tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804246.post-1161910202329061962006-10-26T20:47:00.000-04:002006-10-30T01:03:58.323-05:00Georgina Guedes is a South African woman travelling the world. She is beside herself with excitement at the prospect of seeing a blue-footed booby, and writes about her experiences for News24.com.<blockquote>When I was a child, at the time when other little girls were sticking up posters of Tom Cruise in Cocktail, I harboured a deep and abiding passion for Gerald Durrell, the famous naturalist who wrote "My Family and Other Animals".<br /><br />Aside from finding his long, English face handsome, and enjoying his quirky sense of humour, I thought that we would have lots to talk about. I come from an interesting family, and so did he, and we both have an interest in the wildlife with which we share this planet.<br /><br />At around the same time as I was fantasising about walking on the sun-soaked beaches of Corfu with Mr Durrell, I also happened to watch a television program on the Galapagos Islands, although at the time I mistakenly called them The Archipelago Islands. </blockquote>Read on at <a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Columnists/Georgina_Guedes/0,6119,2-1630-2022_2008399,00.html">News24.com</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">--- Originally published at http://www.anotherchancetosee.com</div>Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016456671468216397noreply@blogger.com