Category Archives: Ecuador

Manta (Ecuador) and sea day

Today is our only visit to Ecuador so we made the effort to get away fairly early. Again this town is a lively commercial port with a lot of development taking place, but the their main industry here is “Tuna”, … Continue reading

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The long flights back

Thursday 9th & Friday 10th May Well today is the day, the day we start the long trek back to UK and then onto Spain.  Again we were early to bed last night so naturally this morning we were wide … Continue reading

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Waterfront Hotel

Wednesday 8th May 2013 Up at a reasonable hour today, had a relaxing breakfast, and then decided to walk to the beach, only five minutes away, we meandered down many paths before we actually found it, not the cleanest we … Continue reading

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Farewell to the Beagle

Tuesday 7th May We had a rude, though expected, awakening this morning when the boats engine started up around 0500hrs.  We had to be up and ready to board the dingy at 0600hrs for a trip into the “Black Turtle … Continue reading

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Chinese Hat and Cerro Dragon

Monday 6th May 2013 After a good night’s sleep, we awoke to the engines being switched on, we are off to Sombrero Chino, which is a little island shaped as a Chinese hat.  We stopped at one of the islands … Continue reading

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North Seymor and Bartolome Island

Sunday 5th May We were let “off the hook” this morning as we only had a short boat trip therefore the Beagle’s engines didn’t fire up ‘till 0545hrs, much better. The strange thing was most of us woke up around … Continue reading

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