WARNING! big waffle-ey update ahead. Wrote it Sat at 8am, still tipsy from a Mexican-themed discotheque night out. Ok, the Galapagos Islands are most definitely magical. I have been waking up at 5.45am ready for work...naturally, without any alarms!?! Plus, I went for quite a heavy one last night, so I opened my eyes slowly after 4 hours sleep thinking 'here comes the pain!'....but nada! I feel fresh as a daisy. I don't ever want to leave! Here on the island th...

Finally at the galapagos, very surreal. The airport is just a wooden shack, luggage collection is just bags dumped on the floor. I had to catch a bus, then a boat to another island, then a taxi to get to my home-stay. Throughout the journey I was admiring the landscape, and the Jurassic Park theme tune kept playing on repeat in my head. Home-stay is immense, hot running water and my very own kichen/living space, as not many volunteers are here. There's one gi...