Scenes from Galapagos 2

2 of the people in our group were vegetarian. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to like vegetables very much either, and almost every [vegetarian] meal was greeted with the phrase "It just shows a lack of imagination". After 2.5 weeks, so did that comment, and I think I know more about their food preferences than I do my closest friends. Just to share the joy, here's a list of the things they wouldn't eat:

1. Meat. Obviously. One of them didn't like the taste, and one of them once had a hallucination about boiled chicken....
2. Fish. Well actually they sometimes eat fish, but only when they're in the mood. The mood never descended, even when we were on a boat being given fish every day. This was followed up by a comment about fish eating vegetarians not really being vegetarians, unlike them. Right.
3. Eggs. Eggs in things good, eggs by themselves bad.
4. Milk & yoghurt. See above.
5. White things. One of them really did announce that they didn't like to eat white things, although she was possibly referring to white sauces/creamy things. Except for ice cream, which is both white and creamy, but cold. So that's ok.
6. Some vegetables, served in place of the meat/fish. They were worried that they might get a protein deficiency, and thought that the chef could have shown some imagination and served soya or tofu.
7. Soya. Arrived the following night, but was rejected because it was one of those fake meat products. (See point 1).

Scenes from Galapagos 1

V (deaf, 84 yrs old): Mmm, this dinner is nice. [without drawing breath] S, how tall are you?
S: Er, 5'2" I think.
V: My daughter is 5' when stretched, and this wide [holds out index finger and thumb in a loop].
S (who missed the hand gesture): She's how wide?
V: Why? Well she's just built that way, that's why.
S: No, how wide?
V: Why what?

Intervened at this point to avoid death by dinner conversation....

I'd also like to make it clear that even though I might look like I'm 5'4", I am in fact 5'9 when STRETCHED.

Hi honey, I'm home

Got back yesterday from Ecuador. What can I say, it rocked! I've set up a different non-anonymous blog for sharing photos and a bit of blather about it, but some of the funniest moments will have to go anonymously on here. If anyone's still reading this blog after I've neglected it for so long and wants to see the photos, email me and I'll send you a link.