Santa Cruz Island
It’s hard to choose a subject to talk about, we make so many discoveries in one single day, and sometimes the sightings are so amazing, that it is difficult to describe everything in a couple of paragraphs. But everyday we try to share a bit of the Galápagos with the world; we intend to communicate the thoughts and feelings that nature awakes in us in every walk along the enchanted island trails.
Today I felt proud, I felt happy, today I saw many baby tortoises that will be repatriated to their home islands in a couple of years. Today I saw beauty in the green lush vegetation of Santa Cruz highlands and I felt peacefulness in the place where we had lunch, a lovely site, which is more a home than a restaurant, surrounded by colourful flowers and papaya trees.
However, yesterday… while sailing Galápagos waters we saw this, a killer whale, a male, which appeared to be chasing a pod of common dolphins. Our second officer, Victor Rodriguez, spotted the animal, and immediately shared his discovery with the rest of us. Our captain, Fausto Hinojosa, stopped the ship, to quietly observe the whale, which within a couple of minutes came pretty close to Polaris, careless of our presence. What did I feel then? I don’t remember, it was just too much!
It’s hard to choose a subject to talk about, we make so many discoveries in one single day, and sometimes the sightings are so amazing, that it is difficult to describe everything in a couple of paragraphs. But everyday we try to share a bit of the Galápagos with the world; we intend to communicate the thoughts and feelings that nature awakes in us in every walk along the enchanted island trails.
Today I felt proud, I felt happy, today I saw many baby tortoises that will be repatriated to their home islands in a couple of years. Today I saw beauty in the green lush vegetation of Santa Cruz highlands and I felt peacefulness in the place where we had lunch, a lovely site, which is more a home than a restaurant, surrounded by colourful flowers and papaya trees.
However, yesterday… while sailing Galápagos waters we saw this, a killer whale, a male, which appeared to be chasing a pod of common dolphins. Our second officer, Victor Rodriguez, spotted the animal, and immediately shared his discovery with the rest of us. Our captain, Fausto Hinojosa, stopped the ship, to quietly observe the whale, which within a couple of minutes came pretty close to Polaris, careless of our presence. What did I feel then? I don’t remember, it was just too much!
