My friend Jeanine asked me to go with her to the Galapagos - I already had my vacation planned that year - I was planning on getting in my car and driving. Just driving to see where the road would take me. Jeanine gave me the opportunity to scrap that plan for something a little more...structured. I am so glad. Not only did I have bonding time with my friend (we have known each other since gradeschool), but I had the opportunity of a lifetime to see vacation as something other than a random beach, with a novel in my hand and a drink by my side. Instead, I saw a place of such wonder and beauty that I have never forgotten it. We made friends and we saw things that are not possible to see
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