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We were departing at 7 am this morning for the Galapagos islands. And I slept the whole way there. If Dave didn’t get me snacks while I was zonked out, I would have been absolutely famished. After we got to Baltra airport, we took a ferry then a bus to Puerto Ayora. And we didn’t arrive onto the M/S Pelikano until about 2pm. We were going to the Highlands of Santa Cruz to see the wild giant tortoises. This is where we met the other 3 passengers that have already been on the tour for 4 days. It was Sven the Beligum, and John and Molly the older British couple. After about 5 minutes, I really wanted to put a muzzle on Molly. She monopolized Walter the guide with trivial questions or statements. After a while, I wanted to shout let’s just get on with it. Sven eventually started rolling his eyes and was quickly losing patiences with Molly. Who can blame him. He’s had to deal with her for at least 4 days already. I’m just surprised he didn’t try to throw her overboard.

Then we spotted the giant tortoises. They’re about 150 pounds and can live up to 200 years. It was pretty cool how close we got to them. But I also sense that they didn’t like to have their picture taken. I had a few that had immediately turn around and moon me. Can I say that was really rude even for a tortoise.

After viewing the tortoises, we had a brief coffee break. Sven moved as far away from Molly. John must had wanted to get away from Molly because he immediately approached Dave and I. He was really nice, and I felt really sorry for him. I had slipped on the stairs on our way out of the small cafe. And all I could think about was if I shattered the lens of my camera.