{"id":133,"date":"2020-02-28T17:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2021-07-28T00:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:19:35","slug":"influencers-on-board-m-c-alya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/influencers-on-board-m-c-alya\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencers onboard M\/C Alya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(114,114,114,0)&#8221; 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They decided to retire from California to the city of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retireearlyandtravel.com\/category\/cuenca-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuenca, Ecuador,<\/a><\/strong> for both an adventure and a lower cost of living so they could begin traveling the world. They started to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retireearlyandtravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Retire Early and Travel<\/strong><\/a> as a way to keep family and friends aware of their trips and to help other people who like them may want to retire early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During their almost 4 years of permanently living in Ecuador, they have managed to know the majority of the culture and traditions of the country visiting practically all of the continental Ecuador highlights, but something that always caught their attention was to know the very recognized worldwide <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/galapagos-islands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galapagos Islands.<\/a><\/strong> It is for this reason that thanks to an agreement with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cruise to Galapagos<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/galapagos-cruises\/alya-catamaran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M\/C Alya<\/a><\/strong> vessel they were able to be on board this unique cruise in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/galapagos-cruises\/alya-catamaran\/itinerary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 days itinerary<\/a><\/strong> that traveled the northern part of the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/influencers.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"two seniors on a luxury cruise in Galapagos Islands\" class=\"wp-image-1975 aligncenter size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/influencers.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/influencers-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the complete itinerary options M\/C Alya offer Keith &amp; Tina choose the 5 days because fits to their personal scheduled activities; in fact, this itinerary is the most preferent to the majority of travelers that comes to Ecuador as they combine with activities in the mainland and also provides the next opportunity to come to this amazing destination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div id=\"attachment_3379\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3379\" src=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/alya-luxury-galapagos-cruise-experience.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" alt=\"Galapagos luxury cruise sailing all over the islands\" class=\"wp-image-3379 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/alya-luxury-galapagos-cruise-experience.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/alya-luxury-galapagos-cruise-experience-980x552.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/alya-luxury-galapagos-cruise-experience-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galapagos luxury Cruise across the ocean after the activities.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>M\/C Alya Luxury Cruise<\/strong> is also known as <strong>\u201cThe Jewel of Galapagos\u201d<\/strong> due to its design representing the perfection, beauty, and uniqueness of an exotic paradise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keith &amp; Tina&#8217;s expectations were very high since they had heard and read about this worldwide destination from all their relatives and friends, so they decided to not miss the opportunity to experience it and what better way through a cruise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Onboard this unique ship they experience the luxury VIP service all guest receive when they cruise the archipelago, they witness the very comfortable cabins including the individual private balcony with the panoramic windows, as well as the high-quality service provide it by all the crew members starting with the Cruise Director that the ship has.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg-355x199.jpg 355w, https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Influencers.3jpeg.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During their itinerary they were able to know some islands among the most important are Genovesa, Bartolome, Santiago, and Santa Cruz, in these islands they had the opportunity to know the flora and fauna of these remarkable places; 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Keith &amp; Tina Paul are a passion for learning a couple, that love to experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past weeks one of the <strong>Most Important Influencers<\/strong> in the retire segment had the opportunity to be onboard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alyaonboard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M\/C Alya<\/a> <\/strong>on a 5-day itinerary sailing the <strong>Galapagos Islands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retireearlyandtravel.com\/keith-and-tina-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keith &amp; Tinal Paul<\/a><\/strong> are a passion for learning couple, that love to experience other cultures, and meeting people as they consider themselves forever students.<\/p>\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-134 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Keith-and-Tina-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2016, they gave up successful careers and retired early. They decided to retire from California to the city of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retireearlyandtravel.com\/category\/cuenca-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cuenca,Ecuador,<\/a><\/strong> for both an adventure and a lower cost of living so they could begin traveling the world. They started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retireearlyandtravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Retire Early and Travel<\/strong><\/a> as a way to keep family and friends aware of their trips and to help other people who like them, may want to retire early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During their almost 4 years of permanently living in Ecuador, they have managed to know the majority of the culture and traditions of the country visiting practically all of the continental Ecuador highlights, but something that always caught their attention was to know the very recognized worldwide <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galapagos Islands.<\/a><\/strong> It is for this reason that thanks to an agreement with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruisetogalapagos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cruise to Galapagos<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a 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