Since there is no ATM on Isabela and no one takes credit cards, we counted how much cash we had left, subtracted out lodging and the boat ride back and realized we could only stay one more day. One of the reasons we wanted to go to Isabela was to see the volcano. The island is actually made up of six volcanoes that have merged together. We were picked up by the “tour guide” around 8 am and taken to the trail head. The rest of …

After our two day delay, we hit the ground running once we arrived. The first stop was the Charles Darwin Research Station. The main attraction here is Lonesome George. He is the end of the line for the Pinta Island Tortoises. They have tried to get him to breed with other Galapagos tortoises, but no babies yet. The station also houses young turtles from multiple islands in an effort to keep them safe while they mature and then return them to the wild. They also have a large collection of …

After waiting around in the Lima airport for 5 hours, we went to recheck our bags only to find out that our flight to Quito had been canceled. The airlines thought it would be fine for us to be delayed for an entire day. What they didn’t know was that we had a flight to the Galapagos five hours after we landed in Quito. Since we are dealing with separate airlines, there wasn’t much we could do. Also considering it was Sunday night at 7pm, we were really stuck. They …