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It finally hit me, that I was on the Galapagos Islands. Yesterday, was just a little taste of what I was going to see. And it so surreal to be so close to so much wildlife. As soon as we saw our first sea lion, the cameras started clicking. This was the pattern to be continued in the next few days. After attempting to take a picture of a flamingo, I immediately regretted not purchasing a telephoto lens before my trip. So I had to work with an 18-55mm lens which had to be sufficient at the moment.

While most the other passengers had gone to the first snorkeling expedition, I ended up hanging out on the boat. I really feel like I lost a sense of time on the Galapagos. And I’m getting a bit use to being on the boat. After some of our expeditions from the islands, I would retreat to my room to do a bit of reading. Of course, with the gentle rocking of the boat, I would be asleep in 10 minutes. I must admit that I was starting to feel a bit like a sea lion. Though I’m still trying to get use to how rocky the boat can be. This morning in my attempt to take a shower, I was thrown back and forth like a sack of rice. It wasn’t a very pleasant experience.

In the afternoon, we stopped off to see the famous Galapagos Post Office Box. People leave postcards to be hopefully be hand carry to their final destination. In the past, sailors use to pick up mail for other ports. But now a days the post office barrel is more a tourist thing. I put a postcard to be sent to work. Hopefully, because the postcard is going to New York, that there will be a higher probability it will be delivered one day.

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