"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"P.Fritz" wrote in message
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The main tour operator was Far and Wide, which went bankrupt last
June.
The
local operator was very good, I forget the name offhand, it was
something
related to the Equador.....(the one in Peru was Condor) , but can look
it
up. I'm not sure what the cost of the Galapagos portion was, it was
part
of
a 3 week vacation.......week in Peru, week in Equador, and a week in
Brazil.
The boat had about 40 cabins, but was only about half full. Even on
that
size boat, almost everyone The food and service were excellant, and
the
naturalists were outstanding. Unlike other cruise ships, there was
not
much
night life, because you are really beat by the end of the day. I can
get
further info if you wish.....it was a couple of vacations
ago..........it
was a good year economically :-)

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"P.Fritz" wrote in message
The Galapago's are great.....was there last April. Wish I would
have
done
the 7/8 days instead of the 4/5. Take lots of film, or lots of
memory
for
the digital. I was disappointed with the NG article, it seemed to
rate
highly places people don't often go, and downgraded more popular
places
simply because of their popularity, and not how they managed the
numbers.



Who did you go with and a cost range? Did you like the tour company
and
what size boat?
Thanks, Bill






Thanks. I am looking at the 16 passenger ships. As to Condor in Peru,
I
used them for Machu Pichu in 2000. Fantastic people to tour with. At
least
the Cusco and MP part.
Bill

That was part of this trip as well, Where did you stay in Cusco and Machu
Pichu? What did you think of the approach and landing for the Cusco
airport?

The ship we were on was the Santa Cruz. (my daughter remembered the
name.) Some of those small boats looked a little scary. I was thankful
being on a larger boat the night we moved from one end of the island chain
to the other.....going against the current/wind......it was the only time in
my life I have ever had any motion sickness. And the flight to and from the
islands were in what appeared to be very old 727's.