Funny. There are a lot of amazing things to see in the Galapagos, but one thing that really seemed bizarre to me was watching penguins swimming around amongst the mangroves on one of the islands. Penguinis and mangroves doesn't seem quite right.
The Galapagos has a fantastic history as well. The Galapagos have been a haven for pirates, the source of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species', home to numerous of unique animals, a US army base in WWII, an Ecudorian prison up until the 60's (or 80's? can't remember) and the location for a bizarre real-life murder mystery surrounding a wealthy German and her two lovers.
Today was my last day so I decided to go diving again. To tell the truth the morning was a little bit of a let down compared to my other dives. There were only two others on the dive and they were both inexperienced and a but useless; taking ages to get down, kicking silt up everywhere and banging into things, swimming on top of you, etc. I guess everyone has to start somewhere, but it's still frustrating. However, we did get to see a lot of sea lions and swim about with them and swim through a small cave which was pretty cool. Now, fingers crossed my blocked ear clears up before I have to fly out tomorrow.
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