Puerto Lopez

I have a bit of a headache so I´ll probably just do a quick update here.

I went whale watching and to Isla de Platas yesterday. Whale watching was great - I´ll post some pictures later. Isla de Platas .... well .... it was entirely underwhelming! The island looked arid and desolate and all the vegetation was gray because it is the dry season. The only thing there was blue footed boobies. Despite the interesting name I can´t say I was all that thrilled to see them. It was interesting to see one. However the people on my trip wanted to stop and take pictures of each blue footed boobie - I think it was the longest 2 hours of my life. Okay, maybe that is extreme, but for how much the guide book built it up I thought there would be much more to it. No where near comparable to Galapagos, well from what I´ve seen in pictures. Too expensive to visit there - maybe when I´m older and have money!

I did meet some young german people on the trip. They were interesting to talk to. The guy who lived in Berlin was traveling for a few weeks in Ecuador with his girlfriend and then leaving to study in Helsinki - which I had to look up on google because I wasn´t sure where it was! Sorry my geography is lacking sometimes! The pair of sisters that were on the trip were traveling for 5 weeks in Ecuador and Peru. One was going to study medicine after she took her final exam. Wasn´t sure what that was so I asked. From my understanding their highschool is extended 2 years and the last 2 years prepare them for whatever professional school they want to go to, or some people just work after that. This girl wanted to go into medicine and told me that medical school was 6 years. So ultimately the same amount of time.


Today I didn´t do much of anything. Wandered around. Had a headache most of the day and wasn´t feeling especially well. I think its a combination of being a bit stressed about getting home and getting too much sleep.

I´ll post some pictures later!