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| Ashton Palmer, president of ExpeditionTrips, during a Galapagos trip on La Pinta. Photo Credit: Courtesy of ExpeditionTrips There are few places where people can cruise at all right now, and almost none where North Americans are currently able to sail. The Galapagos is one of the very few exceptions. A cabin on Metropolitan Touring’s Galapagos ship, La Pinta. A handful of operators began offering small-ship Galapagos tours last year, including Metropolitan Touring, which resumed Galapagos trips in August on La Pinta, followed by the Isabela II, two of the three expedition vessels in the company s fleet. According to the operator, while approximately 70 vessels had been offering sailings in the archipelago prior to the pandemic, currently only about six ships are sailing regularly. ....