- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Bismark Archipelago Pap & NG dep.
- Cook Islands dep. New Zeal.
- French Polynesia dep. France
- Galapagos Islands dep. Ecuador
- Guam dep. USA
- Hawaiian Islands dep. USA
- New Caledonia & deps France
- Northern Marianas dep. USA
- Pitcairn Island dep. New Zeal.
- Samoa, American dep. USA
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Nauru
- Micronesia
- Marshall Islands
- Karibati
- Fiji
- Easter Islands dep. Chile
GI-96 Galapagos Islands 1996 – ECUADOR
Date of travel: Oct 15 – Oct 22, 1996
ITINERARY:
On Oct 15, 1996 at 3:40 AM I drive in a rented car from Vista to LAX. There I take a Carnival Air plane to Miami. In Miami I switch to an Ecuador company Saeta plane via Guayaquil to the capital of ECUADOR, Quito, where I land at 10:30 PM. A local guide takes me to my hotel by taxi. The following morning I explore the city on my own and in the afternoon I have a sightseeing of Quito, but there is very bad and rainy weather, so I cancel it (I was here once before).
On Oct 17 I leave Quito by plane. There is a short stop in Guayaquil. Then 1.5 hour flight to San Cristobal Island, my first GALAPAGOS ISLAND. Here our group is getting to know each other. First, there is a tour around the island. Then we board the ship. We were to be on a large comfortable ship, but because we are a little group of 7, the travel office put us on a small sailboat. There are miniature cabins in it and though I was to have a cabin just for me, I am to share it with the captain. I refuse that. So the captain will sleep on the open deck. But the beds, one above the other, have very little space above them, I get claustrophobic and most of the night sleep also on the deck.
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