Saturday, 16 August 2014
I didn't sleep well during the night. The boat started moving sometime in the night to go to Santa Fe Island, our next destination and it was rough travel! The current was so strong that Laura's (my cabin mate) stuff that she kept on the shelf fell off, but we couldn't pick it up because the boat was moving too much.
At 7 am breakfast was served. I mandi kerbau and had breakfast, then we went on the dinghy to Santa Fe Island. On the way, I saw blue footed boobies, a Galapagos hawk, frigate birds (the males have a red chest which they blow out to attract females, it takes 6 hours for it to deflate) and on the island itself I saw plenty of sea lions, lizards and land iguanas. Then snorkeling, I stayed in the dinghy.
Then back to the boat for lunch. They served beef and I told the guide I don't eat beef and the other people on the boat heard this and appeared to be in disbelief. I don't really like the people on the boat except for this one woman named Sophia who is from Belgium but has lived in Bolivia for about a year. She and I appear to have been cast out by the rest, she because she cannot speak English well, me because I think to them I am weird - I don't swim, snorkel or dive, I was sea sick yesterday and missed dinner, and I don't eat beef. Well, I am Asian, and I know more about the Galápagos Islands and about their respective countries than they will ever know about Asia, and that's certainly their loss, not mine. Laura is ok, but I think she tries too hard to fit in, plus she's naturally talkative because she is American. So she's mostly with them. I am mostly on my own or with Sophia, and that's fine with me.
After lunch we had to travel about 3 hours to Punta Carrion, and I was starting to feel sick again so I lay down and I think dozed off. I find laying down the best solution to sea sickness, but it's not very good for digestion. Then snorkeling again, I stayed in the dinghy. Staying in the dinghy also has its benefits, because I get to ask the guide all sorts of questions about the animals and the islands, for example San Christobal Island (the one I went to yesterday) is the oldest island about 4 million years old, Charles Darwin did not go to all the islands in Galapagos and his research centre is on an island called Santa Cruz, which is not one of the islands he was on, the Galápagos Islands were uninhabited until about 80 years ago when some people from Ecuador moved to the islands, and the Galápagos Islands have been under Ecuador's reign for about 150 years.
During the afternoon trip I saw white tipped sharks, fishes, pelicans and various other birds. The Galápagos Islands is 14 hours behind Malaysia.
I didn't sleep well during the night. The boat started moving sometime in the night to go to Santa Fe Island, our next destination and it was rough travel! The current was so strong that Laura's (my cabin mate) stuff that she kept on the shelf fell off, but we couldn't pick it up because the boat was moving too much.
At 7 am breakfast was served. I mandi kerbau and had breakfast, then we went on the dinghy to Santa Fe Island. On the way, I saw blue footed boobies, a Galapagos hawk, frigate birds (the males have a red chest which they blow out to attract females, it takes 6 hours for it to deflate) and on the island itself I saw plenty of sea lions, lizards and land iguanas. Then snorkeling, I stayed in the dinghy.
Then back to the boat for lunch. They served beef and I told the guide I don't eat beef and the other people on the boat heard this and appeared to be in disbelief. I don't really like the people on the boat except for this one woman named Sophia who is from Belgium but has lived in Bolivia for about a year. She and I appear to have been cast out by the rest, she because she cannot speak English well, me because I think to them I am weird - I don't swim, snorkel or dive, I was sea sick yesterday and missed dinner, and I don't eat beef. Well, I am Asian, and I know more about the Galápagos Islands and about their respective countries than they will ever know about Asia, and that's certainly their loss, not mine. Laura is ok, but I think she tries too hard to fit in, plus she's naturally talkative because she is American. So she's mostly with them. I am mostly on my own or with Sophia, and that's fine with me.
After lunch we had to travel about 3 hours to Punta Carrion, and I was starting to feel sick again so I lay down and I think dozed off. I find laying down the best solution to sea sickness, but it's not very good for digestion. Then snorkeling again, I stayed in the dinghy. Staying in the dinghy also has its benefits, because I get to ask the guide all sorts of questions about the animals and the islands, for example San Christobal Island (the one I went to yesterday) is the oldest island about 4 million years old, Charles Darwin did not go to all the islands in Galapagos and his research centre is on an island called Santa Cruz, which is not one of the islands he was on, the Galápagos Islands were uninhabited until about 80 years ago when some people from Ecuador moved to the islands, and the Galápagos Islands have been under Ecuador's reign for about 150 years.
During the afternoon trip I saw white tipped sharks, fishes, pelicans and various other birds. The Galápagos Islands is 14 hours behind Malaysia.
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