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November 7th 2004

Published: November 7th 2004

This diary is dedicated to all my fellow animal lovers and tree-huggers out there, I've just spent almost the last two weeks admiring Gods handywork out in the Galapagos Islands... that place is amazing! Snorkling with the friendliest most playfull sealions just about everyday, with the ocasional tortoise, shark, pinguin or manta-ray glyding past for a look, then exploring endless islands with dif... Read Full Entry

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Russell Brown

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I'm russ, I'm from New Zealand and have developed a love for travelling over the last couple of years. It was the best descision of my life for sure, breaking the routine and heading off to explore the globe, and I would highly recommend getting out there and having a close up look and anything that you've read about or heard about that intrests you, because if it looks cool on TV, I can garuntee you that it'll be even cooler when you are there amoungst it. And if you're stuggling for ideas about where to start, I'd highly recommend buying a oneway ticket to South America and the rest will ta... full info

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Dinner

This guy was the captins second mate and he caught this bad-boy off the back of the boat, we ate particularly well that night

More snorkling

Tortoise

Me and the tortoise

these guys are amazing to watch swim, they look like big real-life cartoon charachters or something

arty shot that didn't work

ooouuuut of iiiiiitttt duuuude

One particularly interested sealion pup

note the red beach in the background

the boys

the cumpulsory bow-jump

Everyone giving the sleeping macho sealion full rights to the walkway after one of the girls on our cruise got bitten on the leg by one the other day

Land Iguana and his permanent smile

Pelecon

There were so many of these and they always fly so close but like for a lot of other cool animals I never had my camera ready in time to catch em. very cool birds with awesome fishing tactics

another lush beach worthy of a photo

Mr land Turtle

these things are humungous!! and they can live till about 150yrs old!!!!!!

My mates from the Galapogas

From left: Bob, Marialena, Jimmy, Maria-Rosa and me. Great bunch of people and my time there wouldn't have been nearly as cool if I didn't have them to share it with. besos y saludos grandes amigos!!!!

20th October 2006

koen
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cool place
i want to go to galapogas islands also i'm from belgium and just 18 so i think i'll have to wait a bit longer because i don't have much money (not yet):D

25th January 2007

Lani
Lani Sammons

Love the blog
I am inspired. Great pictures.

23rd March 2007

ninee
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wow
Why these animals can live with people like this?????? It is good.

30th October 2007

nicola
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the coolest photo ever!!
that shot with you and the sealions is dope...congratulations

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