So Halloween isn´t really celebrated here like in the West. No kids dress up or trick or treat, but when I explained to my students what it involved (sweets, throwing eggs and toilet roll) they seemed very keen to begin doing so. It is a 3 day public holiday though, because the South Americans celebrate ´Día de Muertos´ (Day of the Dead). My immediate reaction to this holiday was ´Zombies! Where!?´...turns out my mad skills at Resident Evil wasn´t neccess...

Saturday. I went on a trip to Floreana, the first Island to be populated as it has a natural spring. It was also very popular with pirates back in the day. The group I went with was a majority of young lads and a few older folk. On our way there we passed some dolphins going in the opposte direction, so the meeting was pretty brief. When we arrived the small port was full of little heads bobbing in and out of the water, marine turtles. An on the rocks, the...

Went Kayaking with some british girls during the week, I promised to show them some sharks. They were both new at boating and I had had plenty of practice, but alas it was me who got moored onto some very sharp rocks in the middle of the bay. I had to push and shove to get myself back into the ocean (as the rocks were too pointy to stand on) and so I cut my hands a bit (again!). Mr Smooth as always. I also ventured to a small salt lake on the island, which I didn...

Teaching has nearly finished and the kids have started to grow on me. Well the younger ones have, the older ones are slightly less appreciative. Some of the kids are really short for 15. And when I caught one of them cheating on a test I took his secret piece of paper and when he got up to get it back I immediately raised my hand to the ceiling and there was no chance of him getting it. The class all laughed, so I am pretty much the class bully now. In another c...

Another stunning week here on the islands. Sooo much to talk about. The house I am staying in has been very busy this week. A spanish family of females are staying, plus an Australian Volunteer is staying and Lots of conservation volunteers from another island crashed here at the weekend whilst visiting the island. The house was full. Throughout the week the spanish women (and very young girl) have become very fond of me, god knows why. They all discuss me in gr...