After landing in Guayaquil (H-why-a-keel) – a huge port in Ecuador, we took a taxi to the bus station (Jaime Roldos Aguilera Terminal Terrestre). It is a huge multi-level building merging a large shopping mall with the ticket offices and…
Category: Ecuador
Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal – Galapagos Islands
From Santa Cruz we took a day trip south to the nearby island of Floreana. We were in a group of 10 tourists plus our guide, Miguel. The boat journey to Floreana was about an hour and a half. To…
Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands
We arrived in Baltra on the Galapagos Islands after a very brief flight from Quito. The procedure at Quito airport took longer than we expected as we had to queue for a Transit Control card, which cost $20 per person,…
Quito
We arrived into a cold and rainy Ecuador on New Year’s Eve and made our way to our hostel – due to be a one night stop before moving on the the Galapagos Islands the following day. However, a cough…