Our transportation journey began 15 minutes before planned early this morning, when our taxi drivers (we need 2 taxis for the 6 of us) showed up early - not a bad thing.
We went from the taxis to the airport where we were upgraded to First class - also not a bad thing.
Our quick stopover in Quito was ending on a very positive note.
When we landed in the Galapagos airport, we were surprised to learn we had to pay a $100/person (cash) tax, especially after we'd paid a $20/person (cash) tax for the Galapagos at the Quito airport before we left. We grudgingly paid and carried on to the airport bus. The bus took us to the ferry, where they placed everyone's luggage on the roof and shuttled us across a narrow channel. This is where we spotted our first Galapagos wildlife - a marine lizard.
From the ferry, we took another bus that drove us all the way across to the other side of the island (42km). The landscape near the airport was very dry and brown, but when we got to the other side of the island, everything was green and lush. Quite a contrast.
At the bus stop, we were met by our hostess for the next week. We then took the opportunity to take a brief pause in our journey to have some lunch. Afterwards, we climbed on a water taxi for a short boat ride across the small port. From there we followed our hostess along a dirt path until she delivered us to her guest house.
To relax after the long journey, we took a local path to "Las Grietas" (The Crack). The kids were able to swim in this vast crevasse for 5 minutes before they closed it to the public for the night.
At the end of the night we enjoyed Happy Hour at a restaurant over looking the port. Happy to have successfully navigated our way to this remote location.
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