Today was a travel day- Isabela Island back to Santa Cruz Island and then on to San Cristobal Island. There are no ferries between Isabela and San Cristobal. We were up at 4:00am. We checked out of the Cerro Azul Hostel. We were happy with our accomodations there. What it lacked in decor, it more than made up for with its cleanliness, price, helpful staff, convenient location, handy clothes line, …
Early mornings and early nights are a thing for us in the Galápagos. Today we left Santa Cruz for the island of Isabela on the 2:30pm ferry boat. After packing up we went to the early morning fish market. Restaurants were purchasing their fish for tonight’s offerings. The humans were outnumbered by local wildlife. Marine iguanas chilled on the dock while pelicans were all over the place, eyes scanning for opportunity. …
I was awake at 5:00am. After all the animals we saw last night, I was wanting an early start. Surprisingly, John was not as interested at getting up so early, so I went down to the lobby and caught some WIFI until 7:00. By 8:00am we were at the start of the path to Tortuga Bay. We walked a half hour on a beautiful pathway. Many finches and birds …
We left our hostel at 5:30am for our 9:30am flight to Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos. It took about 40 minutes to reach the airport. We were told to go early because lineups for extra luggage checks to Galápagos are long due to them checking for banned food, plant and animal products to this protected area. We flew through the lineup and when we went to our airline booth they asked if …