After months of work, procrastination, and a healthy dose of laziness (not necessarily in that order), I finally sat down to write about my travel to the Galapagos Islands - that legendary archipelago where Darwin met his eureka moment. Here’s my five-day cruise through evolution’s playground: where sea lions do yoga, iguanas sneeze salt, and...
Santiago island is a beautiful island in the Galapagos. Full to the brim with natural beauty and natural oddities... And since Darwin was here, a natural formation that looks like a flush, better get his name, isn't it? Logical? Let’s be honest: if nature had a sense of humor, Darwin’s Toilet would be the punchline. Landscape...
There are some creatures that make you question your life choices. The Galapagos Sea Lion is one of them... When I first arrived on the islands, I expected to be greeted by a ranger, a guide, maybe a pelican with attitude. Instead, I found a sea lion — sprawled on the beach, snoring gently, a flipper...
Antarctica (with the name coming from Anti Arctic or Anti North), on an average is the coldest (lowest measured temperature on earth of -89.2 degree Celsius), driest and windiest of continents. Most of the Antarctica is covered with an ice sheet with an average thickness of 1.9 km (yes - you read it right -...
Did you know that Antarctica was the last place on this planet to be discovered? That too, by chance, when a Russian expedition saw the Fimbul ice shelf in 1820. The first confirmed landing on the continent was by a Norwegian team in 1895. That was the beginning of Antarctica travel. Of course, then there was...
