Friday, 15th JanuaryToday is another special, my wonderful Mum-in-law has her birthday, hope you had a great day Mum xxxHere we are and it's already Friday, but on waking we just had no idea this was the day! There are days in our lives for good or bad reasons the date is permanently etched on our minds for ever, this was one of those days.Each night we travel sometimes quite long distances hopping from Island to Island, it can take anything around 5 hours to...

14th Jan 2016Thursday morning as the sun filters through the blinds of our large panoramic windows, at all of 6 am, we awake to a new vista, Santa Cruz Island. We are in the harbour of the main port Puerto Ayora. A very pretty, almost Caribbean looking port town. Tall palm trees and coloured houses on stilts with large verandas looking out to sea. Eventually after another hearty breakfast we board the Pangas, bedecked in our blue life jackets as always, emblazone...

13th Jan 2016Today we have arrived at Chinese Hat a small island, just of the coast of Seymour Island The sea around here is the most incredible turquoise and the thought of snorkelling later today is wonderful, I just can't wait. But first we have marine and land iguanas to see, a sea lion or 2 to watch playing just off the pure white beach. There are Lava tubes (where the lava from long past volcanos have spilled down to the sea and as the lava cools around...

12th Jan 2016Firstly can I say a very happy birthday to my son, Adam. I hope you had a great day, due to lack of Wifi, he'll read it late, but the thought was there xxxToday's Tuesday and here we are moored by another island, this time South Plaza. We travel on our Queen of the Galapagos at night between islands. Peter and I have Cabin 3 which isn't ideal when it comes to the anchor being lifted before we sail or at the end of each evening voyage. Due...

11th Jan 2016Galapagos, here we come!Quito domestic airport is a delight. One flight a day leaves for San Cristobal in the Galapagos and we are once again up early, breakfasted and with all luggage left the Hotel by 7a.m. and bused to the airport by 8. Our guide Vivi advises us once at the airport and very quickly we are through security, checked in and ready for boarding. Quick, clean, efficient. The flight stops at Guanquil after 40 minutes to refuel and within...