I would love to say this entry is my one-year anniversary
entry from the beginning of the trip. I really would, and I guess I could, but it would be a lie. The actual
anniversary is on the 8th. However, I can't guarantee I'll have Internet access
to post on that day, and I don't want to be late,
so I guess we're celebrating preemptively? Yay? In any case, with one year
rolling around, we're getting ever much closer to the end of the trip, but
before we look at that, we continue our work in the Galapagos sun. (And trust
me, there's plenty of sun.)
Entry #072: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 (San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands)
Before I begin, I don't necessarily what you might have
heard about in the news, or connected it with the fact that I'm in the
Galapagos, but at the moment of me posting this, all is well with me. I haven't
been swept away or any such thing. I can't make any guarantees for any point
after this, so I guess you'll just have to stay tuned? Anyway, I've been doing
some work here at the Hacienda Esperanza for a few days now, and it's been
good. Different than my Askari work (significantly fewer crazy animal encounters,
for one), but neat in its own way. And the afternoon relaxing is quite nice.
But let's not waste time with generals; let's dive into specifics.
Entry #071: Sunday, March 30, 2014 (San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands)
Hola from the Galapagos! Before you answer, yes, I have
already seen a tortoise. (I've also seen a bunch of finches.) Now, my entries
here are going to be a little odd, timing-wise. There is absolutely no internet
connection at the place I'm staying/working at, so I can only get online in
town, 10km away. Hence, there will be even less rhyme or reason to the posting
schedule than normal. And also hence, the dates on these will be a little out
of sync with when I post them. But I suppose if you read them even one day
after I post them, it won't make a damn bit of difference, so why am I even
going on about it? Let's talk about the Galapagos.
Entry #070: Friday, March 28, 2014 (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
And here I am in Ecuador. My 22nd country, if you count every country where I gave my passport to a migrations officer. And my last country. It's a little bittersweet being here, but I really am starting to hear the siren song of home in my ears. So I'm just going to keep on keeping on. But before I talk about this hot and humid country, we need to finish up my time in Peru. And also talk about my bus ride between the two countries. It was a 28-hour bus ride. That's a long bus ride. Anyhoo, let's get on it.
Entry #069: Sunday, March 23, 2014 (Lima, Peru)
Hola from Lima, my last stop in Peru. It's been...well, fairly uneventful the last few days. That's partially because I was just in transit, and partially because I haven't had much motivation these part few days. This lack of motivation might be due either to a kind of travel version of senioritis, or it can be due to the fact that I've come down with a cold (thanks to the fact that my tent-mate on the Inca trail had a cold), and I don't have Emergen-C to fight it. I've also been sleeping a lot more and have had a general sense of lethargy, so I'll just chalk it up to the latter possibility. And truth be told, all the coughing I've been doing hasn't contributed to my writing spirit, so let's get to this.
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