Executive Summary
- 8-day cruise on a 10 passenger boat called Rumba.
- ROOMS: Ridiculously tiny! But knew that going in...
- BATHROOMS: Very little water flow. It took me about 20 minutes just to wash my hair! Mark only showered once, because of little water... ew. And the SMELL!!! We had to switch rooms, as soon as one came available, because the stench was so bad in our original room, which we learned was because the sewage line ran underneath my bed!
- FOOD: We were fed 3 times a day, with a mid-afternoon snack. And actually it really wasn´t bad. Although, I found the meat to be too salty so I gave my portions to Mark, who´s now complaining that I´m the reason he´s started putting on weight. TMI - Not sure if it was the salt water, hot sauce or what, but I had some serious stomach issues! I think I´ve lost a few pounds as a result.
- SIGHTS: Loads of sea lions and not scared to come up close. We actually swam/played with one while snorkeling! There were also ugly looking land and marine lizards, red and blue-footed boobies (made Mark promise not to get a t-shirt saying "I love boobies"), giant tortoises, fur seals... AND a pod of dolphins that swam along side our boat for about 15 minutes. That was truly amazing!
Detailed Account (more for my benefit)
PASSENGERS:
- There were two sets of passengers... 6 who did the southern islands with us then left after 4 days and a different 6 who did the northern islands. Holger & Gerda were an older but very fun Danish couple who were with us the entire time
- Southern Islands: VERY FUN group... we all got along so well! Chris/Caitlin (Alaska), Chris/Debbie (Manchester), Kimberley 1 (Scotland) and Kimberley 2 (Sydney)
- Northern Islands: Eclectic group, to say the least. Hugo/Inge Lisa (Denmark - celebrated 25th anniversary on the boat), Mike/Marguerite (U.S.), Anna (Sweden - 21 yr old truck driver with high pitched voice, going to Sao Paolo to meet her birth mom) and Helena (Sweden - 21 yr old security guard at a book shop??)
BOAT CREW
- Franklin: So-so english. Probably memorized what he had to say on each island, because every time we asked him a question, he just laughed and ignored it! And every island was "very interessen", where we were said we could go "to the snorkeling" or "to the walking" or "to the swimming". ;)
- Augustine: Spoke no english... but was a darn good chef that we definitely tipped separately
- Captain: Didn´t see him much, but he definitely drove us through some rough seas during the middle of the night. Holger, fellow passenger, fell out of bed once!
- What´s his face: Spoke the best english... kept to himself
- Daniel: The Cassanova, who hooked up with a passenger from both sets of groups! His MO - walking around in nothing but his towel and walking into girls´cabins at night looking to "close their windows"
ISLANDS VISITED
- Bachos Beach
- Mosquera: TONS of sea lions
- Santa Fe
- Espanola: BEAUTIFUL beach... very picturesque and where the sea lion swam with us
- Floreana: aka Post Office Bay where you put post cards into a bag in a barrel and wait for someone else visiting to look through who´s going to the same destination city as the post card... and will deliver it for you! I picked up one for Seoul, South Korea.
- Santa Cruz: Disappointed that we came back to the island that we originally started from... but it offered us a chance to have a night out drinking at Bongo and The Rock, where we closed down the bar! The next day, the first group departed and we got the new batch in.
- Sombrero Chino: Chinese hat in spanish
- Bartolome: Red beach with loads of mosquitoes... and saw more of Holger than I wanted to see! Also saw a few small penguins.
- Santiago
- Rabido: Youngest of all the Galapagos Islands
- 8-day cruise on a 10 passenger boat called Rumba.
- ROOMS: Ridiculously tiny! But knew that going in...
- BATHROOMS: Very little water flow. It took me about 20 minutes just to wash my hair! Mark only showered once, because of little water... ew. And the SMELL!!! We had to switch rooms, as soon as one came available, because the stench was so bad in our original room, which we learned was because the sewage line ran underneath my bed!
- FOOD: We were fed 3 times a day, with a mid-afternoon snack. And actually it really wasn´t bad. Although, I found the meat to be too salty so I gave my portions to Mark, who´s now complaining that I´m the reason he´s started putting on weight. TMI - Not sure if it was the salt water, hot sauce or what, but I had some serious stomach issues! I think I´ve lost a few pounds as a result.
- SIGHTS: Loads of sea lions and not scared to come up close. We actually swam/played with one while snorkeling! There were also ugly looking land and marine lizards, red and blue-footed boobies (made Mark promise not to get a t-shirt saying "I love boobies"), giant tortoises, fur seals... AND a pod of dolphins that swam along side our boat for about 15 minutes. That was truly amazing!
Detailed Account (more for my benefit)
PASSENGERS:
- There were two sets of passengers... 6 who did the southern islands with us then left after 4 days and a different 6 who did the northern islands. Holger & Gerda were an older but very fun Danish couple who were with us the entire time
- Southern Islands: VERY FUN group... we all got along so well! Chris/Caitlin (Alaska), Chris/Debbie (Manchester), Kimberley 1 (Scotland) and Kimberley 2 (Sydney)
- Northern Islands: Eclectic group, to say the least. Hugo/Inge Lisa (Denmark - celebrated 25th anniversary on the boat), Mike/Marguerite (U.S.), Anna (Sweden - 21 yr old truck driver with high pitched voice, going to Sao Paolo to meet her birth mom) and Helena (Sweden - 21 yr old security guard at a book shop??)
BOAT CREW
- Franklin: So-so english. Probably memorized what he had to say on each island, because every time we asked him a question, he just laughed and ignored it! And every island was "very interessen", where we were said we could go "to the snorkeling" or "to the walking" or "to the swimming". ;)
- Augustine: Spoke no english... but was a darn good chef that we definitely tipped separately
- Captain: Didn´t see him much, but he definitely drove us through some rough seas during the middle of the night. Holger, fellow passenger, fell out of bed once!
- What´s his face: Spoke the best english... kept to himself
- Daniel: The Cassanova, who hooked up with a passenger from both sets of groups! His MO - walking around in nothing but his towel and walking into girls´cabins at night looking to "close their windows"
ISLANDS VISITED
- Bachos Beach
- Mosquera: TONS of sea lions
- Santa Fe
- Espanola: BEAUTIFUL beach... very picturesque and where the sea lion swam with us
- Floreana: aka Post Office Bay where you put post cards into a bag in a barrel and wait for someone else visiting to look through who´s going to the same destination city as the post card... and will deliver it for you! I picked up one for Seoul, South Korea.
- Santa Cruz: Disappointed that we came back to the island that we originally started from... but it offered us a chance to have a night out drinking at Bongo and The Rock, where we closed down the bar! The next day, the first group departed and we got the new batch in.
- Sombrero Chino: Chinese hat in spanish
- Bartolome: Red beach with loads of mosquitoes... and saw more of Holger than I wanted to see! Also saw a few small penguins.
- Santiago
- Rabido: Youngest of all the Galapagos Islands
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