San Cristóbal And Five Fingers rock Fresh snacks at Jatun Sacha! Santa Cruz Isabela Where the showers are half saltwater. Had to pay $0.50c for the water taxi, even though I didn’t use the water taxi! Nope, I didn’t get…
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Poison apple, the piglet and the crutches
The Poison Apple All over the galapagos is a plant called Manzanilla which has little apples as its fruit, but whenever you break the leaves or the bark, sap comes out which burns your skin and forms blisters, and then…
Tagged with: Compassion, Light-hearted, People-oriented, Travelling
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, People, Volunteering
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, People, Volunteering
The only place where someone yells ‘shark’ and everyone gets IN the water!
These are some of the real highlights of my time in the galapagos, things that really lifted my spirits and made me go ‘wow’! Snorkelling for the first time ever at La Loberia beach, thanks to the marvellous Bekki for…
Tagged with: Inspiration, Light-hearted, Travelling, You only live once
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
I’m still me
Which means that I can’t escape the way my brain works even when I’m in ‘Paradise’. So I had a few challenging thoughts along the way. I’m never that comfortable when I’m surrounded by people who are very different from…
Tagged with: Compassion, Depression, Mindfulness, Personal change
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, How I'm feeling, Volunteering
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, How I'm feeling, Volunteering
Welcome to paradise (Part 3)
The islands are named after the giant tortoises that populated the islands before hungry Spaniards and sailors nearly ate them to extinction! I didn’t quite see all of the 11 different species, differentiated by shell and neck shape, but here…
Welcome to paradise (Part 2)
Penguins – these were more shy than the other animals; they turn their backs to try to blend in with the rocks and they don’t tend to go to the inhabited parts of islands. Sharks! – these are called tintoreras,…
Welcome to paradise! (Part 1)
That’s the greeting we got from Cesar, and it’s on the information boards around town too. When it’s misty and cold it doesn’t feel like it, but when the sun comes out and the animals want to play with you……
Guardians of the Galápagos
Ok, I’m going to try to give some context for where I was, and then do some different-themed posts rather than trying to do the last 18 days in chronological order. Here goes… The Jatun Sacha foundation volunteer station/reserve is…
Tagged with: Compassion, Motivation, Personal change, Travelling
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
Don’t look up!
So, after Mindo I was picked up by Jorge, the father of the volunteer co-ordinator, and delivered to another homestay which was… different from the other one, not necessarily in a good way! I spent a day using the wi-fi…
Tagged with: Personal change, Travelling, You only live once
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
Posted in Ecuador, Galápagos, Volunteering
Searching for Smiles 