tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post5959299682866237457..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: Galápagos: A raid on the inarticulatepohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-15639149856439664202011-10-21T23:41:02.738+13:002011-10-21T23:41:02.738+13:00Thanks Lydia! Yes, I fly out from Santiago on 15 D...Thanks Lydia! Yes, I fly out from Santiago on 15 December. I'll look forward to the 13 minutes of travel ;^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-27590321585031594642011-10-21T22:48:56.988+13:002011-10-21T22:48:56.988+13:00It's there...just hop on! Takes 13 minutes ins...It's there...just hop on! Takes 13 minutes instead of 13 hours. :)<br /><br />I thought you were not going back until mid-DecemberLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-29522145495036030012011-10-21T02:14:19.798+13:002011-10-21T02:14:19.798+13:00Lydia thank you so much. If you can manage the bea...Lydia thank you so much. If you can manage the beam of light, I'm sure it'd be much more comfortable than the 13 hours of flying from Santiago to Auckland (too close, now) ;^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-53574975235476170532011-10-20T21:25:06.436+13:002011-10-20T21:25:06.436+13:00If I could take the essence of what everyone ahead...If I could take the essence of what everyone ahead of me has written to you about this post and combine it with my own gratitude and awe and the words that seem to be lodged behind my tears, what power might that have? Enough to send you home to NZ on a beam of light, most likely.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-36386111023818684172011-10-01T09:49:41.751+13:002011-10-01T09:49:41.751+13:00Anne, thank you. I hope we can get to sit down aga...Anne, thank you. I hope we can get to sit down again and discuss these things, and more. You and Jerry are always welcome in the Pohangina Valley :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-18124404940215197722011-09-29T06:26:32.066+13:002011-09-29T06:26:32.066+13:00Everywhere you go I want to go -- have wanted to f...Everywhere you go I want to go -- have wanted to for a long time. I want to echo all that has been said about your unique and wonderful combining of photos and words. I feel that I know and saw that little bird that landed on your camera. It becomes a personal acquaintance.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-47151928955109583582011-09-23T23:29:35.881+12:002011-09-23T23:29:35.881+12:00Miguel, I think the people who visit the Galápagos...Miguel, I think the people who visit the Galápagos on cruises probably have less time to just sit and look, or wander slowly — they visit more places and get the opportunities to see things I couldn't, but the cost is missing out on getting to know one place. I think your last paragraph puts into words one of the strong feelings I get, too.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-68121403248020235282011-09-23T23:07:40.319+12:002011-09-23T23:07:40.319+12:00My first impression was, "It's like pagin...My first impression was, "It's like paging through my old, childhood natural history books. all the familiar faces." But upon reading your words you bring up the little things that no one else every talks about... the paper wasps, the carpenter bee, the sulphur butterfly...<br /><br />That longing seems to follow me everywhere and only seems to manifest itself as a smile when I am butukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-61267217373802011292011-09-18T11:27:31.876+12:002011-09-18T11:27:31.876+12:00Bob, thank you. I always thought the Galápagos was...Bob, thank you. I always thought the Galápagos was out of the question because of the expense, but that's only true for cruises. It's quite feasible and inexpensive to visit the islands independently — I picked up cheap flights through Expedia and have been staying in hostels for US$10–15 a night. Day tours add a bit more, but still seem good value (especially compared with the hundreds pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-23971609347970956762011-09-17T15:43:22.520+12:002011-09-17T15:43:22.520+12:00What a lifetime dream to have come true. I have dr...What a lifetime dream to have come true. I have dreamed of going to the Galapagos, but never made it Pete. Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos and words.Bob McKerrow - Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832128768908667724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-3322816161012885562011-09-17T14:41:53.978+12:002011-09-17T14:41:53.978+12:00Thank you, Robin. You've understood.Thank you, Robin. You've understood.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-46600354366326526012011-09-17T03:14:11.458+12:002011-09-17T03:14:11.458+12:00That longing, your beautiful photographs and words...That longing, your beautiful photographs and words perfectly express it. What is it that pulls like a memory of things seen for the first time? Something shared. Is it in the eyes that look back; or the heart that beats beneath feather or scales? This paradise lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-58746030744463123382011-09-16T06:41:17.379+12:002011-09-16T06:41:17.379+12:00Maureen, thank you. I'm constantly amazed by t...Maureen, thank you. I'm constantly amazed by the banality of most souvenir t-shirts, and the Galápagos' selection is no exception. What <em>would</em> appeal to me would be a photo of the little flycatcher trying to perch on my lens, but — alas — no such photo exists. Hasta pronto!<br /><br />Zhoen, thank you so much for that comment. Finding a way to combine words and photographs is an pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-28205267781096348502011-09-15T18:44:05.069+12:002011-09-15T18:44:05.069+12:00Truly wonderful - words and photographs.
I echo e...Truly wonderful - words and photographs.<br /><br />I echo everything said by Maureen and Zhoen, although I'm holding out for the book as well.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-82749985341536124602011-09-15T13:02:30.508+12:002011-09-15T13:02:30.508+12:00I will love your photos more than anything in a gl...I will love your photos more than anything in a glossy coffee table book by someone without your insight. That means more than expensive equipment. I know you, to the extent of your writing here, and your photos of these lovely creatures is the continuation of that humanity and sensitivity. <br /><br />The booby is charming.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-70178864096759190102011-09-15T11:41:32.737+12:002011-09-15T11:41:32.737+12:00Pete, Excellent post. Amazing photos. Who's ...Pete, Excellent post. Amazing photos. Who's really doing the looking? Did anyone capture a photo of you with the flycatcher on your lense? For you, there is only the trying and for us the reader, there is the wonder and delight experienced from reading your words and seeing your photos. Thank you for "your" trying. Maureen<br /><br />PS your booby notation made me LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com