[adolph]

The article doesn't deliver on the headline of why the author disappeared. At no point is the motivation for going to the Galapagos disclosed.

[symbogra]

Motivation... it's a cool place for a holiday? See some endemic wildlife?

[adolph]

The author seems based in North America which in December is typically cooler than the equatorial Galapagos.

https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/galapagos

[nephihaha]

Wildlife most likely.