Our four days on the Galapagos Islands were the highlight of the trip so far.
Amy got quite seasick, but luckily one of our fellow tourists was kind enough to give us some seasickness tablets. The only downside to them was that they completely knock you out. On the other other hand, this meant that Amy could actually sleep through the rocking of the boat.
The fact that all of the islands were formed by volcanic erruption completely blows my mind. Before the first erruption, there was nothing there but empty sea!
We saw sealions on almost every island, both marine and land iguanas, blue footed boobies, red-breasted frigatebirds, Galapagos tortoises, sea turtles, bright red crabs on dark black rocks and all manner of incredible volcanic creations.
We were extremely fortunate to be in a tour group that consisted of great people.
Of the 16 tourists on board, there were 5 aussies (1 ex-pat returning home from the UK), 5 Canadians, 1 American and 5 UKians.
Charles (the American) happened to be from New York and gave us lists of things to do and see, and (most importantly) a place to go to get good coffee.
The boat we were on was really good, the crew were extremely efficient and the tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I don't think we could have asked for more (except maybe time and money!)
We're keen for updates on:
- The election
- Church stuff
- New haircuts and facial hair (*looks pointedly at the Wilkins...*)
- Family stuff
- Anything else people would think we'd be interested in.
Other photos-
Our tour group.
A metric tonne of marine iguanas.
We were sitting down eating our lunch when our tour guide told us to come up on deck to see some dolphins. We were very pleasantly surprised when they turned out to be a pod of pilot wales! This a an amazing sight that isn't common in the Galapagos. Even the crew and the tour guide were taking photos!
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For a while the game kept crashing and giving me blue screens of death. Things are ok now tho.
I have a gravity gun.
These face-suckers jump on people's heads and turn them into zombies.
I shoot them.
Wowee the islands sound great! How bizarre that the islands wouldn't be there without the volcanic eruptions. You got to see pod whales - I'm sooo jealous! Seeing animals in their natural habitat is so special, it must have been a lovely trip.
Have you got any more boat trips? - Ames better invest in some of those drugs if so!
Hi guys, I can't believe what you are up to, you lucky things (but not the sea sickness!!) How big are the iguanas? Thanks for updating this regularly, its fun to see your adventure unfold :) Where to next?
lots of love, Tineke
Great to hear that somethings going well! sounds like travel craziness has well and truly engulfed you. I hope that you can laugh at all the mishaps (unless your plane crashes or something really awful!)
Miss you guys heaps, Mike and I have actually been quite soppy about you being away....you'd better come back soon!
Thanks for giving Mike the stupid game, now he can shoot lasers at Zombies instead of me :-)
We've moved to West Hobart to a house full of lofts, we have a trampoline, we are happy!
Keep blogging.
Love Nikki
Missing you guys!
Aren't those iguanas cute and cuddly - some are even hugging each other! But maybe 1 metric tonne is an underestimate?
Great photo of the whales, it's hard to get clear photos of rare and fleeting things.
Bwhaha, keep it up Mike!
Katie: Nope, no more boat trips (apart from white-water rafting tomorrow!)
The Richardsons: The iguanas were roughly 2ft long (iirc).
Nikki: You moved?!? Awesome! We'll check it out when we return!
We're finishing off Ecuador at the moment, then off to New York, DC, Boston and Montreal.
You'll soon see...
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