WOW WOW WOW is all I have to say! This place lived up every expectation I ever had about it!
Galapagos-Isla Española
After my parents and I spent a few fun and relaxing days in Quito we caught a flight to San Cristobal Island, one of the urban islands in the Galapagos. From there we were picked up by our crew and taken to our new humble abode for the next eight days– a large sized boat with 13 other guests and 6 crew memebers.
Throughout the 8 days we sailed around some of the most prestigious and beautiful islands that make up the Galapagos. Every island is so varied, each having something else to offer from red footed booby birds, pelicans, swimming iguanas, sea lions, sea turtles, land turtoises, sally live foot crabs, galapagos hawk, and more.
Once stepping foot on any of the islands you realize just how important Darwin’s work is and how real and live it still is today! When you see in one island a prickly pear growing up due to predators and then going to another island and seeing the same plant grow sideways on the ground you are just amazed and the concept of survival of the fittest.
yellow iguana
Every day was spent walking around with our guides and getting fed important and interesting information, snorkeling, eating, and sleeping. The snorkeling and diving were two of my best highlights..Imagine you swimming in the water with a snorkeling mask on and boom, all of a sudden, sea lion! In your face! starting to play with you, jumping above you, looking into your eyes and simply being the cute furry (smelly) curious animal you only got to see from afar in the Pier in San Francisco. We saw many other cool fish, sea turtles and many white tiped sharks.
Sea Lions on the beach
What amazed me the most was the upkeeping and the awareness that the guides passed on to us. They are doing a great job keeping the Galapagos a clean healthy environment for animals and other species without having it be run by tourists, capitalism and the rest. This trip is a memory I will cherish forever, who knows what will happen with those islands in the future.
Sea and cliff
we are seriously INCREDIBLY lucky to experience such beauty. my time bouncing from island to island was easily the most incredible experience of my life…i’m glad you got to see it.
love.
By: bonkosi on 08/07/2009
at 05:58
Hi Tal! This is the older of the Otero brothers from the Galapagos trip. I like your posts about the trip. Where are you off to next? Say hello to your family for me.
By: Glen on 13/07/2009
at 17:39