day 728
Just like on Santa Cruz and San Cristobal, Isabela has a center dedicated to protecting the unique wildlife on the Galapagos Islands. Unlike the other islands, however, the educational center on Isabela gives visitors a first-hand look at the rehabilitation of the galapagos tortoises.
When I visited the center… Read More »
September 25, 2007
Day 727
Today I got together with some Americans at my hostel named Brian, Kim, and Ben. They've been traveling around Ecuador for a few weeks, having taken Spanish lessons and traveled through the jungle. The thing that really surprised me was that they all had jobs that allowed them to… Read More »
September 24, 2007
Day 726
Everyone from the campground went on a walk together this morning to the Sierra Negra Volcano. On the way up, the climate changed from cool and cloudy to cold and rainy to hot and sunny. It's crazy how the islands have their own micro-climates on the beaches and highlands.… Read More »
September 23, 2007
Day 725
I took a boat back to Santa Cruz Island this morning. It was a rough ride again, but nobody got sick this time. I masochistically wanted to take another boat to Isabela Island this afternoon, so I spent a few hours hanging around the docks of Puerto Ayora. This… Read More »
September 22, 2007
Day 724
This morning I went to a small farming town called El Progreso, then walked up to a viewpoint at the top of the island called La Soledad. The lookout wasn't very interesting, but on the way up, I passed an old guy who wanted to talk… Read More »
September 21, 2007
Day 723
As laid back as I thought Puerto Ayora was, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno was even more so. The capital of the Galapagos province of Ecuador was among the first places to be colonized in the mid-1800's, and to this day it remains small and more geared toward fishing than tourism.… Read More »
September 20, 2007
Day 722
Besides going on a Galapagos cruise, tourists also have the option of visiting some of the islands independently. I wasn't quite ready to fly back to the mainland yet, so I opted to check out San Cristobal Island, which is the provincial capital of the Galapagos.
The lack of… Read More »
September 19, 2007
Day 721
Daniela had to fly back to the mainland this morning. I really appreciated seeing her again, and I think her visit went quite well. We saw an unreal amount of stuff in a short amount of time.
Actually, packing so much action into just a few days left me… Read More »
