Galapagos 1- It's hard to get there!

Now I see why the Galapagos are so obscure. It took 9 (NINE!) trips to get there door to door. It is no wonder we were exhausted just getting there. #1 was driving to the church, #2 was driving to JFK airport (little traffic on the day before July 4). #3 was flying to Miami, #4 was flying to Quito, Ecuador. #5 was flying to Guayaquil, the sole gateway to the Galapagos. After deplaning (we were told we would not have to), #6 was flying to Balthra island, Galapagos (note the cool red iguana logo for Airgal, the only way to get there). #7 was a packed bus ride across the island ("survival of the fittest", someone said- not all our team made the bus). #8 was a packed boat ride across the channel to another island with all our bags on the ferry roof! #9 was a hour trip to our hotel on the other side of the island.

You can get there, but it's not easy.