On the 22nd of October we caught a plane at the crack of dawn from Quito to Baltra Island, Galapagos. Upon coming in for landing just before touch down our plane got caught in a cross wind and our pilot made the executive decision to pull up and make another pass. A little nerve racking considering the runway ends by going off a cliff into the Pacific.
Anyways, we arrived in the Galapgos and quickly met our group for the boat cruise. As soon as we arrived in the bay in Baltra we knew we had spotted the "Nuevo Flamingo". As other have said "if this was the New Flamingo I hate to think what happened to the old one!" All joking aside our boat was something similar to the Gilligans Island boat...maximum sailing speed of 8 knots and barely room for all. 10 passengers aboard including Bryan and I, an American girl, two German boys, two German and one Dutch girl and the Irishman thrown in for comic relief.
We set sail almost immediately for an island full of Boobies (yes, the blue footed kind), Frigate birds and Iguanas.
From the beginning of our boat cruise till the end we truly had a blast. We saw amazing animals including suntanning with sea lions, snorkeling with rays and turtles to being shit on by Frigate birds being that close to everything and them not fearing people at all was an amazing experience. We had a great group of people on the boat. The German boys drank all the beer, Bryan (and almost everyone else) got seasick and having our own personal Irish Mr. Bean it was great fun to spend five days with such a wonderful group of people.
I think that we both agree that diving in the Galapagos has been and will continue to be a highlight of our trip. The first day we saw reef sharks, Galapagos shark, sea lions and loads of fish. We also got stuck in a washing machine current which spat us very quickly 1000m away from our intented end point. The second day of diving was Gordons Rocks. A site well known for the probability of seeing Hammerhead sharks which we did...lots. It was a truly spectacular day. The third day of diving we must have seen at least 20 Manta rays which are absolutely huge! They are so spectacualr to watch swim under the water. Bryan and I were doing a compression stop about 5m from the surface when one came within 10feet of us. So cool!
The Galapgos is truly a place of wonder and highly recommended as a place to visit!
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