G is for Getaway to the Galápagos Islands

by Nancy Mueller
( April 8th, 2013 )

BlueBooby(600 x 399) (450 x 299)

The fragile, moon-like landscape of the Galápagos Islands lures more than 100,000 visitors each year despite the archipelago’s remote location 600 miles off the west coast of mainland Ecuador. Ever since Darwin’s famed visit aboard the HMS

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Land of the Iguanas

by Nancy Mueller
( October 13th, 2011 )


Can you spot the marine iguanas in this photo?
With the night of choppy seas behind us, our morning dawns bright on the youngest of the Galapagos Islands, Fernandina. For me, this is the most other-worldly island of all . . ...

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When Stomachs Plummet at Sea

by Nancy Mueller
( October 9th, 2011 )

Today we visit both the youngest (Fernandina) and the biggest (Isabela) Islands in the Galapagos Archipelago. But first we have to get there . . .

With a 12 – 13 hour cruise ahead of us on somewhat choppy waters, the thought of …

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