The Galapagos Islands, May 2007
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- - Friday AM, May 18 - - Baltra Island back to Guayaquil
Farewell
to our great tour guides (Think I'll
become a perpetual tourist)
and
farewell to the crew
and
to the Santa Cruz
and
friends
Richard
and Eddie were especially hard to leave
Friday AM, May 18 - - Time to fly to Quayaquil on the mainland
Unlike
Quito at over 9,000 ft. Guayaquil is very near sea level
The
city wiring keeps the repair people guessing
He
stopped making progress when the tide reversed the direction of the river flow
This
is actually a working transport ship
Hauling
produce to the city
A
successful hunt
Guayaquil
has beautiful parks right downtown
and
houses on every available square meter
and
places where people are dying to get in . . .
Poolside
at the Colon Hilton
I walked out to find a local restaurant and hit the
jackpot at a place with huge portions
Friends dining there invited me to me to not order
but just mooch - - No problem!
Saturday, May 19 - - Guayaquil to
Miami to Dallas
No
way to get to the gate without passing right through the shops
Snoozing,
reading and reflecting on the return flight to Miami
Each of us got to have lunch with Richard once. I
found it very enjoyable and asked him to autograph my copy of "The
Extended Phenotype." I had finished seven of his books and was reading it
when it was time to begin our trip. It's much more complex than his other books
and is written to a large extent for other professional biologists. I took it
along because it was light in weight but heavy in content, a slow read I
thought would last the entire trip.
A month later it's still
lasting, and lasting, and lasting . . .