Our last full day on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos, we had a few options of things to do and finally, somewhat halfheartedly, decided on swimming in Las Grietas, an interesting geographical formation formed by (of course) Read more…
Tortuga Bay is a beautiful beach on the island of Santa Cruz on the Galapagos Islands. The beach is reached by a fairly-long walkway from the main town of Puerto Ayora. As we exited the walkway, we were deposited on Read more…
Our trip to the Galapagos Islands was land-based, meaning we didn’t go on a cruise from island to island, but instead based ourselves on one island, Santa Cruz. However, in order to see a bit more of the amazing animals, Read more…
On our first full day on Santa Cruz, our base for our stay in the Galapagos Islands, we headed to the wet highlands of the island, where the Galapagos tortoises like to hang out. The tortoises move freely in the Read more…
When making our initial plans for South America, we very nearly didn’t bother with the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of volcanic islands located in the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles off the coast of Ecuador. These islands are famous for Read more…
We had a few days between some big trips in Ecuador (more to come on those soon!), so we looked for somewhere not too far from the Quito airport, but a little outside of the city itself. I think we Read more…
Okay, so I will admit that my post title is kind of click-bait. Yes, the volcano we visited is defined as “active”, which means that it has had at least one eruption in the last 10,000 years. But, if you Read more…
After visting the Old Town we had a few other adventures in Quito during our week long stay. One of the main attractions for the boys was Parque la Carolina in the financial district and very close to our AirBnB. Read more…
Our South American adventure began in Quito, Ecuador with a very late arrival on a Thursday night. We had arranged for a company to pick us up at the airport and they were waiting for us with balloons for A’s Read more…
Our last stop in the Canadian Rockies was the town of Banff, within Banff National Park. We had already spent time in the Lake Louise area of Banff, but after time in Jasper, we stayed in a few days in Read more…
