Phil's Worldwide travel in 2023/2024

It has been fantastic going do the different islands and seeing completely different landscapes and animals. Almost everyday includes Snorkeling where we see lots of coral, very colour fish, sharks, turtles and sea lions. We always have two guides (naturalists) with us (1 for each group), who are EXTREMELY knowledgable. They seem to be able to answer everything even questions that have nothing to do with life on Galapagous. As I'm with an older crew, they tend to ask more questions - are there deer here? Are there ticks?  But the answers have been very detailed and accurate (I've been fact checking). The other members in the group are very nice, most are semi-retired, and largely on their second marriage it appears. At night the boat gets quite rocky but I've been finding it quite soothing. I'm trying working on a Galapagos Jeopardy game and really excited to bust this out tonight or tomorrow. I've been trying to keep up with Spanish but most of the crew I interact ...

Day 1!!! So I was originally planning on going on a tour with G adventures. They cancelled so I booked a tour through HappyGringo. It is Oct and considered low season, so got a deal in a delux cruise. The infinity!!! As it is relatively more expensive, the people on board are a bit older but super cool. Great convo, lots of laughs and I'm having a great time. The food is AMAZING, and is non stop. I did not have to pay extra and have a really book, room, bathroom and my private only balcony. First day has been awesome, saw loads of turtles in Black turtle cove, and several of them mating which is quite rare. We saw the classic blue footed boobys, crabs, sting rays, and eels. Below is my room, they clean it like 5 times a day. Hey d This is Juanito, one of our natrualists, extremely impressive knowledge of everything, I don't think there has been a single question where he didn't have an extremely detailed and thoughtful answer. Me giving the people what they want. Breakfast ...

 Hey all, I haven't posted much because I've been largely focussing on Spanish, learning salsa, bachata and trying out interesting restaurants! I had my first live event dancing bachata. It's really interested how advanced people make it look so natural. In Mexico city, there is pretty much an event every day to take Bachata/Salsa classes. Although, thee majority I've taken, the instructors speak little English, but doesn't seem to be a big issue for peopel that don't speak Spanish. I also have a friend who has set up a Bachata library which is a great idea, check it out and his instagram: https://www.tampham.co/bachata-library/ In Mexico City, there are many language exchanges. So lots of foreigners come and just don't want to leave. I've been staying in Condesa and Roma Norte... it's bougie, and when locals find out I'm staying here I get "of course you are!". It's not as cheap as may think, but not quite North American prices. I ...

Long time no post :P So I've been living in Roma Norte in Mexico City, a tiny airbnb but everything I need works out to 60 Canadian per day. I've been taking Spanish classes at Spanish Students society. It's been pretty good, I definitely miss the very clearly defined structure of each class of Fluenz. They did offer us a "deal" which is essentially locking the price for future events.  I've also continued with salsa classes which are pretty fun and also Bachata classes (sessions are usually at a bar around 9 pm). In regards to Bachata classes, after each group learns their routines there is a mini performance after :P Some things I like in Mexico city: Lots of variety with different areas Super easy to get solid street tacos really cool restaurants quite a lot of activities going on at all times as its a big city! Some things I'm not a fan of Very common for Mariachi type bands (2 or 3 people)to start playing REALLY freakin loud music when you're at a...