Internet Links

I have provided lots of internet links in the individual sections of my online journal, but for convenience, I'll put them all here, too.

Introduction

• www.nineofcups.com - Marcie and David's web site, relating their adventures aboard Nine of Cups
• Reinventing yourself - some tips from a "life coach" on how to reinvent yourself
• Mid-life crisis - this medical site describes symptoms of a mid-life crisis and how people respond to it

Getting to Ecuador

Miscellaneous

• Harborview Marina - the Baltimore marina that was my starting point
• The Celestine Prophecy - site for a New-Age book about a man who visits South America and has a serendipitous series of adventures and revelations
• Crewing opportunities - Seven Seas Cruising Association forum where you can volunteer to be crew on a private yacht
• Crewing opportunities - similar type of forum at Latitudes & Attitudes magazine
• Crewing opportunities - worldwide crewing opportunities, sometimes for pay

South American Travel

• South American travel - general information about visiting South America as a tourist
• Flights to South America - airline information for South American travel
• LanChile - the airline I used to/from South America
• Miami International Airport - one of the U.S. hubs for South American travel
• Aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre - the airport in Quito, Ecuador
• Aeropuerto Simón Bolívar - the airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Orbitz - flight reservations
• Expedia - flight reservations
• Travelocity - flight reservations
• Re-entering the U.S. - information from the U.S. government (Customs and Border Protection)
• Lonely Planet - travel guidebooks
• Moon Handbooks - travel guidebooks

Ecuador and the Galápagos (note: the Ecuador sites usually discuss the Galápagos)

• Ecuador - consular information sheet from the U.S. State Department; good, current information
• Ecuador - all kinds of information (including tourism) from the Embassy of Ecuador
• Ecuador travel and tourism - from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism
• Ecuador travel and tourism - commercial site with lots of good information
• Ecuador travel and tourism - another big commercial site
• Ecuador travel and tourism - yet another commercial site
• Ecuador travel and tourism - good information from the Lonely Planet site
• Ecuador - all kinds of statistics from the CIA World Factbook
• Traveler's health - information from the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) about traveling to Ecuador
• Discover Galápagos - good information from travel/tourism site
• Darwin Foundation - they support scientific research in the Galápagos
• Moon Handbooks Ecuador - the guidebook I used (at Amazon.com)
• Galápagos Wildlife - the guidebook I used (at Amazon.com)

Chile and Easter Island (note: the Chile sites usually discuss Easter Island)

• Chile - consular information sheet from the U.S. State Department; good, current information
• Chile - all kinds of information (including tourism) from the Embassy of Chile
• Chile travel and tourism - from the Chile Tourism Promotion Corporation
• Chile travel and tourism - good information from the Lonely Planet site
• Chile - all kinds of statistics from the CIA World Factbook
• Traveler's health - information from the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) about traveling to Chile
• Easter Island Foundation - good information about Easter Island
• Moon Handbooks Chile - the guidebook I used (at Amazon.com)

Visiting Ecuador

• Puerto Lucia Yacht Club and Marina - the marina site
• Puerto Lucia Yacht Club and Marina - article about the marina on Noonsite
• Farallón Dillon - the eclectic nautical gallery in Ballenita
• Shipwreck - the book (by David Horner) that has the picture of Alberto Dillon holding the silver ingot (Microsoft E-book site)
• Surfing Federation of Ecuador - describes the surfing locations on the Santa Elena peninsula (in Spanish)
• Ruta del Sol - tourism site (in Spanish)
• Ruta del Sol - climate chart (in Spanish)
• Santa Elena Peninsula - tourism site
• City of Guayaquil - the municipal web site (in Spanish)
• U.S. Consulate - in Guayaquil (in English)

Sailing to the Galápagos Archipelago

• Visiting the Galápagos by boat - information from Noonsite for cruisers
• Isla Santa Cruz - basic tourism information (includes Puerto Ayora)
• NOAA Wind/Wave Forecasts - forecasts wind and wave height/period for all oceans
• Ocean Weather - a PDF file extracted from the American Practical Navigator
• American Practical Navigator - a great online reference book about navigation, ocean weather, etc.
• Bioluminescence - educational site

Visiting the Galápagos Archipelago

Galápagos Travel and Tourism

• Galápagos travel and tourism - large and very interesting site with lots of well-presented information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another large and interesting site
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - another good source of information
• Galápagos travel and tourism - overview of the islands
• Galápagos nature travel - nature-oriented tourism site with many pictures
• Galápagos diving and tourism - tours provided by Rolf Wittmer (Margaret's son), specializing in touring by boat and diving
• Isla Santa Cruz travel and tourism - information about Isla Santa Cruz
• Isla Isabela travel and tourism - information about Isla Isabela
• Isla Floreana travel and tourism - information about Isla Floreana
• Galápagos climate - basic information about the climate of the Galápagos

