Галапагосские острова (Galapagos Islas), Бальтра (Baltra)

Со вчерашнего вечера дождь до сих пор не прекращался. Утром за завтраком из новостей узнаю, что в городе новоднение. Только бы рейс не отменили. Приезжаю в аэропорт. Вылетаю на остров Бальтра. Так как последние билеты заказывала через интернет на сайте местных авиалиний TAME (здесь их только двое, и  вылетают только по утрам в связи с погодными условиями,  или тем самым ограничивая ...

Agenda 2

..., scheduled to come out in spring. I'd just finished pounding out the first half of Clockwork Heart the November before for NaNoWriMo but hadn't finished it yet. I was looking forward to going to the Galapagos Islands over summer break as my first big trip in years, but I was worried about the expense. So much has changed since then that it makes me wonder how I can possibly try to plan out ...

miscellaneous questions

... you visit if you had the chance? Traveling is hard for me right now but if I had the time, energy, and so forth I would visit (in no particular order) Japan, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, the Galapagos, Thailand, Alaska. And I would visit again England, Scotland, Wales, Portland OR, Seattle WA, NYC, Boston, New Mexico, Colorado, Los Angeles. 14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full, which ...

...official when my dad offered us some of the buddy passes (making the flight half as expensive) we get through my granddad, so we went for it! It is not entirely planned out, of course, but barring financial roadblocks, it looks like we'll be spending 2 months hanging out in Ecuador and Peru, with perhaps a side trip to the Galapagos and possibly some WWOOFing along the way. Life, it is happening!

... go to India for a couple of weeks or I could explore the ocean for the rest of my lifetime. I would need to find a scuba partner though. I wonder how expensive it would be to go to the galapagos islands. Maybe I should save all the money for japan adventure 2012. I wish I had some source of income so I could eventually do everything. Well, since el co screwed me over I guess I'll dedicate my life...

[log] the perfect plan!

...but dumb? Like, wants to hug those giant galapagos things dumb." He should have felt bad saying ..., die, or fall to pieces. "Hug the galapagos, huh?" He cracks a small smile at that, ... didn't touch those things! Twenty foot tall galapagos! You crazy man? Shit." You see what you ...anyways? Besides land on blizzarding places with giant galapagos." And after a pause, "..and get cockblocked." "...

100 things that make me happy

... Pride & Prejudice - the original book and any adaptation (including Bride & Prejudice) 32) The film Lagaan 33) The Galapagos Islands 34) The BBC dvd Galapagos 35) Pretty much any Richard Attenborough nature show (but especially Planet Earth and Life) 36) The film Dogma 37) Any Doctor Who episode featuring Martha ...

The future is here, and it's not pretty

...what does this mean? California sea lions ( Zalophus californianus ) are found along the western coast of the U.S. and Mexico, with a subspecies ( Zalophus californianus wollebacki ) found in the Galapagos, and number about 200,000. During the summer of 2009, The Marine Mammal Center rescued 1698 animals, approximately 1400 of which were California sea lions. That number is three times the ...

Two killer whale types found in UK waters

... on killer whales around the world shows that killer whales have radiated to fill different ecological niches. "It's similar to how Darwin's finches have adapted to different ecological roles in the Galapagos, but on a larger scale," Dr Foote notes. He suggests this could be an important discovery for the future of the animals. "They seem to have occupied completely different ecological niches ...

Reference.com's Fact Of The Day

Harriet the Tortoise is one of the world's oldest (recorded) living animals. DNA testing performed on the giant Galapagos tortoise suggested that she was born around 1830. She died in 2006 at the Australia Zoo at the ripe old of age of 176. It is believed that in 1835, Harriet belonged to Charles Darwin and was studied by him, leading to his theories of evolution and natural selection. Harriet's ...