It’s 11:30 p.m. at the Lima airport, and at the moment, we’re not impressed with Yvonne. The first hint of trouble came as we were doing our international transfer. Third […]

Eastbound, airborne out San Cristobal. Billy dropped us at the airport, handed us our boarding passes and sent us on our way. Now the Bailar/Hong-Dixon-West-Cohn clans are enroute to Guayaquil, […]

Last week, as we approached the solstice in Quito, just south of the equator, I mused to the kids how we were going to be missing winter – in the […]

Southbound from North Seymour Island to refuel at Balta. Yesterday was about as unlike Christmas as I can conceive of. Woke early (as usual) to a steady downpour (unusual), and […]

Overnight, Captain Diego motored us 40 miles west, to Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island, where we were going to look for sea turtles, flamingos and stingrays. Cormorants? Not so much. […]

[first internet connection since we got on the boat last week. not sure how long I’ve got it, so I’ll post the past few entries in quick succession] Okay, I’ve […]

Yesterday? Yesterday was awesome. Careening along narrow mountain roads in a tippy tour bus while Antonio pointed out the window at the black-faced ibises and caracaras passing our windows, indulging […]

Arrived. Caught up with the Dixons back in terminal E, boarded and vegged for the entire flight. Watched “Up” on the in-flight system, and stared out the windows. Came tearing […]