LAND AHOY!!!
To my eternal disappointment we reached Darwin’s islands during the rainy season.Which, considering the crew is not too bad as everyone got severely sunbuirned the very next day…yours truly among the vuictims (but being almost creole I was not too bad). I still have to taste the turtle bisque, even tho all the turtles we saw are over 100 years old, so might be a bit stringy. However, if we visit the Galepaogos again, in the next 50 years or so, we will see the very same turtles (tortoises rather). Things to do in Puerto
Ayora: visit Darwin’s station and beach and snorkel (meh), admire the local crafts and stores- too bloody expensive to buy anything, plus the local jewllery leaves much to be desired- my opinion; take lots of pictures of everything that moves, pelicans, sea lions, iguanas, fishes, bugs, trees in the wind, water splases as we merrily sailed away on the dingy ships..what else…eat. This next paragraph is entirely devoted to eating (im currently famished), so eating: touristy food is pricey for Ecuador, after dishes that cost btw. $3 and $7 paying $12 for a local fresh langouste seems much. The local joints have excellent beef steaks, at 4.5 per person, a steak the size of the plate which is awesome after day’s swimming. The sun sets around 6 pm and we don’t have a telly in the house, so we get to play society games till 10 pm when we’re dead tired (Im still the undisputed scrabble queen). This evening i made some chocli which is roasted corn, kernels between popcorn and unpopped corn, well just kernels actually.
Snorkeling- lots and lots of fishes, sea lions and tutles in the water. Because of the Humboldt current, there’s a feeding and mating frenzy, all is color and all color is movement…the pictures don’t really do justice to the things we see, like being on the Natiponal Geographic 24/7, minus the time we didn’t have water at the house, we got really miserable but thats solved now:).
So, this is all my reporting for now, and I hope to get back at least once more before we leave eden. And if not, I heard Guayaquil has some nice beaches.
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#1 by M&M+little A on November 27, 2009 - 7:57 am
Daria
Pozele sunt minunate, ne amintesc de Hawaii. Speram sa nu va plictisiti de Galapagos si sa lasati ceva entuziasm pentru calatoriile viitoare in America de Sud
P.S. Daria, you need to remember: the King of Scrabble is still here!
#2 by dOOMY on November 28, 2009 - 6:01 am
Hello Scutece Inc. Galapagosul este oarecum Hawaiian ca doara e doar fo 2-3000 km mai jos. Au clar animale mai multe si mai faine dar ca peisaje, so far cred ca Hawaiiul e mai fain. Da’ tot ne-am muta aici, cu tot cu Niusi.
Azi am facut baie cu foci care sunt cute, puturoase (adica miros), jucause si hotzomane (zice Daria peste umarul meu) ca fura peste de la pescari din piata. Maine planuim sa merem cu boogie boardul la o plaja gen Polihale doar ca are multe iguane si pelicani si cactusi. Soarele cam lipseste pe aici dar asta nu e neaparat lucru rau, decat ca nu ies pozele de supt apa misto…
Other than that, all is OK si clar mai e lucruri de facut si pentru viitor…
#3 by Lavi on December 1, 2009 - 11:00 pm
You know, I feel so bad for you guys. I mean here you go in the wild, getting rained on and having to eat strange food.
I, on the other hand, am enjoying the delicacies of capitalism, long work weeks and endless Christmas carols at the mall. Suckers! Told ya you should have stayed home.*putting feet up on desk*