December 30, 2024
Isla de la Plata, Ecuador ( some translate to silver or birdshit island )
Booking a fantastic trip to the Galapagos Islands takes time and lots of coordination. Christmas weeks are also premium time and I was late to the game, for doing it on a live aboard boat. The ones I am interested in book a year out - so I will do this in the near future. Isla de la Plata, provided me with a little taste at a really good price point. We were part of a small charter boat that took about an hour to get out to Machalilla National Park
on the Isla. The island is uninhabited and features beaches, headlands and shrubland. It has many marine birds, blue footed and masked boobies, Galapagos' albatrosses and frigates. Trails run from Drake Bay to sheer clifftops overlooking water that attracts manta rays and humpback whales. There was really good snorkeling in Bay.
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Somedays are just meant to be beach days, to chill with a friend! First, I did an uber run to nearby Costco in the town of Lihue, where I bought us Tommy Bahama backpack beach chairs! Then we were good to go. Kalapaki beach was just a quick 15 minute walk from the Ship. I realized I did the same thing with my Cousin Cathy , back in 2020, when I was here on my first cruise to Hawaii! Today, I spent the afternoon chilling with good buddy Sherrie Cornett.
NAWILIWILI, KAUAI ISLAND, HAWAII
HONOLULU - Day 2