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Tree Tomato Juice in the Galapagos

The last day in the Galapagos!

Ty and I wanted to get in one last snorkel and per our favorite travel agent we decided to hit up Charles Darwin beach early in the morning. We all woke up early in the house to go on our morning adventures. The girls were going to the Charles Darwin Research Center, my parents were going to hang out at the research center and the beach and Ty and I were going snorkeling.

Tide was low and rocks that we swam over last time were now jutting out of the water. We put on our thickest wetsuits (that we brought) and slowly got into the freezing water. There were two older ladies who were wading in the water as well and giggled at us as we squealed at the cold water. They told us to have a good snorkel and we were on our way.

It was cool to see a little closer to all the small fishes and rocks since the tide was out but we really didn't see much. We were not out for long when we got really cold and bored (when you see sharks, turtles and rays on all your other snorkels, some small fishes seem boring... lol) so we decided to get out.

The older ladies were getting out of the water at the same time and asked us if we saw anything and then we sprinted to our towels! My parents had found us and we told my dad he didn't need to get in the water to snorkel this time around.

I had to drop off the fins that I rented and then went back to the house to shower and pack up to leave. (So sad!! I hate leaving.)

At noon we were ready to leave and handed off our keys to the lovely housekeeper who told us to please come back! I do want to go back!

Then we went out to lunch at the park. There was this little food vender at the park that we walked through every to town and back. We walked up to the counter and asked what food was for lunch. The little older woman proceeded to talk to us slowly in Spanish about her vegetarian friendly three course meal for $10. After talking about her "tree tomato" juice, we decided to give it a try. Boy was it worth it! The food was delicious and we all had the vegetarian option. The tree tomato juice was interesting. It tasted like sweet tomato juice.


After our lunch it was time to say goodbye to Puerto Ayora and head up the hill to our last hotel for the night. What an adventure that was...

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