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| Blue footed boobies feeding juvenile. |
Sitting in the lobby of Hotel España, in Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos, in Ecuador, on the equator... 9:18 AM Galapagos time... It's raining. Disembarked from the boat earlier this morning. Feeling land-sick after five days/four nights at sea. Why does the Earth wobble to and fro? Trying to upload the backlog of pictures on the free WiFi in the lobby. Impossible to describe the experience. It went by in a flash, and at the same time I don't want to sleep on a boat for a long, long time to come. Staying on the islands (Santa Cruz and then San Cristóbal) for the next four days before returning to Guayaquil. Have thousands of pictures to wade through, catalog, and upload. Never need to go to the zoo again. Snorkeling with sea lions and penguins, marine iguanas, a white tipped shark, numerous tropical fishes, sea turtles. Witnessed blue footed boobies nesting and feeding young. Wandered through multitudes of island-evolved iguanas. Avoided being puked on by a frigate bird. Fur seals. Swallowtail gulls. Felt soft spines of giant cactus that had no predators to eat it. Volcanos. Lava tubes. Incredible landscapes and seascapes. Virtually unspoiled beauty. Impossible to describe. Rambling thoughts. Need to catalog thoughts. Process. Rinse. Repeat.
Sounds like such an incredible place! How nice to be around so much wildlife. That's something I miss about living in Vietnam. I haven't seen any wildlife here in Hanoi, of course, unless you count the occasional rat. I did see a goat or two in the mountains outside of the city. "Never need to go to the zoo again?" Wonderful!
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