Travel Safety Ecuador

October 05, 2009

Galapagos update on sinking of tourist ship

• As previously reported the crew and passengers from the sinking of the tourist ship last week all survived. However, according to news reports, all the passengers lost their travel documents and efforts were being made to assist the travelers. We are not aware of precautions taken by the ship's company in regards to documents but we encourage you always keep at best, copies of your documents (passports, ect) in a place that is secure from your ship. Also, waterproof document holders could have prevented some of last weeks loss of documents. For example, we recommend that the shipping company if possible keep the passports in a safe in their office on the islands or that photocopies be made of the documents to help facilitate replacement in the event of an emergency such as last week.

WATERPROOF DOCUMENT CARRIERS - http://www.safetycentral.com/omwatdocholw.html(ECUADORRAVELADVISORY.COM)