Instant Reader Report
on Peter Hughes / [same] in
Galapagos Islands / [N/A] on
2002/10
by
Elaine Byland , MI, USA
Report Number 030112112515272

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 [Unspecified]Tobago, Roatan (Honduras), Cayman Brac, Curacao, Cozumel, St.
Croix, Costa Rica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Lake Michigan, Michigan inland
lakes, Gilboa  

Dive Conditions

[Unspecified]Dove own profile for the most part.  Check out dive was
mandatory  

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Overall Rating

[None]We cannot wait to go back! This was my first live-aboard experience. 
We saw more on one dive in the Galapagos than in a week at any other place
I have dove.  6-5-4, 7mm or dry suit a must.  Watch for ElNino years as
this effects the shark, manta and whale shark sightings.  72 to 74 degress
water temperatures were the norm with a couple of dives up to 78 due to
ElNino.  

We did not see the hundreds of schooling hammerheads, but we saw them on
many of the dives in schools of 6 or so and many singles.  Many sightings
of Galapagos sharks, blacktip and whitetip reef sharks, marbles rays,
diamond stingrays, so many turtles you could not count them all and eagle
rays.  We saw water spout from whales at a distance, many pods of
dolphins, snorkeled with penquins and dove with sealions on many of the
dives.  A couple of mantas were seen, but not by me.

This is not a beginner dive trip.  Currents on some dives were so strong
that we had to go hand over hand on the volcanic rock walls.  Make sure
you bring extra gloves and safety devices (alert, sausage etc.)

The whale sharks eluded our group on this trip.  Even though I really
wanted a whale shark and manta encounter it was still the best diving and
best overall trip I have ever taken.  

The Peter Hughes crew was friendly and helpful.   We had one of the master
staterooms.  Go that way if you can afford the extra cost. We celebrated a
birthday, Halloween, a 100th dive, my 200th dive and the crossing of the
Equator.  We dove 3 to 5 times a day depending on the site and land tour
schedule.  Each day we experienced a once in a lifetime event.

We also spent a few days in the rain forest on the Napo River.  If you are
into birds don't miss this.  

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