THE GALAPAGOS.

People say a picture is worth a thousand words.  I like pictures.  Aaaaand since I can't even begin to describe how wonderful our trip to the Galaps was...I'll tell you in 35,000 words worth...

[Day 1:  hiking through Las Grietas, swimming in a cove, and my personal favorite...cliff jumping.]

[Day 2:  a couple mile hike to Tortuga Bay through a forest of cacti.]

[kimmie, me, lys, & sarah at Tortuga Bay]

[making fun of high messy buns in certain situations AND loving the fake wildlife.]

[janie, alyssa, me, christy, ben, sarah, & rene.  walking the town.]

[janie, lys, kim, me, ben, sarah, rene.  seriously loving the Galaps.]

[me, kim, & lys.  stopping to play with animals on the way to the Darwin Center.]

[lys, sarah, me, & kimmie.  modeling.]

[lys, me, sarah, & kimmie. had a blast with these lovelies all weekend.]

[tried coconut milk for the first time!]

[out for dinner with christy, ben, alyssa, sarah, diana, & bonster.]

[Day 3:  2 hour boat ride to another island, Isabela.  the boat ride was BREATHTAKING.]

[everywhere we went we had to take tiny boat taxis.  alyssa, me, & hannah.]

[sightseeing boat tour on Isabela.]

[the Galapagos famous blue foot boobies!]

[could look at this for the rest of my life.]

[hannah, kayla, kim, me, lys, bon, aaron, michaella, scott, christy

sarah, janie, rene, bridgette, diana, & ben]

[LOVE THESE BABES.  bon, lys, me & kimmie.]

[we saw sharks on the walking island tour.]

[don't worry folks, it's not alive BUT we saw tons of little critters like this one.]

[one of my favorite parts of the weekend:  snorkeling.  always a good time with these two.  

alyssa, me, & bonnie.]

[our last activity on Isabela (after the beach of course) was stopping to see flamingos in the wild!]

[and of course i made everyone stand like one.]

[boat ride back from Isabela.  alyssa, me, & scott.]

[lys, me, scott, & ben.  cheesin.]

[sunset on the boat back from Isabela.]

[out for dinner and dessert.  me & diana.]

[Day 4:  on the way to the airport we stopped to see giant craters.  our last funtivity in the Galaps.]

[probably the best airport i've ever been to. waiting for the plane, looking at the ocean.]

[wanted to stay for the rest of the semester.]

[take. me. back.]