{"id":1860,"date":"2015-02-22T01:48:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T01:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimily.org\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2015-04-12T20:27:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T19:27:39","slug":"diary-of-a-man-baby-43-and-34s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimily.org\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a Man Baby – 43 and 3\/4s"},"content":{"rendered":"

12th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a flight at 7.05am from Quito to Gal\u00e1pagos. I see a massive queue lining up to pay the tax and have their bags checked for plants\/animals\/contaminants, so I reckon I’ll queue jump… I don’t like to have to wait, especially when I have a flight to catch. I get up to the counter ahead of everyone in the queue. Bingo.<\/p>\n

I see most of these people on the same flight as me.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

13th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I saunter around town in my same clothes, taking shots with my camera. I see some of the people that were on my flight, I think they’re ignoring me.<\/p>\n

<Meanwhile.. Jim and Emily are having a conversation about a rude chap… “Imagine if he turns up on the same boat as us! Jesus.”><\/p>\n

17th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I make my way to Baltra Island to get on the boat I booked a cruise on. I meet everyone at the airport and introduce myself as “Xavier”. \u00a0I couldn’t work out if a couple of them were surprised or not to see me, have I met them before?<\/p>\n

We get a dingy to the Encantada and congregate on the back deck. I sit on the table rather than a seat, I don’t like to wait to get comfortable. It breaks. Oh well, its not mine.<\/p>\n

Went for a walk on Tintoreras,\u00a0its nice to be in the open where I can let rip.<\/p>\n

18th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mmmm, I like to stroke my hair… just like my Mummy does.<\/p>\n

19th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I seem to always be the last person at breakfast and the last person onto the dingy to get ashore. Everyone must be\u00a0so overly\u00a0keen.<\/p>\n

But I do like to get to the front of the tour so I can listen to the guide and slow everyone down a bit.<\/p>\n

20th February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thought I might climb up a tree over a lava precipice and take some photos. Doesn’t matter if I risk my own life, right?<\/p>\n

I want to sit on the front deck, not on a seat (I don’t like to wait for those) but lay down on the roof to the crew’s quarters. I step through a glass window above the dining area. Oh well, its not mine.<\/p>\n

I’m angry at dinner about the fact I’ve lost my driving licence because I refuse to wear my seat belt. I think everyone understands, Jan says “I’m OK with you killing yourself through your own stupidity”.<\/p>\n

21st February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve forgotten my shoes, the dingy has to go all the way back to the boat so I can get them before we start the day’s activity.<\/p>\n

My shoe is almost taken by a wave as I’m busy getting out my camera to shoot some seals while everyone else is getting back into the dingy.<\/p>\n

When we’re back on the boat the crew seem to be calling me “Espa\u00f1a”. Nice to have nick name.. I think.<\/p>\n

22nd February 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m sure Jim is interested in my photography blog so I give him my details which he forgot to ask for at breakfast when everyone was exchanging details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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