Last day on San Cristobal

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the title says it all. Today (Monday) is our last day here on this island. Yesterday the liberal arts group arrived. We knew they would be doing things that we did on our first day, so when they came to a particular lookout, we made sure to be snorkeling in the water down below. Incidentally, it's the cove on the island where Darwin arrived. Hey, did you know that when Darwin came to the Galapagos (in 1835), he was here for only 5 weeks. He probably didn't stay on San Cristobal for more than a few days to a week, and he definitely didn't go snorkeling.

A few days ago I bought an underwater disposable camera. I took some really cool pictures of fish and sea lions. It was a lot of fun, but I can tell I got spoiled by the invention of the digital camera. After like 20 minutes in the water, I looked down at the camera and was surprised to see I had used up 2/3rds of my pictures already.

So I've been here for about a week. Here's what my next week looks like: us ecology kids are going to go on a tour with the liberal arts kids to three other islands: Floreana, Isabela (the biggest) and Santa Cruz. We'll spend a few days at each and get from one to the other via boat. There will be more snorkeling involved and a bunch of other cool stuff. I have no clue if I'll have access to the internet during the next week, so the next post may come from Quito. I return on the 8th.

Until then, take care everyone!
~Joey