Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

Today we completed a long-distance mission that we accepted while in the Galapagos in March. There was a place on the island of Floreana called “Post Office Bay” that has a barrel that holds postcards written by people visiting the Galapagos, addressed to others all around the world. The idea is that other visitors rifle […]

When people talk about the Galapagos, the animals they usually discuss are ones on land such as giant tortoises and iguanas. But we snorkeled every day with good reason: there are many more species underwater. On our first full day in the Islands (our first snorkel), we swam in Darwin Bay at Tower Island. Our […]

It’s probably not a surprise to you to learn that I am interested in wildlife conservation. On March 13, we got to visit the Charles Darwin Research Station, which is in the town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island. It is part of the Charles Darwin Foundation, which is committed to the conservation of […]

I cannot get enough of iguanas. They are amazing. Before the trip, I was really looking forward to seeing both the Land Iguana and Marine Iguana of the Galapagos Islands. Imagine how happy I was to discover that the iguanas are different on the various islands!!! Different colors, different features! Here are pictures of Marine […]

I just posted pictures that I took in the Galapagos. I divided them into 3 separate galleries to make it a bit more manageable for you to view them. You can click on these links to view Gallery 1, Gallery 2, and Gallery 3. I’ve also created a new link at the top of the […]

Seriously, I’m not sure what I ever did to him to extract such a horrible revenge. I mean, look at him – he’s so handsome and clearly powerful: Anyway, I said I was sorry about 100 times and he finally let up. But I missed almost a whole day of activities because of him. Sheesh.

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this topic. Lots of people are familiar with Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. But I don’t think I can write about the Galapagos Islands without at least touching on this topic, because it was one of the places that sparked Darwin’s mind to […]

Most people visit the Galapagos by boat which is what we did. You’d think it would be a lazy, relaxing way to see things – just cruising around by boat. There’s where you’d be wrong. They pack your day. It was tough to find free time and when we went to bed, we were exhausted. […]

I am no geologist, so this will obviously be a short post. But I thought a good place to start talking about the islands would be in their formation in the first place. BTW, my Aunt Wendy is sharing the blog with her students in Waterloo, NY (hi kids!), so I feel some responsibility to […]

We’re back in mainland Ecuador after an amazing trip to the Galapagos. We have several posts about the Galapagos to follow this post, and lots of pictures – we hope to get them posted within the next few days. I’ve updated the itinerary page to match the sites we visited during the trip. Here is […]