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Silver Galapagos trip summary

23 Jun 2019
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The Silver Galapagos hosted our Silverseas Galapagos cruise – what an incredible adventure. Today we look back at the trip. Getting there and back The Galapagos is not really that far but not easy to get to. In our blog on Quito we described the logistics getting there....
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Land iguanas and cactus of the Galapagos

22 Jun 2019
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Today we explore a new island in the Galapagos in search of land iguanas. Read an overview of our Galapagos series as well as the previous post on sea lions. Our hike for the day Today, we arrive at Cerro Dragon on Santa Cruz island. The day starts out early with an exploration...
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Galapagos Giant Tortoise

21 Jun 2019
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Today’s treat is a meeting with a giant tortoise. We are at our final island – Santa Cruz. Baltra, from which we will depart the next morning is just north of Santa Cruz (virtually adjacent to it). If you missed it, here’s our previous post. Coffee and the...
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Quito en route to Galapagos

20 Jun 2019
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In this post, we discuss some logistics and our time in Quito Ecuador. In case you missed it, here’s our previous post in this series. Logistics Getting to the Galapagos takes a little planning. With Silversea, flights are included and they did a very nice job with the...
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Galapagos Sea lions

19 Jun 2019
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Today we meet even more Galapagos sea lions. Today we start in Post office Bay, Florenana.  Here’s our previous posts: Galapagos with Silversea, our overview post Penguins, our first full day Marine Iguanas, our second full day Galapagos and Mangroves, our third full...
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Galapagos – marine iguanas

16 Jun 2019
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In our previous post, we highlighted our first penguin sighting with a promise that more surprises awaited us. Sure enough, our next surprise was the very next day – marine iguanas. But first – dolphins This morning, we are in Punta Vicenta Roca, Isabela. On our 7 am...
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Galapagos with Silversea – penguin spotting

20 May 2019
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Our first post was an overview of our cruise to the Galapagos on Silverseas. Now we want to describe some of the things we did daily – starting with our first evening on the ship. Kicker Rock Once we had lunch we unpacked and toured the ship. That evening, we went to the...
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Galapagos with Silversea

08 May 2019
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In late April 2019 we explored the Galapagos Islands aboard Silversea’s Silver Galapagos Expedition ship. For this overview post, we highlight five key story lines from our visit: geology, marine life, terrestrial life, people and cruise life. Geology of the Galapagos The...
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Travel ideas

12 Jan 2019
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Need some travel ideas? You want to get away but the thought of a Caribbean cruise doesn’t excite you? Here’s some suggestions: Europe in Style A recent development in river cruising is the introduction of Crystal Cruises. This luxury brand now has 5 different ships...
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Avoya Travel Conference 2018 – Day 2

25 May 2018
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Today we hear from top travel suppliers.  Here’s the report from day two of the Avoya Travel Conference 2018.  Here’s what we did on our first day.  Believe it or not we covered even more today.  What a great opportunity to learn from industry leaders. And we thought...
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What can a Travel Agent do for you?

07 May 2018
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What can a Travel Agent do for you?  Here’s a real life story that illustrates some of the things  a really good travel agent can do for you. Here’s what I want…what can a travel agent do for me? So the client calls up and says “I want to go on this Viking...
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Silversea – an alternative supplier that’s defines Luxury

16 Mar 2018
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In our post about Alternative suppliers, we mention Silversea.  This post discusses Silversea in some depth. Who is Silversea? Silversea is a luxury ocean cruise ship line that offers some great itineraries and a very young fleet.  Silversea started in 1988 with two ships and has...

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