Just arrived in Santa Cruz and depart tomorrow for Quito then Costa Rica on Tuesday. The Galapagos Islands have been everything and more than I ever dreamed of or anticipated. Isabela was very special and I did fear that taking another eight days to see the rest of the islands might be an anticlimax. Nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last eight days I have travelled to most of the inhabited islands here. I have seen sealions and seals and their ba...

Well, here I am at the end of a month on Isabela , the largest of the islands in the Galapagos. Having said that it consists of one very small town where I am staying and a village up in the hills. A total population of 2000, all of whom seem to know each other or be related. The people here are so kind and friendly. Nothing is too much troube for them. You need Coke in a bar and they have run out. No problem, they take a Sprite or Fanta or whatever off their she...

Before everyone emails and tells me I´ve got it wrong. The picture is of the Easter islansds and not Galapagos. Can´t find a picture of the Galapagos, don´t know why and this site won´t let me continue unless I put a picture in so there you have it. I am presently on Santa Cruz, and sail to Isle Isabella this afternoon to look after giant tortoises at the Charles Darwin station there. Don´t know what I will be doing but will soon find out. Went to the Char...