The Galapagos Islands are very serious about  protecting  the islands.  On our flight over, the overhead airplane bins were opened and insectiside  sprayed throughout for assurance.  We are not allowed to remove anything from any island or even swat at a wasp, kill a bug, anything.  The islands are pristine, no random trash, grafitti, or toilets.  This is Day 5 for us and we even haven't seen a settlement.   We are not allowed to try and get any signal for a phone or internet on any island.  The ship's internet is practically non-existent.  However, we understand that the population of 35,000 people among the 4 settlements do have Facebook and Twitter accounts, so go figure.