We spent 5 days in the Galapagos – it was wonderful to be there amongst nature that is so uninhibited around humans, though I must admit that I was expecting something different. Our time in Africa and Manu had set our expectations rather high – although we saw lots of wildlife, we kept seeing the same things over and over again (marine iquanas, sea lions, turtles, boobies, frigits, darwin finches). The best bits of Galapagos was seeing a Killer Whale swim by, seeing fur seals, swimming with sea lions, turtles, penguins and sting-rays, amongst many other species of fish, and meeting some lovely Americans (New Yorkers) on our boat. The staff on the boat were fantastic – we ended up translating for our non-Spanish speaking companions when the staff were wishing the women Feliz dia de la Madre (Happy Mother's Day). I didn't sleep particularly well several nights on the boat due to rough seas, and found myself with terrible land sickness when we landed on our final day. It took a full 24 hours for the worst of the symptoms to die down, although Bernard probably suffered with it for longer than I, a full 2 days later in Quito.
In the end we spent another few days in Quito, relaxing in the comfort of our friendly hostel. Our plans to see Otovalo market on a day trip were thwarted by unusually heavy traffic, and so we splurged on our final night with the best sushi I've had for ages. Really unique flavouring of sweet, sour and spicy. Delicious. We even had entre, main and desert – a real indulgence and a great way to finish in Ecuador.
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