Book Review
I had three different people recommend the book, The Confession of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.  It was incredibly well written and a compelling read. The book highlighted the work that Mr. Perkins did in the 70’s and 80’s in the field of international aid and development. 
He outlined the formula [...]

I read excerpts from Charles Darwin’s The Voyage of the HMS Beagle prior to coming to the Galapagos Islands. Though I found his writing to be stale and too tedious to digest in large quantities, it was evident that he was impressed with the islands and the uniqueness of the wildlife, marine life and [...]

We had signed up for a four day expedition cruise of some of the Galapagos Islands.  In retrospect, I would have preferred taking a longer tour of the islands but based on our schedule and the last minute nature of our purchase the best deal we could get was the four day tour.  If you [...]

I had been to Quito, Ecuador back in 2003 and so I was looking forward to getting back there.  It was Patrick, Pam and myself and our chief objective was to get to the Galapagos Islands.  We hadn’t booked a tour yet and it was something we should have done months earlier.  I had kept [...]