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Nessa estrada, não nos cabe conhecer ou ver o que virá. O fim dela, ninguem sabe bem ao certo onde vai dar. --Toquinho


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Local Customs: Park fees are expensive
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  • As soon as you arrive in the Galapagos, you will wait in a long, long line to have your passport stamped (yes, even if it was stamped in Quito or wherever you entered the country). You will also need to pay the park fee.

    IMPORTANT: You MUST pay your park fee in cash, and in US dollars. The fee is $100.

    Here's a sketch of passengers waiting in line at Galapagos arrivals.

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    Local Customs: The local currency? The "greenback"
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  • Don't worry about taking any kind of cash to the Galapagos other than US dollars. That's the official currency. Bring enough to pay your park fee, offer tips to your guide and the boat crew, buy souvenirs, snacks to take aboard the boat, etc.

    You can use credit cards in a few places in the Galapagos, but don't count on it. It's best just to have cash. If you do find youself making a large enough purchase that you exhaust your stock of greenbacks and need to pay with plastic, keep in mind that American Express just won't cut it here.

    There is an ATM machine in Puerto Ayora that works--or should I say is *supposed* to work--with the Cirrus system. (One boatmate of mine tried to get some cash, but she was unsuccessful; I doubt she was the only one.)

    (And no, that's not all my money.... this is a stock photo from somewhere, LOL.)

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    Comments for Quero about Galápagos Islands
    kathymof Fri Jul 25, 2008 03:57 UTC
     Ha Ha Ha ..."I will not take any more pictures of sea lions"...me too! I must have a couple hundred but yours are funnier!
    mypriority Sat Jul 12, 2008 13:53 UTC
     wow wow wow...want to go there too....it's amazing dive you got. is it expensive trip?
    angiebabe Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:29 UTC
     lovely page to look and dream through! lovely pics and coverage. hope to get there myself one day thanks!
    mollymoo0oo0 Fri Jan 12, 2007 19:44 UTC
     w0w, what a beautiful canvas you have created of your Galapagos images... lovely!! m.x
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