Handed over a stockpile of granola bars, power bars, and freeze-dried snacks (a vegetarian's survival kit in latin america) to the volcano hikers, and set off to walk through town. Navigating around the piles of Marina Iguanas lazily making their way to the beach as the hot sun rose threw up a couple of detours, but this is why I travel - for the unexpected, unscheduled, wander-fueled experiences of unknown places. I had a lovely conversation (spanish) with a lady at the post office about the history of the Ecuadorean stamps, caught the relay races of school children, and captured the slimmest of birds posing on the beach.
A couple of indulgent hours at the lovely Iguana Crossing pool to rest up for an afternoon surf session, and then El Gringo picks me up with the shortest surf board I've ever used and we walk along a deserted beach where we find a couple of other Ecuadoreans surfing. I leash up and try to gain my stability on 7'2 or 7'4 board. Finally, I catch a wave!! (always thrilling) and a round of applause from the Ecuadorean surf dudes on the beach (as they say in Ecuador, totally chevre!). Two plus hours later, and many great rides, the sun is setting and other surfers have retreated to the beach due to recent tiger shark sightings. We amble back to the hotel - and all I can think is, 'I can't believe I just surfed the Galapagos!!! It is this moment, and a culmination of many others on the trip, that thoroughly and joyfully validates this trip and the path that led me to it.
A late dinner results in the group slowly trickling into the hotel bar, sharing stories about our respective days and taking moments to gaze at the star-filled sky (tech note: download Star Chart app!). All of us stoked, tired and deeply appreciative of this journey and our fellow travelers.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.