Galápagos Scientific Research and Conservation

• Galápagos National Park
• Charles Darwin Foundation
• Charles Darwin Research Station
• Galápagos Conservation Trust
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - they operate the boat Sirenian that was near us in Academy Bay
• Galápagos El Niño - college site documenting the effect of El Niño on the Galápagos climate

Galápagos Nature (Plants and Animals)

• Plants and animals - decent overview of plants and animals, from tourism site
• Plants and animals - another overview of plants and animals
• Animals - information about animals, from tourism site
• Species lists - species lists (and other information), click provided links for lists
• Lonesome George - Lonesome George (the tortoise)

Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

• Charles Darwin - online biography
• Darwin and the Galápagos - about Darwin's involvement with the Galápagos (from the Darwin Foundation)
• Darwin and Evolution - large site from the American Museum of Natural History about Darwin and evolution
• Evolution - history of theories about evolution, from University of California
• The Voyage of the Beagle - full text of Darwin's book The Voyage of the Beagle, his trip journal (highly readable)
• The Origin of Species - full text of The Origin of Species (the original version)
• The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection - full text of The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection (the sixth edition)
• Robert Fitzroy - information about Robert Fitzroy, the captain of the Beagle

Galápagos Geology and Volcanoes

• Galápagos geology - good information about geology and volcanoes, from Cornell University
• Galápagos geology - some information from an educational site
• Satellite view - satellite view of the Galápagos, from NASA
• Satellite view - satellite view of Sierra Negra crater on Isla Isabela (in lower right corner), from NASA

Miscellaneous

• Historical miscellany - huge and very detailed site with numerous tidbits on the Galápagos
• Margaret Wittmer - very good site, maintained by her son, Rolf Wittmer
• The Encantadas - online text for story Herman Melville wrote about the Galápagos
• Armada del Ecuador - home page of the Ecuadorian Navy
• Cruising the Galápagos - detailed information for yachts, by Noonsite
• Yacht agent - Johnny Romero's site that supports visiting cruisers
• Virgen de Monserratte - tourism site that used to offer passage on the ship
• Virgen de Monserratte - another person's story about taking a trip on the ship
• Equator crossing ceremony - one description from a boating site
• Equator crossing ceremony - formal "white paper" by a person in the navy
• Angelique Art Gallery - the interesting blue mirrored art gallery in Puerto Ayora
• Galápagos visit - another individual's site, with lots of pictures
• Winlink - the worldwide amateur radio network that we used
• Pactor - a somewhat technical primer on how Pactor works
• Airmail - the PC program that controls the whole shebang
• SCS - the company that makes the Pactor modem that we used
• Pilsener beer - the Guayaquil company that makes Pilsener beer (in Spanish)

Sailing to Easter Island

• Visiting Easter Island by Boat - cruising information from Noonsite
• South Pacific Pilot Charts - downloadable charts of winds and seas, from U.S. Gov't site
• Digital Nautical Charts - downloadable, from U.S. Gov't site
• GPS Tutorial - basic information on GPS navigation from Garmin site
• GPS Information - huge site with many links and pages about GPS
• Pacific Ocean - encyclopedia article from Wikipedia
• "Popular Oceanography" - lots of interesting information related to the oceans, from Smithsonian site
• Marine Mammals of the World - free online book
• Flying Fish - simple site with basic information
• Cruiser's Fishing Guide - site with lots of collected advice on fishing while cruising
• Green Flash - lots of information about observing a green flash
• Southern Hemisphere Comets - I think this is the comet we saw
• Ferdinand Magellan - early explorer of the Pacific Ocean, from Wikipedia

Visiting Easter Island (Boat-Based)

Travel/Tourism and General Information

• Sernatur (Chilean National Tourism Service) - main site for all of Chile (in Spanish)
• Sernatur (Chilean National Tourism Service) - about Easter Island (in English)
• Easter Island Foundation - huge amount of interesting and useful information for visitors
• Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia - article about Easter Island
• Pacific Island Travel - big travel/tourism site with lots of information
• South Pacific .Org - basic travel/tourism site
• Easter Island History - brief summary of island history from BBC site
• Rapa Nui National Park - basic information from Chilean tourism site (in English)
• Rapa Nui National Park - World Heritage Site listing
• Easter Island Today - basic information about government, economy, island infrastructure, etc.
• Easter Island Home Page - basic travel/tourism information with internet links
• Rapa Nui Journal - occasional island newsletter

