Tomorrow I leave for the Galapagos islands. It’s the type of trip you have to book two years in advance and spend enough money to buy a small country.com to get there.
Other than checking email Friday from a hotel in Quito I’ll be offline for a full week. I’m not sure if that will be therapeutic or traumatic.
People keep telling me “Wow, that’ll be great memories for your children”. I suppose they are right but I didn’t book the trip thinking about them!
I’ve always wanted to make this journey so I’m pretty damn excited. I’ll be armed with a 150 year-old copy of The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin’s journal during his 5 years at sea in which he spent much time on the Galapagos and later developed and published his theories on evolution as On The Origin of Species. I’m not sure why I bought a 150 year-old copy. I saw it in the used section on Amazon.com and thought it would feel more authentic, I suppose.
I will not be sending any of my daily emails next week, nor will I be replying to any forms filled out on this site. Basically, don’t expect crap out of me until around the 1st of July.
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Wishing you safe adventure. Watch over your head for the hawks, and look closely on the ground: beware of pythons, cobras, and scorpions
Rick,
Enjoy your vacation, have fun.
I will take my vacation only after Geo conference.
Regards,
emil
Very jealous…do enjoy!
rick-
while you’re on vacation can i crash at your golfing palace? lv the keys to the linc, too.
thx in advance.
enjoy the vacation.
at least there are no city domains there for you to peddle:)
Should be a great trip…maybe you should have your own show on the travel channel
Have a great trip and enjoy the times…a trip well earned by anyone who gets to go. Can’t wait to see the pics!
Good for you! Are you taking a copy of “The Origin of Species” with you?
Enjoy your trip Rick!
Hope you have a good one!
Regards,
Robbie
Have a good time! I have always wanted to visit the Galapagos.
Have a great time, newish reader and subscriber, but like your work
I watched its documentary show last week and the place was absolutely beautiful. Have a great time there!
You made me dream reading this post.
What a vacations!
I hope you will post some photos when back.
Take care.