Galapagos – Arrival
After our flight from Quito to the Galapagos Islands, the owner of the “small motor yacht” is already waiting for us, which we have pre-booked together with friends. We check in there after a lengthy entry procedure completely exhausted.
But we also find some peace and quiet on board the motor ship. The first day we want to stay in the harbor and regenerate first. The staff consists of the captain, a helmsman, two assistants and two cooks. In this way, we are self-sufficient and can also call at more distant islands without the difficult search for accommodation on the other islands.
Many islands can only be reached in a day’s journey. The archipelago can only be explored in trips of several days by ship. Only a few islands have sufficient accommodation. That’s why a boat trip is the ideal starting point. Two other larger ships have gathered in the harbor, which are also stockpiling provisions, fuel and food for several days in order to be prepared for the upcoming ship expedition. We take the opportunity for one last shore leave to make our small private purchases. It won’t be much, because we have already brought the basic equipment with us.
The next morning we can expect beautiful weather with optimal conditions for the upcoming trip. So then it starts. The captain gives the signal to moor the dinghy, which we absolutely need for our planned shore leaves. There is only one small problem left. The pelican does not want to leave its nightly sleeping place….. But our assistant helmsman copes with the problem in his own way…… we don’t think it’s the first time he’s experienced this. Shortly before driven away by our dinghy, the pelican looks for the railing of our motor yacht to end its nap. Well, that can still be funny.
We greet the sailor who has been lying next to us for the night and then we start. Our ship makes a good trip and we get the first impressions of the other islands. The islands quickly disappear on the horizon. Our dinghy dances in the stern wave. In the late afternoon we reach our first destination. We go ashore with the dinghy.
Our guide radios his OK to the captain. Then we go on foot on our first journey of discovery.
