Hotel Silberstein Puerto Ayora

Het is geloof ik alweer een tijdje geleden dat ik iets geschreven heb, dus ik moet er maar weer aan geloven. Eens even kijken of ik het me nog allemaal herinneren kan...

De laatste week bij mijn project was gelukkig een stukje beter. Dit kwam met name omdat we elke dag een operatie hadden in de dierenkliniek (ahum kliniek). Het is erg jammer om te zien dat de medewerkers van CIMEI zo gedemotiveerd zijn. De dierenarts is nog erg jong en heeft niet veel ervaring ...

... 3 hours ever in our journey. There is some kid of ocean wave activity going on the the boat was rockin back and forth, side to side like wild. At breakfast time, the boat is already rocking like you won´t believe. I felt sick when the crew lay out the breakfast on the table. Feeling extremely sick,I only drank some juice and just sat and watch everyone wolf down the food while the platter shift from one side of the table to another. After ...

... zeggen ze vaak. Maar hier was het meer zo van omdat jullie de hele tijd niets zitten te doen is er ruimte voor een vrijwilliger.Echt ik ga liever de hele dag wc`s poetsen dan voel ik tenminste dat ik wat gedaan heb. Maar ja laat ik niet gelijk zo negatief zijn. Ik ga er ook proberen wat van te maken. Heb ook gelijk aangeboden te willen helpen met het vertalen van de folders etc.
O ja en dan vergeet ik bijna nog wat, Ank dat is iets voor jou hier, iedereen ...

... had sold too many tickets and there was a big argument which culminated in one guy having to leave. We then started chugging out of the harbour... only to return to the dock. An official-looking man in uniform counted the number of passengers and said there were still too many and the boat couldn't leave. After some more discussion the guy who had previously been told to get off reboarded and we were free to leave... there's a lesson in Ecuadorian health and safety.The ride itself was ...

... later in WWII, meant a massive depletion in numbers, as they just picked up these massive beasts, and put them on their ships for fresh meat (they can live for up to a whole year with no food or water!). Numbers decreased from an estimated 300,000 to only 20,000 by the time their evolutionary importance was recognised. Thanks to the amazing work done by the Charles Darwin Foundation and other groups there, 11 of the 14 species have ...

... 10, 2009

Day 7:

This morning was another day of kayaking, although these were the kind of kayaks you sit on top of, and Gabe and I found them easier to maneuver. Getting out of the little cove though proved challenging, as it was low tide and lower than our guide had ever seen it. There were rocks everywhere and everyone was periodically getting stranded atop rocks, making for very ...

... to relax in the shade or enjoy the sun during the cruise. We flew in to the galapagos on Wednesday after a 5am start - we had someone pick us up from the hotel and guide us through the busyness of quito airport - she was worth her weight in gold - nearly. I had a stressful Wednesday - apologies to tracey - i was a jerk. Sorry. Met the boat and crew and fellow passengers. What a foreign place this galapagos is - we have got into shorts at last - it is quite hot - this ...

... nicht aus dem
Bett zu fallen....
Die Inseln haben alle vulkanischen Ursprung und
haben teils sehr karge Vegetation. Sie unt**scheiden sich jedoch extrem
unt**einand**...die eine hat Kakteen und rote Bodendeck**, die and**e
Laubbauemchen, die naechste fast gar nichts...und alles dort ist
endemisch. Das war eindeutig das Lieblingswort uns**es Fuehr**s... :-)
it's endemic....
d.h. es gibt diese Spezie nur auf den Galapagos.
Die
Ti**e sind einmalig ...

... had to offer. What ever we saw on land was matched by what we saw in the water. In the space of a week we had swum with stingrays, huge sea turtles, sea lions, fur seals, penguins and a school of reef sharks! It is a very special feeling being in the water as sea lions play with you, darting next to you and finishing inches away from your snorkel mask, it is a slightly scarier proposition if a 2 meter shark does the same!

On ...

... our first sunset - with unobscured horizons against the ocean whilst sipping beer and chatting with our touring friends.

Day 3 - Espanola island. Our morning was dominated by a sea lion 'colony' on the beach, where we encountered sea-lions in all shapes and sizes. Most commonly they all had a penchant for lazy dozing on the beach, and their rolling around, scratching and lapping up of the shoring waters provided us with ample amusement! We'd brought ...