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20 July 2018
Back to Buenos Aires after two years Despite taking off from Panama about an hour late, we were only five minutes late arriving into Buenos Aires at 0115. We had to wait a while to get a gate but once the doors opened, it was a breeze through passport, baggage and customs. Then things got […]
19 July 2018
Visiting the Miraflores Locks The alarm was set for 0645. I wasn’t hungry yet but as we weren’t sure of when/where we could eat next, we took breakfast at the hotel at a reasonable price of USD6.50. It appears Panama isn’t cheap but we’re not going to get a true sense of pricing from a […]
17 July 2018
After our included breakfast, we wanted to head out to Las Peñas & Cerro Santa Ana (a hill where the early settlements began). Kim had a slight foot problem and we yesterday had toyed with the idea of a taxi ride up and walking down. Outside the hostel, he wanted to go by taxi. I […]
16 July 2018
For the first morning in a long time, we didn’t need to be up early for anything. Our departure is at 1320 so we checked out before their appointed time of 1000 to have breakfast on the waterfront. Luckily for Kim, we made it just in time before they stopped serving breakfast. He was desperate […]
15 July 2018
While I was in San Cristobal, one of the main islands of Galapagos, I chose to go on a diving excursion, along with some snorkellers. After a 30 minute ride from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno township, we were given a beach rest while the crew readied themselves for the dives. Check dive First up they wanted […]
15 July 2018
Continuing from all the early wake-ups on the cruise, we woke around 0630 for our 0800 meet-up a the dive shop. I think the other customers had been told 0815 but were a little later. Kim got fitted into his snorkel gear while I was taken to another shop for my dive gear. I had […]
14 July 2018
Today was a near write-off. We lazed indoors till lunchtime, except for a brief walk to drop-off our laundry (our first time since Brasov about four weeks ago). We still had little bouts of wobbliness from the boat. I had decided on a Kicker Rock dive for tomorrow while Kim was still hesitant on a […]
13 July 2018
Finishing up I can’t believe how much the both of us had slept. It wasn’t just the side-effect of the motion-sickness tablets as Kim, who wasn’t taking any, was sleeping off all the choppiness. We woke at 0545 to pack and had breakfast at 0700 before disembarking at 0800. Gandhy, hailed a few taxis to […]
12 July 2018
South Plazas Island The Millennium started up around 0300 bound for the South Plazas Island. It interrupted my sleep but only briefly. It was a turbulent ride for most of the way until we reached our destination around 0600 but I slept pretty well considering the engines were right under us. I guess if we […]
11 July 2018
Barcha Beach It was another early start today with a 0600 pre-breakfast walk on Barcha, a beach on Santa Cruz where American barges were left to rust. We saw what looked like the remains of a crab but Javier told us that the crab had moulted, leaving its main shell and legs behind! Further inland, […]