Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Second phase of the Ecuador Expedition I am leading for True Adventure is complete. 4 days in The Galapagos Islands. With a trip to the Darwin Research Centre and lots of snorkelling we were lucky to see: Sea Lions - on land and underwater Marine Iguanas - on land and underwater Lava Lizards Sally Lightfoot Crabs Green Turtles Giant Tortoises Blue Footed Bobies Frigate Birds Black Tip Reef Sharks Galapagos Sharks White Tip Reef Sharks Pelicans Land Iguanas A number of the Darwin Finches and a variety of fish life Now back in Quito to re acclimatise for some trekking.

This summer I will be working for True Adventure on a expedition to Ecuador and The Galapagos Islands. This weekend is was in Ickwell near Bedford meeting the team from Bedford Modern School that I will be working with. A very cold and wet Saturday (where we managed to do most activities inside) dried out enough for a short walk with some training scenarios thrown in. It was also my last night in a tent for 2018

On the evening of Saturday 23 rd May 2015 I left home and headed to Heathrow for what I hoped would be a trip of a lifetime. After a short night in an EasyJet Hotel (a bargain £80 for a night and 15 days parking) I arrived at Heathrow T4 and caught a short flight to Amsterdam where I jumped on a KLM flight to Ecuador. Ironically this plane flew straight over London on its way. After 11 hours on the plane we arrived in Guayaquil and spent a pleasant evening at The Macaw Hotel before heading to St Cristobel on the morning of the 25 th . There was no rest and after negotiating the sealions on the pontoon we arrived on our boat, the Galapagos Master and had a quick tour before completing the check dive in the harbour accompanied by sealions. Overnight we sailed to Santa Cruz and had our first dive of the day in the channel between Santa Cruz and South Seymour. I really can’t recall seeing much here. The second dive was on the edge of Mosquera and this was the better of the...