Up Close & Personal on a Galapagos Cruise Catriona Griffin September 4, 2013 Read time - 3 minutes As I was sitting on the deck, cold beer in one hand, camera in the other, watching a massive blue whale spouting a few hundred metres from the boat, I really thought I would wake up at any moment and still be at my desk in the office. But I didn’t! It was as real as you can get. And the experience didn’t end there. I was lucky enough to be on an 8-day cruise of the Galapagos Islands. Read more about Up Close & Personal on a Galapagos Cruise