Archive for October, 2007

The Sea Lion Showdown

By urbanblitz • Oct 20th, 2007 • Category: Travel

Today we visited the bachelor sea lion colony. And what an adventure it turned out to be. First we encountered an iguana who was trying to feast on a cactus leaf that fell off. It was trying to polish it off before the other iguanas discovered. He didn’t seem like he [...]



Sea of Animals

By urbanblitz • Oct 19th, 2007 • Category: Travel

We were going to see the Blue Footed and Masked Boobies. And I was absolutely excited. This was the animal that I wanted to see most. It was their mating season. Oh my god! It was totally amazing to see the mating dance in real life. It was really [...]



Talking about Wildlife

By urbanblitz • Oct 18th, 2007 • Category: Travel

It finally hit me, that I was on the Galapagos Islands. Yesterday, was just a little taste of what I was going to see. And it so surreal to be so close to so much wildlife. As soon as we saw our first sea lion, the cameras started clicking. This was the pattern [...]



The Galapagos Journey

By urbanblitz • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Travel

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. [...]



Quito Agenda

By urbanblitz • Oct 16th, 2007 • Category: Travel

Since, I only was able to visit 3 sights yesterday. I had my work cut out for me. I needed to check into the Rio Amazonas hotel for beginning of my Galapagos tour. But I was trying to hit some sights before I checked into my next hotel.

The first thing on my [...]



The Quito Quickie

By urbanblitz • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Travel

Before I started the sightseeing rat race, I had grab some breakfast at the hotel. I ordered a coddled egg which is just a fancy schmancy term for a soft boiled egg. It was pretty early in the morning so most of the sights were still closed. So I hailed a cab [...]



The Journey Begins…

By urbanblitz • Oct 14th, 2007 • Category: Travel

Today, I was leaving for Quito, Ecuador en route to the Galapagos. And I already miss my friends. Luckily, I got to the airport with no problems. There were two older women in front of me in the security check who should not have wore so much jewelry. They caused a bit [...]



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