Diving in the Galapagos Islands

I just returned from a week of diving in the Galapagos Islands. It was an amazing experience in an amazing place. The very islands that Charles Darwin himself had visited prior to releasing "Origin of the Species” is still to this day left in the most pristine conditions than any place on earth. However, with the 100,000+ tourists that are now coming to the Galapagos each year, what impact will this have on the environment.

The volcanic islands are of course, absolutely beautiful. They are works of natural art across a textured blue canvas of the ocean.

The diving is other-worldly. Schools of Hammerhead Sharks, Galapagos Sharks and White Tip Reef Sharks abound. The rays and turtles, eels, Dolphins, schooling Barracuda, reef fish, playful Sea lions and the possibilities for the unexpected, are what make diving in the Galapagos some of the best diving in the world.
Being in the epicenter of large marine animal diversity created an impact on my soul, how could it not. It also helped me regain some of the balance that I have lost over the last few months of my stressful life at the office. Nothing a few hundred Hammerhead Sharks couldn't clear up right away!