A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Santa Cruz, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Destin8ion. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com The Galapagos Cruise!!! “Robbed, Over budget, but still going to The Galapagos Islands!!! You know it´s love when he comes along for the incredibly expensive trip to the Galapagos Islands. Mike and I never had it planned in our budget for both of us to go, but for me it sounded too good to pass up. After all, I teach Biology for goodness sake. So as I went crazy over seeing evolution in action and being the geeky girl in the group bringing my species and taxonomy checklist and a notepad to take notes, Mike came along and enjoyed it also. I`m so glad he did. Getting There…I was a little nervous because Mike still hadn´t received his passport. Many agencies say that they check your passport upon entering Galapagos even though you are still in Ecuador. So we came prepared…police report and forms from the Embassy. No problem. We left from Guayaquil, Ecuador by plane on a 2 hour flight over the Pacific Ocean, then landed on Baltra Island (one of the many in Galapagos). We were both excited getting this great last minute deal for 8 days on a luxury yacht only days before. After bussing across Baltra we take a ferry to The Charles Darwin Research Station. The Giant tortoise breeding station is situated there. INCREDIBLE. When we walked toward where the adults were we had to be careful not to step on them. In Galapagos …