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Aug. 26, 2005 [September/2003] The Galapagos, I know, this is where Mr. Darwin made his home for awhile, they have a center in his name there, I didn’t go in it because I didn’t want to squander my precious time, but for those who believe in his fairytale, it is waiting for you. But how did I like the islands? Well, to be quite honest, it was very, very expensive. And it was an all-inclusive trip. And it was meetings before you go on the excursion and meeting when you come back from the excursions. Meetings up the tuba; but the islands were great, but you couldn’t touch anything but air. “Don’t go there, don’t touch that rock, don’t…don’t…!” I got so many don’ts it’s kind of made the trip pale. But it was a world of its own. I’d not go back there, but I was glad my son talked me into going. I got to see the big fat turtles; I mean the giant tortoise on Isabella Island, about 150-years old. We went to about five islands. At night the ship would go to the next island while we slept; we’d [my wife Rosa and I] sleep till morning, and once woken up, breakfast, and the 60-other folks on board the boat, we’d all start our day out together. There are about 19-islands, volcanic islands that is, that make up the Galapagos, which straddle the Equator 600-miles west of Ecuador. I did enjoy Santa Cruz and the flat island Genovesa, looked haunted to me, and had all these birds parched on twigs; some blue footed birds doing dances (and that’s no lie). Many sea lions, tame as puppy dogs resting, they have the good life I’ll tell you: eat sleep and you know what else. And again I say the giant tortoise, which weights up to 600-pounds. I guess if all I saw were those turtles, I’d had been happy. I wish I could have ridden one though, I’d have given a thousand dollars to do that, but they’d still have me behind bars if I did. When I was a kid, at Como Park Zoo, I rode those big ones, and twenty years later, I had my kid ride the same turtle and he didn’t look a day older, or a month weaker. I told my wife, who is 4’11 inches, she could fit inside one of their shells. How Darwin ever laid his foundation for evolution of natural selection from these islands is beyond me, although it is a little world within itself. There are lizards all over the place, they swim and they crawl, they burp and they do everything but work: reminds me of someone I know [my son-in-law]. And they’ll sleep by you if you lay down. Was I happy to leave: yes; would I go back there? No, I don’t think so: I’d rather go back to the Amazon first. ------------ About the author: Mr. Siluk is a world traveler, a lover of the mysteries around the world, and has visit many World Heritage Sites, his most recent being Easter Island, the Galapagos and Mesa Verde. His books can be seen on/at Barns and Noble.com, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Abe.com Alibis, Boarders and several other sites and book stores. Many of his books can be purchased through the English Bookdealers. He spends his time between Lima, Peru and St. Paul, Minnesota, and has just finished working on two new books: "The Macabre Poems,” and “Perhaps it’s Love,” and continues to work on "Curse of the Abyss Worm,” a suspenseful mystery, and “Cold Kindness,” a tragic love affair. Visit http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Email: dlsiluk@msn.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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