Long white sandy beaches, bluish skies and crystal clear blue water. Sounds pretty much similar paradise, doesn't it? Our beloved friend Google claims that too. Just cheque it yourself – takes you 10 seconds! Has to be right then. Another place information technology likewise describes perfectly is the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean a two 60 minutes flight east of Ecuador. So is this perhaps paradise?

Galapagos belongs to Ecuador and consists of 18 islands of which I recollect 3-4 are inhabited. The rest are either very small or in the National Park of Galapagos which is on the UNESCO World Heritage listing. The reason for that is the marine life here. There are LOTS of unlike animals, both on and off land. Here you can find the biggest turtles in the world and a huge variety of birds. Of class besides lots of fish like dissimilar sharks and fifty-fifty orcas. It actually is an ballsy place when comes to nature and wild animals. The fact that Charles Darwin spent some time of his year here to study the wild fauna is probably proof plenty. And but equally paradise, co-ordinate to Google, the beaches and waters here were beyond everything else, and trust me, I practise have pretty much to compare with when it comes to paradise beaches.

Alone one week in this so called paradise. How was it? At offset information technology was a blessing to put my feet in the incredible sand and dive in to the body of water and permit the sun warm my skin. Also a relief to get away from the buzz in the capital Quito. Merely to be honest, and I'm an honest homo, you get tired of picture perfect beaches. At to the lowest degree I do. Luckily for me I met some fantastic people to share the days with. People from Poland, Hong Kong, Canada, Germany and The United States all gave color to my stay on the islands. Especially the guys from the US, I will meet up with them later this wintertime in Colombia. Travel is not simply most the destination, only even more almost the people along the manner. The good (and sometimes bad) thing about traveling lone is that you have to brand new friends pretty much every twenty-four hours. Sometimes perhaps y'all feel that you are not soulmates, but hands tin can kill some fourth dimension together – merely sometimes you hitting the jackpot besides!

So back to the kickoff; does paradise exist? I still cull to believe in paradise, but I'm pretty sure it's not a place – it'due south a state of mind. It's a feeling, state of affairs or a moment where everything is just the mode it should be. Since it's not a identify, yous can't search for information technology. So how to find it? I believe the best style to find things here in life is to stop looking – and things will eventually come up to you. Go with the flow, and make sure you savour the ride. Both modest and large moments. Probably you'll have more small-scale than big. So make sure you likewise enjoy the minor ones and y'all will live a happier life. Observe happiness in less. When was the last time you reminded yourself of how lucky you are to be good for you and free from decease? (Which I really hope you are).

Don't misunderstand me; I had a blast in the Galapagos, only at the same fourth dimension I'm glad leaving. Should I get out some travel tips it must be to take at least ii weeks. Likewise brand sure you lot have the Advanced Diving Certificate. Galapagos is more than only a embankment destination. If you lot really want to see the unique affair well-nigh Galapagos, brand sure you lot spend a lot of time under water. Perhaps take a 4-7 twenty-four hour period gunkhole cruise. I went on a 1-solar day-cruise for some snorkeling and cute islands, which suited my budget well this time.

Variety is the key for a restless soul like me. I had a return ticket to Guayaquil in Ecuador, but no plan from there. The plan was to go somewhere in Peru and I chose betwixt a surf and political party place called Mancora, an alpine destination by name Huaraz or the capital Lima. I chose Lima, without whatever high expectations.

Past the way, sorry for tardily blogpost but the wifi on Galapagos was weaker than my tolerance of seasickness.

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