The Captain Says the Envelopes are Empty
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007OK, so I told you how I did two trips to the Galapagos and the first one was magical. I decided halfway through the first visit that I would return with my niece who was meeting us in Quito rather than do Banos and Cuenca as planned before moving on to Peru for Machu Picchu. Folks suggested to me that it might not be a great idea because it might be a letdown since it will be following such a stellar visit. I agreed that it would because it would be a cheap visit rather than the high end excursion of the first trip, but I also said that regardless of cost the wildlife and scenery would still play out the similarly. And it was important to me for my niece to see it. I’m happy to report that it was worth doing for the reason I stated. I am also sad to say that we were able to see the truly ugly side of Galapagos traveling and how that is potentially destroying this wonderfully unique place. Truly another case of scratching the fine veneer surface painted for the casual visitors and seeing that the veneer is thin and the coating something not so pleasant.