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Friday, June 26, 2009

Galapagos Day 1

Good evening folks. This post comes to you as we sit at our hotel cafe after a day long adventure exploring the Galapagos. We left Quito this morning at 9:30 and arrived to the Galapagos around noon. We were fortunate enough to see Cotopaxi from our plane.




After arriving in the Galapagos islands, we took a 10 minute bus ride, took a 10 minute ferry ride, and then finally took a 45 minute bus ride (see picture) to Santa Cruz (one of the Galapagos Islands). There we arrived at our hotel - Hotel Silberstein. The hotel is quaint yet beautiful in its own right.
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Our first adventure took us to the Charles Darwin Research Center, a short walk down the street from our hotel. There we were able to explore some unreal sights, including turtles (big and small) and of course Lonesome George - the last turtle of his species in the world. Iguanas were plentiful within the research center as well as beautiful birds.
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We came back from the research center, got cleaned up and walked a short distance to dinner. After dinner we shopped a little and then called it a night. We are off to Floreana early tommorrow to see another island the of the Galapagos. Good night for now...........

5 comments:

  1. Does Mr. Pirring have room in his luggage to bring George Back???

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  2. OK if George does not fit in the luggage we will take some of those Coronitas snacks. Loving the blog, way to go Mr.Reck!!!!How many pictures is Mr. Pirring up to now, we have a contest at our house for the final tally!!!!! Updates for Nicole: Kalsey's team won and is moving on to the semi. Your game was postponed because of weather however, they were winning and will resume Sunday. Everyone said to tell you they are jealous and to have a great time, te quieren papi y mami !!!

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  3. Bring home Lonesome George Mr. Pirring !!

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  4. Wow ! That is a great pict.from the airplane ! I wonder who snapped it ?

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  5. The photos are terrific. Thank you for providing this wonderful way to stay in touch...jej

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