{"id":2904,"date":"2024-02-04T13:44:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T20:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2024-02-12T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:47:38","slug":"galapagos-days-1-and-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/galapagos-days-1-and-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Galapagos. Days 1 and 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2904\" class=\"elementor elementor-2904\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a49faf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a49faf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b29e1df\" data-id=\"b29e1df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-859b47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"859b47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day 1<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostly a travel day, we drove from Ft Pierce to the airport, avoiding any Bonfire of the Vanities\u00a0 moments and \u00a0also toll roads. It is kind of pick one though.\u00a0 Miami is not a user-friendly airport in any way, with long walks from rental car return. Flight left at 5:30pm and arrived in Guayaquil at 9:30. No time change. Transfer to the hotel was smooth and we were soon asleep.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f1c5df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f1c5df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f1cdbf\" data-id=\"1f1cdbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6366037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6366037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Day 2<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After breakfast at the hotel, we transferred back to the airport for the flight to the Galapagos, specifically Baltra island. \u00a0\u00a0We didn\u2019t see much on Baltra, since buses took us directly to the dock for a departure to the ship by zodiac.\u00a0 It is pretty much desert, though I guess there must be some town for the workers supporting the airport. There used to be a US military presence in WWII but it is pretty much gone apart from graffiti on nearby islands.\u00a0 Ugh, what a legacy.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\tid=\"ngg-slideshow-3abf504d73c6851757b7cb74e205a651-16015267120\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"33\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"3abf504d73c6851757b7cb74e205a651\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Baltra\"\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width: 750px;\n\t\t\tmax-height: 500px;\n\t\t\tdisplay: none;\">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1249.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1249.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1249.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"127\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_1249.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Dock in Baltra\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"3abf504d73c6851757b7cb74e205a651\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='127'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Dock in Baltra\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1249.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1251.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1251.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_1251.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"128\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_1251.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Shipmates on first zodiac ride\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"3abf504d73c6851757b7cb74e205a651\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='128'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Shipmates on first zodiac ride\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/baltra\/IMG_1251.jpeg?t=1707078772\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our stateroom on the top level (deck 4) was very nice, \u00a0but we sure got a lot of flights of stairs over the days since the dining room was on deck 1, and we went on and off the ship on deck 2.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2914\" src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1252-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After lunch on board the ship, we went ashore on Santa Cruz Island at Playa Las Bachas.\u00a0 The guides said there was a chance to see flamingos here in a lagoon next to the beach, and we were successful. In fact, there were at least 10 flamingos with pink adults and whiter juveniles, plus yellow warblers, crabs, a few marine iguanas and other birds. Then back to the ship at close to sunset for dinner. The food was good every day.<\/p><p>\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\tid=\"ngg-slideshow-518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d-12686484890\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"34\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Gal day2\"\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width: 750px;\n\t\t\tmax-height: 500px;\n\t\t\tdisplay: none;\">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2190.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2190.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2190.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"131\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2190.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Flamingo\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='131'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Flamingo\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2190.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2194.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2194.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2194.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"130\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2194.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Flamingos\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='130'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Flamingos\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2194.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2218.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2218.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2218.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"134\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2218.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Yellow Warbler\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='134'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Yellow Warbler\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2218.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2221.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2221.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2221.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"129\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2221.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Playa Las Baches\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='129'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Playa Las Baches\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2221.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2224.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2224.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2224.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"132\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2224.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Crabs at Playa Las Baches\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='132'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Crabs at Playa Las Baches\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2224.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2228.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2228.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/thumbs\/thumbs_IMG_2228.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"133\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"IMG_2228.jpeg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Sunset\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-simplelightbox\" rel=\"518dfb8de856a9f02b664eddd0732c9d\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img data-image-id='133'\n\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Sunset\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/gal-day2\/IMG_2228.jpeg?t=1707777966\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-height: 480px;\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 Mostly a travel day, we drove from Ft Pierce to the airport, avoiding any Bonfire of the Vanities\u00a0 moments and \u00a0also toll roads. It is kind of pick one though.\u00a0 Miami is not a user-friendly airport in any way, with long walks from rental car return. Flight left at 5:30pm and arrived in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galapagos","category-travel"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}