Off again

I’m off to Bruges with my parents for a few days now. I know, confusing. In the middle of all the Galapagos recapping I wander off to yet another country. While I’m gone though, you can all toddle over to Flickr once more. I’ve loaded the first half of the next set of Galapagos photos. [...]

The one with half-naked men in the street

Our first stop on 8th June was the Interpretation Centre on San Cristobal. It’s an exhibition centre with displays about the history of the islands, along with information about the preservation of the natural landscape and its inhabitants. Enriqué told us that the centre hasn’t just been of use in educating tourists, the locals have [...]

Feeling useful

I went out earlier for a little evening wander and as I was walking back towards my abode, I heard a guy calling “Excuse me!” behind me. As is my wont, I ignored the first call on the assumption it wasn’t for me, turning only when he called again. A blonde man in his early [...]

This is the one where a sea lion takes umbrage with me

The fourth day on the boat dawned and after breakfast, we headed to Gardner Bay on Hood Island. As usual, there were lots of sea lions waiting for us on the white sand beach. We walked the length of the beach, admiring the piles of marine iguanas strewn across the rocks. Mocking birds were running [...]

Picnic

We four girlies had arranged to have a picnic in Knole Park, in Sevenoaks. Perhaps with some deer racing afterwards. However, Mr Raincloud had other ideas, so instead we spread Lauren’s rug across Suzy’s sitting room floor and had our picnic there – with paper plates and plastic cups and cutlery.
We’d each brought a contribution [...]

Barrels and caves

Day 3 on the boat and we arrived at Post Office Bay on Floreana. The post office barrel here was used in ye olden days as a means of sending post around the world. Passing ships would leave their post and the sailors would have a rummage through the barrel, taking anything they could deliver [...]

A walk on the wild side

Darkness was falling, so I did what everyone should: I went for a walk. And since my legs were evidently going to behave and not give me immense pain, I walked further than I had planned, across a few fields and down a couple of dales.
I must say, for someone who was all by herself, [...]