Santa Cruz, Ecuador
Up early leaving for the airport at 7.20am. Easy drive to the airport and fairly seamless check in. We pay USD $20 at this point to get a permit to visit the islands.
Flight is about 90 minutes and the time difference is 1 hour back so winning all round.
Lots of checks to go through to get into this area. And we pay another USD$100 to enter supposedly going towards the conservation and protection of the habitat. Once we have passed all the screenings we meet ou...