Spokesman : Lt. Pablo Abarca , a spokesman with the Ecuadorian navy , told CNN that Bezos was transported on a Bell 430 helicopter on New Year 's Day . Bezos had a `` good outcome , '' did n't need surgery and is `` feeling well '' Bezos was on a tourist expedition near South America off the Galapagos Islands . He was evacuated on an Ecuadorian navy helicopter , so that he could get surgery . Bezos on the ordeal : `` Galapagos : five stars . Kidney stones : zero stars ''
Spokesman : Bezos had a `` good outcome , '' did n't need surgery and is `` feeling well '' Bezos was on a tourist expedition near South America off the Galapagos Islands . He was evacuated on an Ecuadorian navy helicopter , so that he could get surgery . Bezos on the ordeal : `` Galapagos : five stars . Kidney stones : zero stars ''