Hola! Estamos en Ecuador! Hoy estamos en Quito. Mañana a Galapagos! Los gatos están siendo cuidados por la madre de Scott. Aqui hay algunas fotos, lo siento no gatos. Adiós!
(Hello! We are in Ecuador! Today we are in Quito. Tomorrow to Galapagos! The cats are being looked after by Scott’s mum. Here are some photos, sorry no cats. Bye!)
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.
Takes nice cat pictures.
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.
Lord Viking & Princess Wanda 