Silver Galapagos - a few thoughts
In 2020 Silver Galapagos will be replaced by a new vessel, the Silver Origin, purpose-built for the islands. And about time too. There already is an Origin at work here, a chic little 10-cabin yacht, so I think maybe Silversea could have come up with another name - Silver Species, for instance, or Silver Iguana. Anyway, the existing Silver Galapagos has been hard at work here for years and it’s showing its age in places, as are the passengers.
Seven of these Renaissance ships wer
No problem. January was very hot and while the guides kept saying it was the rainy season we never had a drop. People did say the water was freezing and it's supposedly colder in May-Sep.
Cameras. This was a big trip for us as we went to Peru, two jungle lodges in Ecuador as well as Colombia. - 11 flights and 11 hotels in all. I normally take a heavy full-frame Canon kit but stripped down for this - my wife and I both had a Nikon D5300 with 18-200mm lens. I also had a 10-20mm wi