2013-04-06—2013-04-07

【Aiden in English】

        Santa Cruz Island was the second-largest island in the Galapagos and home to Puerto Ayora, the largest town. In 1959, the Republic of Ecuador declared all the islands, except areas already colonised, as the Galapagos National Park. In the same year, the Ch

2013-04-05

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        In the northeast of San Cristobal Island, we lined up on the deck for a chance to see Kicker Rock in an odd form. It was a remnant of a vertical tuff formation, abruptly rising almost 500 ft/152 meters from the Pacific Ocean.

        Kicker Rock looked

2013-04-05 

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        San Cristobal Island was the easternmost island in the archipelago and one of the oldest eroded volcanoes, ascending to moist highlands nearly 2,400 feet/730 meters above sea level geologically. It was the first island Charles Darwin visited in the Galapagos in 1835

2013-04-04

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        North Seymour Island in the Galapagos was formed through a series of lava uplifts that originally erupted underwater, as evidenced by the discovery of marine fossils on its plateau, surrounded by low cliffs. These sporadic uplifts took more than a million years to elevate

2013-04-04

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        Santa Cruz Island was the center of the Galapagos archipelago, where volcanic activity had long ceased. Among the few islands that people inhabited, it had the most significant human population.

        By 9:00 a.m., the sun was already steaming hot. We had just begun to w

2013-04-03

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        In the Galapagos Islands, Bartolomé Island is an extinct volcano that features a unique mix of colors, including red, orange, green, and black volcanic rock formations, reminiscent of those found on Mars. It was considered the most spectacular setting in the Galapagos. As one of the relativ

2013-04-03

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        Here, we had the opportunity for a morning hike over a blackened landscape that was nothing less than a geologic wonderland in Sullivan Bay, northeast of Santiago Island. At every step, we would see the hardened twists and turns of Lava that flowed during a volcanic erupt

2013-04-02

【Aiden in English】

        After I went outside, my first statement was: "It's foggy." And that was true. The fog wasn't what you saw every month in your front yard. It looked like a white pillow on top of everything in sight. Even in the old days, superstitious pirates called th

2013-04-01

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        Mom and I had a quick lunch and began preparing for our afternoon activity. This time, we visited Rabida, an uninhabited island of red sand, rocks, and dirt made of iron-rich lava.

        Rabida Island looked like the top of an old

2013-04-01

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        The rocks crunched beneath our feet as we walked through tropical forests with singing mockingbirds and buzzing insects. This morning, we took our first shore excursion to the west bank of Santiago Island, in the center of the Galapagos archipelago.

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2013-03-31 Easter

【Aiden in English】

        I yawned loudly as Mom and I entered our Celebrity Xpedition cabin. For the whole morning, we were seated on a LAN Ecuador flight, traveling from Quito, the capital city, to the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, after stopping over in Guayaquil, the larg

2013-03-30

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        Pew! Pew! Pew! It went to my 3DS XL as Mario got zapped by Bowser Junior's Waldo magic for the fifth time. Mom and I have been waiting for our tour guide for about 10 minutes, and we're getting awfully bored. We were going to cross the equator and head to the

2013-03-29 Good Friday

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        Today was Holy Friday, and we stayed in Quito, Ecuador's capital city.

        At 9,350 feet/2,800 meters above sea level with a latitude of 0 ° 15  'S, Quito was the highest and only capital on the Equ

2013-03-27

        每年三月底或四月初，耶稣受难日与复活节相连，北宾夕法尼亚“山林”州学区便放三天春假——从星期四到星期一，满打满算大半个礼拜。坦率讲，我做梦也没想到，适龄青少年可以这般向春天讨价。在国内，我从未经历春假；来美后虽早有耳闻——墨西哥坎昆“蛇巢”是女生的圣地，佛罗里达“花”州代托纳“白日镇”海滩是男生的天堂—