The Galapagos Islands, May 2007

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09 - - Friday AM, May 18 - - Baltra Island back to Guayaquil

 

 

 

Farewell to our great tour guides  (Think I'll become a perpetual tourist)

 

and farewell to the crew

 

and to the Santa Cruz

 

and friends

 

 

 

 

Richard and Eddie were especially hard to leave

 

Friday AM, May 18 - - Time to fly to Quayaquil on the mainland

 

 

Unlike Quito at over 9,000 ft. Guayaquil is very near sea level

 

 

 

 

 

The city wiring keeps the repair people guessing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He stopped making progress when the tide reversed the direction of the river flow

 

This is actually a working transport ship

 

Hauling produce to the city

 

A successful hunt

 

Guayaquil has beautiful parks right downtown

 

 

and houses on every available square meter

 

 

and places where people are dying to get in . . .

 

Poolside at the Colon Hilton

 

I walked out to find a local restaurant and hit the jackpot at a place with huge portions

 

Friends dining there invited me to me to not order but just mooch - - No problem!

 

Saturday, May 19 - - Guayaquil to Miami to Dallas

 

 

No way to get to the gate without passing right through the shops

 

 

 

Snoozing, reading and reflecting on the return flight to Miami

 

 

Each of us got to have lunch with Richard once. I found it very enjoyable and asked him to autograph my copy of "The Extended Phenotype." I had finished seven of his books and was reading it when it was time to begin our trip. It's much more complex than his other books and is written to a large extent for other professional biologists. I took it along because it was light in weight but heavy in content, a slow read I thought would last the entire trip.

A month later it's still lasting, and lasting, and lasting . . .

 

Previous  
Intro
1 - Wednesday, May 09 - Dallas to Miami to Quito
2 - Friday, May 11, AM - Quito to Baltra then Santa Cruz
3 - Saturday, May 12, AM - Espanola (Hood) Island
4 - Sunday, May 13 AM - Fernandina (Narborough) Island
5 - Monday, May 14 - Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island
6 - Tuesday, May 15 AM, Bartholomew Island
7 - Wednesday AM, May 16 - Rabida (Jervis) Island
8 - Thursday AM, May 17 - San Cristobal Island
9 - Friday AM, May 18 - Baltra Island back to Guayaquil