We got our first chance to explore San Cristobal a little. Went on a short walk-like-hike on the Frigatebird trail (Frigate bird aka iwa birds=tijeretas in Spanish). We got to see the bay where Charles Darwin first landed on the Beagle and got his first look at the Galapagos. Interestingly enough, Darwin only spent a total of 5 weeks in the archipelago, a supringly short amount of time for a place and person so strongly related with one another. Being here is amazing, I’m still riding my insane high. It’s cool to be in a place where I can just see so much ecology right in front of my face. We went snorkeling after the hike, and despite the sucky conditions (I felt bad for my poor Midwestern peers who are not as used to the scariness of the ocean, esp big surfing waves which are not good for snorkeling), I still saw tons of fish, several turtles, and got showed up by a sea lion in between the breaks. I am so excited to try snorkeling some more and see the fish! Ah! Basically, the Galapagos are still awesome and I'm still in heaven. Ah....
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Carlitos Darwin is My Homeboy
We got our first chance to explore San Cristobal a little. Went on a short walk-like-hike on the Frigatebird trail (Frigate bird aka iwa birds=tijeretas in Spanish). We got to see the bay where Charles Darwin first landed on the Beagle and got his first look at the Galapagos. Interestingly enough, Darwin only spent a total of 5 weeks in the archipelago, a supringly short amount of time for a place and person so strongly related with one another. Being here is amazing, I’m still riding my insane high. It’s cool to be in a place where I can just see so much ecology right in front of my face. We went snorkeling after the hike, and despite the sucky conditions (I felt bad for my poor Midwestern peers who are not as used to the scariness of the ocean, esp big surfing waves which are not good for snorkeling), I still saw tons of fish, several turtles, and got showed up by a sea lion in between the breaks. I am so excited to try snorkeling some more and see the fish! Ah! Basically, the Galapagos are still awesome and I'm still in heaven. Ah....
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The sea life there is so amazing!! snorkeling is so cool!! ahh jealous!! glad to hear you are having fun though, and good to know that you and charlie are homies!
ReplyDeletealso you five are just so gangster that it hurts...
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE TITLE KATIE!!!! SUper jealous, but also incredibly happy for you. SWIM WITH SHARKS FOR ME!!! Preferably white tip reef sharks, or galapagos sharks, but even a lemon shark or nurse shark would do...
ReplyDeletebesitos!