Española Island
"Colette, what happens to the sea lions?"
"Colette, why are the crabs red and others black?"
"Colette, I saw an iguana spit!"
"Colette, come look at this big lizard!" and on and on….
This is how my day started as we landed on Punta Suarez, through the eyes of these wonderful kids that were just so excited about all the wildlife that was surrounding us! And suddenly it makes me realize that I do actually live in a unique place, it all becomes so normal after having lived here for 15 years, that sometimes you just forget about it !!
Being able to watch the boobies dance, walking by a pile of iguanas without any of them even looking back at us, having to find an alternate route because there is a sea lion sleeping in the middle on our trail, watching the albatrosses take off that wonderful cliff; these are for us, naturalists of the Galápagos, some things that we just take for granted. But today was one of those special days that reminded me about how lucky we are and what a special place we live in.
And after so much excitement, I suddenly realized how long we had been on the island and we had no other choice but hurry up on the way back so we could make it on time back to National Geographic Polaris to move onto our next adventure.
In the afternoon, we landed at this great beach that was literally covered with sea lions. While some other groups where out exploring the underwater wildlife, we stayed at the beach to practice and learn about snorkeling and again I can hear my name everywhere, everybody asking for advice and finally getting the hang of it until we decide to go and see the real stuff out there.
Colorful fishes of all different shapes and sizes where covering the sea floor, stingrays were hiding in the bottom, covered with white sand and a couple of sharks were resting just outside of their caves. We finally had to get out of the water but you could see a sparkle in everyone’s eyes as the Zodiac took us back to the ship.
"Colette, what happens to the sea lions?"
"Colette, why are the crabs red and others black?"
"Colette, I saw an iguana spit!"
"Colette, come look at this big lizard!" and on and on….
This is how my day started as we landed on Punta Suarez, through the eyes of these wonderful kids that were just so excited about all the wildlife that was surrounding us! And suddenly it makes me realize that I do actually live in a unique place, it all becomes so normal after having lived here for 15 years, that sometimes you just forget about it !!
Being able to watch the boobies dance, walking by a pile of iguanas without any of them even looking back at us, having to find an alternate route because there is a sea lion sleeping in the middle on our trail, watching the albatrosses take off that wonderful cliff; these are for us, naturalists of the Galápagos, some things that we just take for granted. But today was one of those special days that reminded me about how lucky we are and what a special place we live in.
And after so much excitement, I suddenly realized how long we had been on the island and we had no other choice but hurry up on the way back so we could make it on time back to National Geographic Polaris to move onto our next adventure.
In the afternoon, we landed at this great beach that was literally covered with sea lions. While some other groups where out exploring the underwater wildlife, we stayed at the beach to practice and learn about snorkeling and again I can hear my name everywhere, everybody asking for advice and finally getting the hang of it until we decide to go and see the real stuff out there.
Colorful fishes of all different shapes and sizes where covering the sea floor, stingrays were hiding in the bottom, covered with white sand and a couple of sharks were resting just outside of their caves. We finally had to get out of the water but you could see a sparkle in everyone’s eyes as the Zodiac took us back to the ship.
