to love and wander

It’s been a long road…

Accommodation: Constance Ephelia …getting from there to here 🎶 Apologies, I’ve spent the past year of lockdown going through old Star Trek series and I’m almost finished with Enterprise and the theme is too darn catchy. To say that the last year or so has been stressful, would be the understatement of the century, as…

Galapagos Epilogue

The trip to the Galapagos was one of the most fulfilling and engrossing experiences that Lauren and I have ever had. Not only did we get to experience a vast array of animals and their habitats, but during the week we were on the Samba, we had the great fortune of having a dedicated and passionate crew…

Day 7 & 8: James Bay, Rabida and North Seymour

Accommodation: Samba Day 7 On the eve of our last day on the Samba, we were able to take it relatively easy and were on our way to James Bay, on the island of Santiago. After an 8:30a zodiac ride to the bay, we were welcomed by a display of native flora and lava flows. Our…

Day 6: Santiago, Chinese Hat and Bartolome

Accommodations: Samba Our sixth day in the Galapagos was one of heightened anticipation and excitement. When traveling here, you become almost intimately familiar with the native animals and every day is one of adventure as you never fully know what you’ll see next…more to come on that. The island of Santiago is home to a…

Day 5: Santa Fe: Land Iguanas and Prickly Pear Cactus

Accommodation: Samba Our fifth day began a little later than usual. Instead of our ‘normal’ 6:00am breakfast bell wakeup call, we began the day at a respectable 9am as the activities planned were a little on the lighter side. Today we disembarked the Samba for the island of Santa Fe, an extinct volcano with extraordinary inhabitants….

Day 4: San Cristobal Island and Kicker Rock

Accommodation: Samba Our morning in San Cristobal Island began with an early navigation to the North west side of the island to a tuff cone formation known as Kicker Rock. This rock formation emerges from the ocean seemingly out of nowhere but once you come across it, it easily takes your breath away. At over…

Day 3: Marine Iguanas, Nazca Boobies and the Waved Albatross

Accommodation: Samba The early morning of our third day in the archipelago directed us eastward to the island of Espanola, the oldest Galapagos Island. Here, we had our first intrusive encounter with a sea lion colony. The sea lions found in the Galapagos never cease in their hilarity, It is absolutely incredible that such large…

Day 2: Flamingos and Post Office Bay

Accommodation: Samba Our first night onboard our 20 person ship was one of legend…meaning we ended up flailing around every inch of our room. We spent that night navigating south from the island of Santa Cruz to that of Floreana and the seas were rough enough to make one with the strongest of stomachs whimper….

Day 1: GIANT Tortaises

Accommodation: Mansion del Angel; Samba Our first day on the islands came after our early morning flight from Quito through Guayaquil and finally onto the small island of Baltra. Baltra is uninhabited and is located in the middle of the archipelago and was originally developed to serve as a US military base during WWII. As…

When The Countdown Hits Zero…

So what do you get when you take a new job, building and home and planning a vacation? No posts since the last trip! *cue soft laughter* As most of you know, we’ve began a journey that was over a year and a half in the making…with its inception occurring the minute we got home…