Galapagos and Ecuador 2025

Well, I said that if I'm only going to the Galapagos once in my life, I want to see it all....... Mid-way through last year I decided on two "soft negative goals" for travel in 2025.  More to break out of a rut than anything else.  I've done a lot of long bike trips the last few years, and I've travelled a lot to the US.  All very enjoyable, but time-consuming and logistically very easy to do.  So - this year - I'm going to mix things up a bit.  No long bike trips and no trips to the US.  The US thing wasn't necessarily a political statement, but as it turns out............   One thing I've been wanting to do for a while is to travel to the Galapagos Islands.  Turns out Joan had it on her to-do list as well, so off we go!  We decided to go with G Adventures.  I have never travelled with them before, but lots of people I know have and they all say great things about their experiences.  We chose a cruise over a land excursion, an...