Galapagos
March 25th, 2009
View the trip so farOh my god, the Galapagos are amazing. I highly recommend them. If you think you would like to go, go. You will not be dissapointed.
The boat I stayed on, The Darwin, was great. The crew was really nice and accomidating. Our guide Nadine was also great. She was this little extremely tanned , built, French women that has lived in the Galapagos for 26 years. The passengers were also great, we all got along really well and clicked almost immediately. We had so much fun that we all continued to hang out back in Quito for two nights. What a great group of people I am really going to miss them.
I was a little afraid of living on a boat for 8 days. I was afraid that I would be sea sick for most of the trip. But I wasn´t. It was a lot of fun living on the boat. We didn´t have any hot water, because the hot water heater blew the first night, complete with making the lights flash, and smoke coming out of the side of the boat. That was fun. The cabins were really tiny, and I didn´t have a cabin mate for the first half of the trip. Which was great.
The first day we did our first wet landing, which means riding the dingy up to the shore and getting out in the water. That made me so happy. I instantly fell in love walking around the beach and taking pictures. I asked Nadine, our guide, what it takes to become a guide. I could see myself doing that everyday. It is so beautiful there.
We saw so many beautiful things, that words can´t describe. I am in the process of uploading pictures now, and will upload them slowly. The internet connection here is not as fast as other places. So please be patient and they will be up shortly.
We saw tons of sea lions, blue footed boobies, lizards, iguanas, tortises, sharks, penguins, crabs, tons of fish, gorgeous landscapes, the list goes on. We hiked about twice a day and snorkeled about twice a day. I hadn´t snorkled since I was little in Mexico and was a little nervous, but, by the end of the trip I was loving it. Loving it so much in fact, that I am now thinking about becoming certified to dive.
The Galapagos were great. I so happy I went.
