Category: Ecuador
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Day 77 – 24 km hike to the Volcano (Island Isabella, Galapogos, Ecuador)
Woke up early, confusion with the clocks, walked to volcano (Negra… and Chico), ten people, walking 7 hours, 24 km round-trip distance, truck, guide spoke some Russian, jungle road, huge crater at Volcan Negra (12km in diameter making it second biggest volcano in the world) . Walking on lava, colorful rocks, surreal landscape, saw flamingoes…
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Day 76 – Island Isabella – Amazing Nature (Island Isabella, Galapogos, Ecuador)
Nice breakfast, took a boat to Tintorellas, two in a boat, saw couple of penguins, thousands of iguanas, frigates, few sea lions, sharks swimming with turtles, spitting iguanas, Vadim snorkeling with sea lions, many sea lions on fishermen boats, people selling lobsters. . We extended stay till Tuesday, lunch at the hotel, dinner in the…
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Day 75 – Galapogos – Turtles (Galapogos, Ecuador)
No breakfast at the hotel, nice meal at a nearby restaurant (pancakes), went to El Chato turtle reserve, Vadim riding the turtle (yes, the turtle had fun too), and lava tunnel squeezing through a low underpass. . Then, at Darvin station, baby turtles, saw famous Lonesome George. Bought sea sickness medicine and took a boat…
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Day 74 – Galapogos Islands (Galapogos, Ecuador)
4:30 get up, taxi to the airport, crazy speed of taxi in the tunnel (thought of Princess Dianna), breakfast at airport, complicated check in, flew to Guayaquil first then to Gapalagos, warm, request to pay 100 USD each at the airport to enter Galapogos, took bus first to the boat and then boat to Santa…
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Day 73 – Spanish Lessons and Sightseeing (Quito, Ecuador)
Drizzling rain, Vadim Spanish lessons (part 2), Gintaras in the center of town, churches, no guides, San Francisco museum, lunch downtown (sopa de mariscos). . Back to the hotel, leaving luggage, buying air ticket, to Pobre Dialblo in the evening (too tired to wait for live music – leaving back to hotel) Routes taken: none…