Santa Cruz Island
I grew up on a Galápagos Island as a normal kid that went to the school every day to learn so many things about our life. After school, I used to go to the sea shore and take a bath in the ocean before I returned walking back home. My home was only few blocks away from my school.
I used to also enjoy playing with the sea lions, marine iguanas and contemplating the famous Darwin finches in their ability to crack seeds with their sharp beaks. I thought that this was how my life would be forever in the Galápagos.
When I finished my school, my parents sent me to mainland Ecuador to follow up my studies; it was a totally different change for me. Outside Galápagos, it was a totally different world.
I was impressed by the amount of vehicles, buildings and streets, but also very disappointed at the same time for the amount of pollution that I found there.
After I finished my studies there, I decided to come back to the islands, and that’s when I understood how important these islands were and how exceptional my childhood had been but also how important it was to preserve this unique place.
Nowadays I am working for the Galápagos National Park as a guide, and I try to preserve this fragile ecosystem in the Pacific ocean in a variety of ways.
Today my fellow naturalist Rafael visited the town, and with the support of Lindblad Expeditions, he decided to take from the ship some books and folders to one of the schools that just started to form in this town; that was something that really caught my attention. To know how important it is to guide the kids in the right way and show them that we care about them but also show them how important it is to preserve this archipelago.
When I saw this picture, it reminded me of the time I spent in school here in Galápagos and how things have changed in town in a few years, but it makes me happy to think that the wild life and the animals that I used to see in my childhood are still doing well.
I grew up on a Galápagos Island as a normal kid that went to the school every day to learn so many things about our life. After school, I used to go to the sea shore and take a bath in the ocean before I returned walking back home. My home was only few blocks away from my school.
I used to also enjoy playing with the sea lions, marine iguanas and contemplating the famous Darwin finches in their ability to crack seeds with their sharp beaks. I thought that this was how my life would be forever in the Galápagos.
When I finished my school, my parents sent me to mainland Ecuador to follow up my studies; it was a totally different change for me. Outside Galápagos, it was a totally different world.
I was impressed by the amount of vehicles, buildings and streets, but also very disappointed at the same time for the amount of pollution that I found there.
After I finished my studies there, I decided to come back to the islands, and that’s when I understood how important these islands were and how exceptional my childhood had been but also how important it was to preserve this unique place.
Nowadays I am working for the Galápagos National Park as a guide, and I try to preserve this fragile ecosystem in the Pacific ocean in a variety of ways.
Today my fellow naturalist Rafael visited the town, and with the support of Lindblad Expeditions, he decided to take from the ship some books and folders to one of the schools that just started to form in this town; that was something that really caught my attention. To know how important it is to guide the kids in the right way and show them that we care about them but also show them how important it is to preserve this archipelago.
When I saw this picture, it reminded me of the time I spent in school here in Galápagos and how things have changed in town in a few years, but it makes me happy to think that the wild life and the animals that I used to see in my childhood are still doing well.
