Category Archives: Travel

I looked through the list I’ve made in 2009. Brazil – Amazon rainforest and Iguazu Falls Chile – maybe the name, maybe the food, maybe the wine Ecuador – Galapagos Islands Germany – Oktoberfest Greece – ouzo India – Chand … Continue reading →

During the night, the yacht traveled around 8 hours from Santa Cruz to Española Island. Española is on the southern most edge of the Galapagos Archipelago and is also the oldest island at around 3.5 million years old. The waves … Continue reading →

I didn’t get much sleep as the yacht was rocking quite a lot. The rocking motions kept me awake but surprisingly that I didn’t feel seasick at all. I heard something fall and rolled around on the floor of our … Continue reading →

I woke up later today at 6:45am but still before the 7am wake up call. I must be getting used to sleeping on the yacht. This was my fourth day on the yacht and life seemed to have settle into … Continue reading →

I woke up at 5am but I continued to lie in bed as 5am was too early to be awake. When I found myself still awake at 6am, I concluded it was unlikely that I would fall asleep again. So … Continue reading →

I woke up at 5:45am when the yacht started moving. I continued to lie in bed and tried to sleep but sleep would not come. As the yacht was swaying quite a bit, I started to feel a bit seasick. … Continue reading →

We were flying to the Galapagos today. The pickup from the hotel was arranged by Adventure Life and scheduled for 6:05am. So we had to wake up really early. I woke up at 5:30am and by 6am we were downstairs … Continue reading →

We had breakfast at the hotel. The selection wasn’t big but it was enough for me. I don’t have a huge appetite in the mornings anyway. I tried a little bit of everything. I took some rice, pork stew, lentils, … Continue reading →

We landed at José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil after 6am. The airport was named after the first mayor of Guayaquil who was also a former president of Ecuador. There was a bit of difficulty getting through the … Continue reading →

KKH and I flew off at 00:20 in the morning. It was a 12 hours flight to Amsterdam and then another 12-13 hours to Guayaquil. It was the first time I took such a long flight to anywhere. The longest … Continue reading →