Panic and diving with hammerheads is not a good mix. But luckily I picked up a quirky phrase that saved me from doing anything stupid. “Don’t open your mouth to the devil.” I heard this unusual one up in an unusual place – the Galapagos Islands. It came as a warning from my Israeli-born SCUBA […]
A journey to the Galapagos archipelago isn’t just a holiday; it’s an education. Check out one of our videos of this magical place here: The theory of evolution, the survival of the fittest, The Origin Of The Species, The Voyage of The Beagle. The thinking and writings of Sir Charles Darwin are ever present in […]
April was a brilliant month for us. We spent half of it on play and half on work – the epitome of work / life balance. However, it was our most expensive month of travel yet. The first two weeks were spent in the Galapagos and that’s why April was our most expensive month of […]
Many of the animals of the Galapagos are unlike any others. Because the islands are so remote, and rose out of the sea from volcanic activity, you’ll only find species on the islands that could fly or swim to the Galapagos. This created unique natural selection processes which means that many of the animals of the Galapagos aren’t […]
Snorkelling in the Galapagos is unlike snorkelling anywhere else in the world. Just check out our video! I’ve snorkelled on Rottnest Island in Western Australia, and Dominica in the Caribbean and the coral has been eye-blazingly amazing. But it wasn’t like the Galapagos. In Galapagos, it’s less about the beauty of the reef, as most of the […]
