Sun 9 Aug 2009
I have a few minutes to spare here at an internet cafe on Santa Cruz Is. Some quick highlights–
- had a pengiun swim right underneath me
- young sea lion playing underneath me and Ju
- swam right past a huge sea turtle
- saw two white tipped sharks
- saw so many marine igaunas, mind blowing.
- the colourful land iguanas
- massive giant tortoises including the famous Diego and Lonesome George
- baby giant tortoises (less than one year)
- baby sea lions, just a few days old
- blue footed boobies, darwin finches
- native trees whose names I can´t remember
Much more to come later, gotta get back to the boat to see more Giant Tortoises in the wild later today. woo!
(oh and pictures to come later too, probably wednesday)
August 9th, 2009 at 4:03pm
I find it someone disturbing that you can blog from the Galapagos.
August 10th, 2009 at 1:38pm
All of those things sound really awesome. Glad to hear that you’re seeing awesome things and having a blast!
August 10th, 2009 at 2:28pm
ucblo: there is a little village on Santa Cruz island called Puerto Ayora, which is the tourist capital of the Galapagos where you can rent boats, etc. It is also home to the Charles Darwin Research Station, which is where they breed tortoises and igaunas — and also the centre of scientific research on the islands. Anyhow — there they have an internet cafe with the slowest internet connection evar, aside from my current connection that is.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:26pm
As it turns out, one of my coworkers just got back from the Galapagos!
However, I bet that your trip will be way cooler than his.