So, you’ve just graduated University, quit your job, have an inordinate amount of holidays, or just very itchy feet. Whatever the case, you’re ready to travel, for a while. This is definitely not a guide for every type of traveler,…


So, you’ve just graduated University, quit your job, have an inordinate amount of holidays, or just very itchy feet. Whatever the case, you’re ready to travel, for a while. This is definitely not a guide for every type of traveler,…

Isabela Island was my favourite of the three. While the biggest islands in the Galapagos, it was also the least busy, without an aiport, and generally left off the schedule of all the cruises. It didn’t hurt that the beaches…

Arriving at the Santa Cruz airport (Baltra) from Guayaquil, the first thing I had to go was go through a lot of security and customs. I had to pay (in American dollars) an entrance fee, a fee for the national…

For many of us the Galapagos Islands have always been a destination beyond our reach, a place that would only exist in the glossy pages of our parent’s National Geographics collecting dust on the bookshelf. This perception stayed strong for…