Santa Cruz Island
Every Wednesday we wake up with the view of Puerto Ayora in front of the bow of our floating home, the National Geographic Endeavour. It is exciting to see the amazing turquoise waters of Academy Bay, and far behind, the colourful houses of a town where many of us live, or have spent most of our adulthood. I wonder, how would it be to be on the other side, to enjoy a sunrise from town with the sight of the National Geographic Endeavour entering the bay, slowly and graciously, a ship with so much history in its past and making history today as well?
Everybody knows this ship in town; everybody knows Lindblad Expeditions in the Galápagos. It's been 13 years, exactly 13 years, that I’ve been exploring this archipelago, but also 13 years giving back to the islands, with more than four million dollars raised by our guests for many successful conservation programs. But Lindblad, and the National Geographic Endeavour are not only concerned about Galápagos. They are involved in the health and preservation of our entire ocean planet.
A couple of weeks ago the National Geographic Endeavour became the floating hostess of a TED conference, for the dream project of Sylvia Earle: Mission Blue. Amazing results came out of the seven sessions: Blue, Vulnerability, Protection, Interconnections, Wonder, Change and Hope. You should all follow through www.ted.com. We hosted the most interesting scientists, explorers, musicians, and film makers, who care and work for the well being of our oceans.
It is good to awake on board the National Geographic Endeavour; it is good to spend a day at Santa Cruz, home of a healthy population of giant tortoises. It is good to be part of a company who cares for the world; and it is so good to be an inhabitant of this blue planet!
