Month: July 2019

Galápagos 2

by russellclarkenz, posted in Felines, Galapagos

I bought a new camera for the trip. It’s a Nikon Coolpix P1000. It’s a bridge camera, half-way between a DSLR and a digital compact camera. I have a DSLR and a digital compact camera already but have never been able to be bothered by all the lens nonsense of the former, nor of the limitations of the latter. So we will see how this one goes.

Nikon COOLPIX P1000 Digital Camera

Takes nice cat pictures.

Galápagos 1

by russellclarkenz, posted in Galapagos

I have never willingly celebrated my birthday.

But for 50 I thought I’d just say FUCK IT and we’d go off and do something stupid.

I’ve always loved the whole mythos about the Galápagos Islands, not in small part due to Sir David Attenborough (praise be upon Him) and his extremely watchable (if not always accurate) BBC programmes produced over the past…40 years or so. Most of you will be aware that Charles Darwin demonstrated many of the key aspects of evolution by natural selection through the evidence presented by the critters from these islands.

So off we go to South America & Galápagos next April.

This involves a lot of planning, buying and thinking. It also involves getting fit. Argh!

So the first steps have been taken – we have booked the flights and the boat.

As you may have guessed from the title, there will be more soon!

Those are Blue-Footed Boobies, by the way.