Barro Colorado Island & Panama Canal
I wanted to write about the different animals and vegetation we saw today; but the words of our guests during farewell cocktail are still vivid in my mind. Not only did they express their gratitude towards the friendliness they found on board the Sea Voyager, or share their different highlights of the week, but they, in each and every word, repeatedly said how much they had felt inspired to care for our planet.
After listening to their very touching words, I believe that there is no doubt that Lindblad definitely attracts the same kind of people, people who think about this world, who want to learn and who want to give back. It is like a snowball effect; I don’t know what has been first, the guests we get on board, the naturalists and crew so giving and so kind and so involved in the areas they work and live, or Lindblad’s philosophy. Or if it all happened at the same time!
It does not matter. The point is that we are part of the same family and similar feelings arise in every trip, independently of the part of the world we visit.
Today it was Barro Colorado Island, the Mecca for any tropical biologist, a laboratory of island biogeography. Dr. Lee, from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, came on board and told us about ants, and their societies. During the walks and Zodiac ride we spotted spider monkeys, Howler monkeys, and capuchin monkeys. There were a couple of crocodiles along the way, and birds, and trees of so many kinds. We were amazed again by the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal.
But nothing better than this feeling of belonging, of being part of the same big family, the Lindblad family, a family who cares for the planet.
I wanted to write about the different animals and vegetation we saw today; but the words of our guests during farewell cocktail are still vivid in my mind. Not only did they express their gratitude towards the friendliness they found on board the Sea Voyager, or share their different highlights of the week, but they, in each and every word, repeatedly said how much they had felt inspired to care for our planet.
After listening to their very touching words, I believe that there is no doubt that Lindblad definitely attracts the same kind of people, people who think about this world, who want to learn and who want to give back. It is like a snowball effect; I don’t know what has been first, the guests we get on board, the naturalists and crew so giving and so kind and so involved in the areas they work and live, or Lindblad’s philosophy. Or if it all happened at the same time!
It does not matter. The point is that we are part of the same family and similar feelings arise in every trip, independently of the part of the world we visit.
Today it was Barro Colorado Island, the Mecca for any tropical biologist, a laboratory of island biogeography. Dr. Lee, from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, came on board and told us about ants, and their societies. During the walks and Zodiac ride we spotted spider monkeys, Howler monkeys, and capuchin monkeys. There were a couple of crocodiles along the way, and birds, and trees of so many kinds. We were amazed again by the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal.
But nothing better than this feeling of belonging, of being part of the same big family, the Lindblad family, a family who cares for the planet.
