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Ecuador/Peru

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  • Trip start
    November 7, 2022
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    Full day of flights but no food

    November 8, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F

    No food on any flights from 6 am to landing in Quito. Starving by the time we checked in to the hotel and they had a really nice restaurant. Had dinner with my new Friend Janet who was also on my flights. Here's dinner. So yummy.Read more

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    Bus to Cerro Panecilla hill

    November 8, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    First stop about 20 minutes from our hotel was the Angel of Panecillo which overlooks the city and volcanos in the background. Walking tour of old town, independence square and Quito's White House. Went to La Compania but could only take pics of the outside.last stop was the Museum of Cocoa where I had an amazing choc. Ice cream cone 65% Cocoa. Back to the hotel for a group lunch . I just missed the rain at 2:30. Most every day as this is their rainy season. Walked around the local shopping marketplace with some friends and that was the end of Day 2. Couldn't fit the marketplace on pics. I only get 10 pics a day unless I want to pay. LolRead more

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    Free day in Quito

    November 9, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

    The tour group offered a tour for today but I took my daughter and daughter in laws advice and booked a private tour. Full day Ciudad Mitad Del Mundo tour from GETYOURGUIDE tours. Ernesto will pick me up at my hotel at 10:00. Pics to follow. Middle of the world between 2 hemispheres. Sorry I couldn't post the guinea pig on the spit. Ugh! I WILL BE ABOARD SHIP FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS. SO I WILL POST AFTER THAT.Read more

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    Flight to Baltra/Board Galapagos Legend

    November 10, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ 🌬 75 °F

    Fly to Quito to Baltra to board the “Galapagos Legend” . Our wake up call was at 4:00 am with luggage outside of the room b 4:15. Flight at 7:11 UIO to GPS arrival at 10:57 AM. Took Pangas (dinghy’s) to the ship and had our first lunch on board. After lunch it was back in the Pangas and we made a wet landing on Mosquera Islet. The island was mostly lava rock and we saw so many things. Sally Lightfoot Crabs, Fur Seals, baby fur seals, Pelican, Tortoise skeleton & Galapagos lizards.Read more

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    Wet landing on Santiago Island & Rabida

    November 11, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    Wet Landing (meaning you jump in off the Panga but the water was never deeper than your knees). Surface was walking on lava. We saw so many animals.. Yellow crowned herons, starfish, iguana, fur seals, Galapagos Hawks, killdeer, seals, mocking birds, land iguana’s, cormorants, snakes, stingraysGeckos/Marine Iguanas, sea lions, swallow tail gulls, frigates, brown Pelican, Sally Lightfoot crabs, American oyster catchers, lava gulls, sanderlings, Flamingo’s and so many things i have no clue what they were. We took our first glass bottom board right and saw penguins (the smallest in the world), blue footed boobies, Sargent Major fish and Moorish Idol fish. We had our first opportunity to snorkel and it was amazing. Swam with a giant sea tortoise and a seal while fish swam all around me.Read more

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    Isabella Island

    November 12, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    Yoga at 6:30 am/ 7:15 wake up/Breakfast 7:30/Wet landing on Isabella Island. Saw giant Tortoises on Alcedo Volcana and toured Tangus cove (dry landing) . Saw blue footed boobies nest and tried to do some snorkeling but the waves were HUGE and even with flippers and a wet suit i couldn’t even BACK in the water. I tried for about 15 minutes and after the 4th time being flipped back into shore head or heels and scraping up my knees I decided the water looked pretty good so from the surface. Lol Lunch was an Ecuadorian Feast and delicious. Coming back on board from trying to snorkel i was “given the honor” of being a pirate for the “Darwin night Party” so rehearsal was at 2:00. (In other words they couldn’t find any other suckers.) 2:30 i went to a Ceviche cooking class. It was fun and delicious. Went back out on the boat for a tour of Tangus cove and dinner was a bbq on board at 7:30. Darwin Party was at 9:00. A fun time was had by all.
    Saw lots of iguanas and giant tortoises at the Panga outing and later at the glass boat we saw Penguins, Sea tortoise, Pelican, flightless commerates and iguanas.    Read more

  • JonibonezEcuador/PeruTraveler

    Espinosa Point

    November 13, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F

    Dry landing on Espinosa point formed by lava flows. Dinghy ride to Vicente Roca Point and Bolivar Channel for snorkeling. Wake up 6:45/ Breakfast 7:00/8:00 Panga’s to Espinosa Point. hiked the island for the normal 2 hour hike and saw lots of sea lions and turtles and dolphins. So at 4:30 we took a Panga ride where we saw a whale. So exciting! We watched while it breached several times pretty close to our dinghy. Just amazing!

    So at this point in our trip we had bone from Baltra to Mosquera Islet to Eva’s Port to Rabida to Rabida Bay, to Tangus Cove to Espinoza Point to Vicentes Roca and up over the Equator! Traveled 319 Nautical Miles and 23 hours and 45 minutes. Tonight we would would cross over the Equator and celebrate with a drink on the pool deck at 9:00 (when we would cross). 7:30 dinner. And award winner of the best photo would be announced. You could enter 2 and mine were chosen to be in the power point but not a winner. There were some amazing pics!    Read more

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    Back on dry land and SO much to catch up

    November 14, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

    Disembark the Galapagos Legend and explore Santa Cruz Island and Visit a Giant tortoise nature reserve. 5:45 wake up/6:00 eat/7:00 tour dry landing to Santa Cruz. Bus to the HIghlands and visit ElChato Ranch & lava Tunnels. Then take a bus/ferry & a bus to the airport to fly from Baltra to Quito. Arrived by bus at 8ish pm to Hacienda Pinsaqui in Otalvo where we were greeted by 5 musicians playing a jaunty tune for us as we walked up the cobblestone path and into the Hacienda for our late dinner. This place was amazing!Read more

  • JonibonezEcuador/PeruTraveler

    Otalvo Markets/Quitsato Sundial/Musicman

    November 15, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    Visit Otavalo Market then stop to visit the Quitsato Sundial and view a demo of Equatorial Effects. Visit Leather Market and a Musical Instrument Maker & demo. Tried Gunea Pig which is a delicacy in Ecuador for Christmas & special occasions. Stayed at the Wyndham Quito Airport hotel and flew to Lima the 16th.Read more

  • JonibonezEcuador/PeruTraveler

    Overnight at the Wyndham Quito

    November 16, 2022 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    So last night we stayed at the Wyndham airport in Quito and we can check out at 2pm for our flight to Lima tonight around 8:15. They will hold our luggage at the desk between 2 and 4:45 when we take a shuttle to the airport.Read more

  • Trip end
    November 22, 2022
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