Dear Friends,
Everything flows and changes--all the time. We ignore this flow at our own peril--even as Janet, my wife,
noted that our needs for this van had long flown past...
A 1992 Toyota Previa LE Minivan in good condition with 177K mostly highway
miles -- $3,450 appears to be a fair price...
Please call Donette at 265-5101 to see this Silver-colored Van that awaits a buyer.
Best regards,
Prem Chopra
www.brookoflife.com
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A recent trip to The Galapagos Islands added a rich surge to our flow. Some of you may be enjoy in this brief
account or our experience in these enchanted waters..
Click here to see a few pictures: http://www.brookoflife.com/Life_in_The_Galapagos.htm.
A Glimpse of The Enchanted Isles -- The Galapagos of Darwin's Evolution of Species!
Janet, my wife of 32 years, and I just returned from a visit to The Galapagos Islands--an enchanted
archipelago in the Pacific, some 600 miles east of Ecuador. Among these young volcanic land
masses, primitive reptiles, birds and mammals live in harmony with nature, relatively undisturbed
and therefore unafraid of humans.
You can walk among giant blue-footed boobies as they perform mating dances, approach close enough
to touch pitch-black frigate birds with scarlet balloons the size of watermelons calling for mates,
or giant albatross fencing with their large yellow beaks--clacking in a delightful mating ritual.
The singing and antics of these birds blend with flights of tropic birds, lava gulls, mocking birds,
finches and other species among strange brush and vegetation flowering upon a plateau overlooking
the wide blue Pacific. The sounds and sights are punctuated by the periodic gushing through a
blow-hole of salty spray as magnificent as Old Faithful in rugged jet-black lava cliffs that dive into the
restless waves.
You must take care not to trip over marine iguanas soaking sunshine or resting under bushes piled
like rags, step on a red and green lava lizard or brush against a nesting booby. In the Galapagos
National Park these strange creatures have the right of way. Park highlights include giant tortoises
weighing several hundred pounds and, for those who dream of dragons, the fierce land iguanas.
Almost anyone will be thrilled by the rare and restless vermilion flycatcher hopping among the lush
green forests rich with luscious passion fruit, guavas, papayas and island oranges--challenging your
speed with the shutter.
While snorkeling in pristine waters, be wary of the sea-lion king as pups nibble on your toes and dive
and swim besides you. Once, blinded by salt-water, I inadvertently approached a nursing mother.
Her sudden lunge sent me reeling backwards into the waves as screams and laughter of fellow
snorklers framed the surreal open jaw of a full-grown sea-lion. The whiskered head and piercing bark
rose high above the surf creating an image I will never forget. Almost instantly, as if amused at my
plight, she turned, dived and swam gracefully back to the awaiting pup.
This chilling moment, though softened by images of families of sea-lions basking on the beach
unmindful of human visitors walking, surfing and laying among them, is etched indelibly into my mind.
It is as pleasure seasoned with pain, like yin and yang--just as the delicious meals spiced with colorful
salsas--in every memory of these most enchanted isles.
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It is stating the obvious that each of you have interesting tales to share from journeys of YOUR LIFE!
Please send any stores you wish to share to: [log in to unmask] . There are many who will learn
from your stories--and grow!
Photographs of "Life in The Galapagos" are posted in the Brook of Life web site at:
http://www.brookoflife.com/Life_in_The_Galapagos.htm.
The thousand or so pictures in this collection will be organized thematically and displayed on
the web site in series that will be rotated periodically -- so please check often and enjoy the
experiences of this most enchanted place through waves across your computer screen!
More stories and pictures of fellow-travelers and the beautiful people of The Galapagos, Quito and the
Highlands of Otavalo will be presented in future issues of Brook of Life News and on the Brook of Life
web site.
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Prem Chopra
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