I have just got back from a trip to Galapagos & I thought I would share this experience with you all. First of all this was a work trip and we had to work hard as I''m sure the photo will show, the job was for a great clothing company that has just opened called ''Lonesome George & co.'' and if you like the clothes we have on please click on the link.
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Main Island: Santa Cruz |
Traveling to the Galapagos Islands for a clothes company was not the way I thought I was going to get to know these great Islands but as you can imagine I wasn''t going to say no. They have inspired their clothing, mainly t-shirts on the turtle which scientists haven’t been able to reproduce, making him the only turtle of his kind, known as George.
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Gardner bay on Espanola |
Golden Rays , sharks and who knows what else |
Let me start of by saying that what an incredible place the Galapagos islands are. I always thought that they were over-rated but I was definitely prooved wrong. We had the opportunity of visiting many islands whilst on board the Eclipse, a luxury yacht in the Galapagos islands. Being on this yacht was simply breathtaking and an eye opener too. On one of our evenings on the yacht I was chatting with the one of the owners of the Eclipse and he was telling me how the fuel consumption figures are about 2200 gallons a week, which is about $7,000 per week and a further $40,000.00 on maintaining the generator per week. Well this explains the high costs that many luxury yachts charge their clients. I do have to say it is definitely worth paying a bit more and going on a yacht like the Eclipse as you spend a lot of time aboard the yacht and it is nice to have space to yourself and to be able to walk a little bit and stretch your legs.
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Big ''Thank you'' to Eclipse |
The Eclipse is as close as you get to Luxury cruising. |
The weather was just incredible whilst we were there and what surprised me most of all was the colour of the water. I have travelled all over the world and have never seen such a perfect turquoise colour. Just incredible. Furthermore to see so many different species of animals at such close reach added to the magic of being there.
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Lets Hope LG isn''t the last of his spieces |
The best of the Galapagos Islands |
