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		<title>Doomed to success?  Visiting the Galapagos &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WalkinGates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is a good thing too good?  Each year the Galapagos Islands seem to get more and more popular.  At one time, there were only 60,000 visitors to the islands, but it has grown by tens of thousands.  Recently, a five star hotel opened, appropriately $400 &#8211; 500 per night the last time I checked, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=154&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another bathroom post &#8230; Explorer II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are going to the Galapagos and you are visiting the islands via ship or land, be prepared.  During my research on ships and hotels, I kept reading on several blogs that many hotels require you to dispose of your waste paper (toilet paper) in a waste basket &#8230; my first thoughts were how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=156&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise ship or yacht for the Galapagos &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/cruise-ship-or-yacht-for-the-galapagos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WalkinGates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the major decisions that we had to make regarding our visit to the Galapagos Islands was how do we want to visit the islands &#8230; by land or sea.  The land based option would mean that we would need to stay on one of the islands with a hotel, which subsequently would mean [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=108&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The airlines care so much about the environment that they are willing to let me pay for it</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-airlines-care-so-much-about-the-environment-that-they-are-willing-to-let-me-pay-for-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WalkinGates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about other travelers, but I actually like to read the propaganda that the airlines provide &#8230; they actually have interesting articles.  A couple of days ago, I was flying home on Continental Airlines.  Their magazine had an interesting article about the environment and how much they care.  They care so much that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=80&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Head south for the holidays!</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/head-south-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I am getting old, but the past several years I have wanted to travel south during winter breaks and holidays.  One of my most relaxing trips was spending a week in Cozumel to celebrate New Years 2006.
 We stayed at the Occidental Grand Cozumel, an all inclusive resort on the beach away from town [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=72&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Heritage Centre list of world sites &#8230; hmm</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/world-heritage-centre-list-of-world-sites-hmm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I am sometimes traditional, sometimes I am not, but as a travel enthusiast, I always grapple with where I want to go next.  One of my main reasons for traveling is the cultural value.  The world is much larger than my backyard, i.e., the southeastern United States.
The World Heritage Centre [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=71&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now that&#8217;s bad press or is it</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/now-thats-bad-press-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the Antarctic accident and am glad that everyone evacuated the ship to safety.  I certainly do not want anyone to think that I am blaming G.A.P. for the accident &#8230; right now, it sounds just like an accident.  Of course, this accident will impact the environment, but it sounds like it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=32&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When ecotourism goes wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately, no one has injured, but the ship M/S Explorer that was cruising the Antarctic had to be evacuated because it began sinking after hitting submerged ice.  G.A.P., the owner of the M/S Explorer, prides themselves on eco-friendly &#8220;adventures,&#8221; as they call their tours. 
This incident made me think about my upcoming trip to Ecuador and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=31&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Galapagos limiting visits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently heard that Ecuador is limiting the number of visitors that they will allow to the Galapagos Islands.  I will be visiting the Islands December 2007.  This is ironically and paradoxically problem with too successful of a travel destination.  The more popular a nature or ecological area becomes, the more we want to visit, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=20&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going to the Galapagos Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 19 2007, we are traveling to Quito, Ecuador and on the 22nd we go to the Galapagos Islands.  This will be our first visit and we are excited.
Anyone traveling to the Galapagos or has been there knows that there are two ways to see the islands:  aboard a yacht/cruise ship or lodge on one of the islands [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=16&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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