Archaeology and Restoration

• Easter Island Statue Project - big site with lots of information about a major ongoing archaeology project
• Polynesian Archaeology - summary of Polynesian archaeology
• How To Move and Erect a Moai - interesting information from PBS TV show
• Restoring Ahu Tongariki - information from the Japanese company that sponsored the restoration
• Deciphering Rongorongo - huge site with very detailed information about attempts to translate the strange written language
• Anthropological Museum - the local museum (mostly in Spanish)
• Stone Tools - rather technical article about archaeology, but has pictures of stone tools and fishhooks from Easter Island

Culture and Settlement of Polynesia

• Rapa Nui Folklore - the legend of the founding of the settlement by Hotu Matua
• Polynesian Voyaging to Rapa Nui - this site speculates on how settlers reached the island (it's normally upwind)
• Polynesian Voyaging Society - a group that preserves the knowledge and skills of Polynesian voyaging
• Rapa Nui Outrigger Canoe Club - a local club
• Polynesian Canoes - pictures of various types of Polynesian canoes
• Thor Heyerdahl's Settlement Theory - brief explanation of theory that South Americans settled Easter Island
• Easter Island Cannibalism - brief information about this practice

Miscellaneous

• Easter Island Resource Depletion - interesting article from Discover magazine
• Armada de Chile - web site of the Chilean Navy (in Spanish)
• Armada de Chile - a somewhat different version in English
• Submarino Simpson - brief information from the Armada site (in English)
• Simpson Arriving in Hawaii - picture from Wikipedia
• Tokerau - brief information about the pilot/rescue boat from the Armada site (in Spanish)
• Anchoring Techniques and Gear - from West Marine site, with diagrams
• Chain Stopper - picture of a chain stopper similar to the one on Nine of Cups
• White Haze in Antarctica - picture from Arctic scientist's personal site
• Orca Diving Center - popular local diving center, they helped us out when our dinghy flipped
• Volcanoes - good educational site with pictures and explanations
• Obsidian - basic information about this volcanic rock
• Rainbows - basic information about rainbows, including double and supernumerary rainbows
• Cara-cara Birds - from a birding site
• Government of Pitcairn Island - Easter Island's nearest inhabited neighbor

The Voyage to Nowhere

• Heavy weather sailing articles - articles about sailing, including in heavy weather
• Pictures of heavy weather - pilot boats sailing through heavy weather
• Heavy Weather Sailing - the well-read book originally by K. Adlard Coles, now by Peter Bruce (Amazon site)
• Sailing in heavy weather - basic information about sailing in heavy weather
• Sailing through a "white squall" - interesting article about a particular type of heavy weather (in this case, on the Great Lakes)
• Rogue waves - interesting but technical article
• Rogue waves - another interesting technical article
• Rogue wave prevalence - recently updated information, from USA Today article
• Abandoning ship and using a life raft - from Steve Dashew's site
• Life raft and safety information - mostly regulatory information
• Offshore racing requirements - detailed description of equipment and boat characteristics required for ocean cruising/racing, many items are safety-related
• Ocean weather systems - extract from American Practical Navigator
• June Pilot Chart for South Pacific Ocean - from U.S. Government site
• The Truth About Cruising - frank article about the downsides of cruising (including bad weather), by Tor Pinney
• Alpha autopilots - company site (they made the autopilot used on Nine of Cups)
• Self-steering techniques - collection of links that describe methods of self-steering
• Self-steering - information about wind vanes from a commercial site
• Weather fax - large site with lots of information
• JVCOMM weather fax - information about a popular Windows-based weather fax program
• Marine weather fax - what kind of weather fax charts are available, from NOAA site
• Beaufort wind scale - basic information from Wikipedia
• Beaufort wind scale - extract from American Practical Navigator, has pictures of typical sea conditions
• Garbage regulations for boaters - information from Coast Guard safety site
• Fireball meteors - FAQ from astronomy organization
• Fireball meteors - basic information from Sky & Telescope site
• Zodiacal light - interesting article explaining what causes zodiacal light
• Magellanic clouds - article with pictures from Wikipedia
• Magellanic clouds - another interesting article
• Juan Fernández Archipelago - nice set of pictures from travel site
• Juan Fernández Archipelago - basic information from Chilean travel site
• Juan Fernández Archipelago - another site with basic information
• Alexander Selkirk - article about the man who was the model for Robinson Crusoe
• Robinson Crusoe - online text for the book by Daniel Defoe

Visiting Easter Island (Land-Based)

There are no additional internet links for this section; refer to the earlier section about Visiting Easter Island (Boat-Based).

Returning to Baltimore

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Summary of the Trip

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