Six Days for $900: Doing the Galapagos on a Budget

“It’s clearly the cool thing to do here…” Sherri’s voice carried quickly in the early morning Galapagos air; a mother walking her son to school looked back at us over her shoulder. Along the road, cars filled with diving gear and men in board shorts passed by. “Everyone sits on the kerb outside closed up shops at 7 in the morning!” We were waiting for our tour guide to arrive – the one we’d never met, who was about to take us off to…