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A British mailman, a Tasmanian tour guide and a Canadian writer walk onto a boat and are shipped out to sea.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sounds like the set-up for a great joke but that was my reality as I hopped onto the Grand Queen Beatriz<\/a> yacht for a four-day adventure around Ecuador\u2019s Galapagos Islands<\/a>. The Galapagos is one of the crown jewels of South America drawing people from all over the world. Although I\u2019d been living in Ecuador for years, I had yet to visit. I had only heard tales of impeccable waters, mesmerizing landscapes and one-of-a-kind wildlife.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adventure is one I\u2019ve signed up for alone. Solo travel, in my view, is a worthy form of exploration. No overly stuffed travel partner\u2019s itineraries to abide by. I can lean into introvert pursuits when I want. I get to call the shots. And as someone who lives alone and writes about travel, solo travel is a situation I\u2019m comfortable with as it\u2019s one I find myself in relatively often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That particular spring had been a busy one: I\u2019d hosted family and friend visits back-to-back. I\u2019d led and launched a big project. I\u2019d just celebrated a birthday, one I greeted by sobbing into my pillow (don\u2019t ask), and I found myself wondering if this will finally be my <\/em>year (no self-inflicted pressure or anything). Despite the fact that it was only May, I\u2019d travelled lots already that year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life was rolling along fine enough though. But even the good days come with anxiety, unknowns, responsibility and the need to pause, assess and step outside of routine. I live an admittedly blessed life but still, I needed to disconnect from it for a hot second.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So as our trip kicks off, I\u2019m looking to chill. I just hope<\/em> the energy of this group trip matches mine and I try to read the vibes of the British mailman, the Tasmanian tour guide and the handful of others joining me on this \u2018solo\u2019 trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heading off on the Grand Queen Beatriz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Arriving as a solo traveller in a group can feel so much like the first day of school. My eyes are peeled as I look for new friends<\/a> while showcasing my personality \u2013 but not too much.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sense of humour has always been rather dark, sarcastic and quick-witted. If you ask me, humour is the best way to bond. The best people I know are the ones who I can spend hours laughing with. Nothing\u2019s better than finding a kindred spirit who can take my teasing and shoot back a witty comeback. The person who can come up with an absurd one-liner that draws roaring laughter from the group is my <\/em>person. Be ridiculous, be inappropriate, be clever, just don\u2019t be boring.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first pick up on Claire\u2019s dry humour in the Quito airport as we wait at our gate to board our flight to San Cristobal where we\u2019ll board the yacht, and she offers to buy me a coffee. I accept but only after peppering the conversation with way too many, \u2018Oh you shouldn\u2019t haves\u2019 and \u2019I promise I\u2019ll get the next ones.\u2019 Classic Canadianisms that I apparently didn\u2019t shake when I moved south. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Yeah because after paying for a bedroom on a yacht in the Galapagos and flying all the way to Ecuador from Tasmania, this coffee is really what\u2019s going to set me back,\u2019 she quips with glinting eyes and a smirk. I like her already.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hit it off pretty much immediately with Claire and Mark, the mailman from the UK. I\u2019m not sure exactly when we formed our unlikely trio. It was either over light-hearted teasing as we ate shrimp and the catch of the day or during coffee one morning. All I know is that when the chuckles started, they soon turned to red-faced laughter.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, unlikely friends would be a good way to put it. We are decades apart in age, work in different industries and come from separate parts of the world. There\u2019s no way we\u2019d ever cross paths in our day-to-day lives, but in the Galapagos, we become fast friends as we sail through salty Pacific waters past volcanoes, blue footed boobies, cactus-covered islands and cities of sea lions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark, Sinead (centre) and Claire in The Galapagos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re sitting together in the dining room before getting ridiculously flippered up to snorkel. It\u2019s that moment when Mark bravely \u2013 boldly? \u2013 decides to make his Spanish debut.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my travels around South America, I often praise Europeans for the way they navigate foreign languages with such ease. I say this with love and tons of smart-assery: the British are absolutely exempt from this (not that Canadians deserve much credit either).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark\u2019s Spanish, bless his heart, has the grace of a sea lion launching itself off the deck and splashing into the sea. (I try not to criticise others\u2019 language efforts considering that my own Spanish often deftly misses the mark. But I did this time.)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He utters a few phrases to the server in a friendly attempt to make chit-chat. The server looks at me. His entire face is a question. I look at Claire. Claire\u2019s expression is priceless. I look at Mark. Mark looks at me.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Am I saying it right?\u2019 he asks me.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire can\u2019t hold in her laughter. \u2018It doesn\u2019t look like you are!\u2019 she says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all laugh. He knows we\u2019re laughing with him of course. I correct him but he continues to pronounce \u201c<\/em>estaba\u201d <\/em>like a bleating sheep.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days in the Galapagos wear on. Despite it being a solo trip, I\u2019m rarely alone. We snorkel together and spot sapphire blue fish swimming in giant schools. We sit on the deck and let the wind tousle our hair as the Ecuadorian skies shift from blue to pink to mango orange. We tread on islands scarred by past volcano eruptions. I swim next to Claire as we spot a baby shark, sea lions doing backflips, manta rays and penguins. I gasp, inhale saltwater through my snorkel and proceed to almost choke. The Galapagos is stunning. All jokes aside, it really is a once-in-a-lifetime-experience. Cheesy? Of course. True? Totally.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m having so much fun aboard the Grand Queen Beatriz with our quick-witted banter and dry sarcasm. In one moment, Claire dryly makes an off-the-cuff remark about wanting to push one of our fellow passengers off the boat. In another, I almost jump out of a fishing boat when a menacing sea lion pops up to hiss at me.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s only in the quiet of my cabin one night towards the end of the cruise that it occurs to me that I haven\u2019t given my regular life one single thought in days. I\u2019m not wondering about the guy I\u2019ve started seeing whose \u201cGood morning\u201d texts I\u2019m now missing. I\u2019m not thinking about the project I\u2019ve been working on or clients\u2019 needs. I haven\u2019t thought about the freelancer cheques going unpaid or the stressful questions often posed to single, travelling 31-year-old women like me<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels like my \u201creal\u201d life is on pause. And it\u2019s a much-needed relief. One I didn\u2019t know I needed. Before the trip, I had thought of myself as a solo traveller. But as I lean into jokes and deep-belly laughter<\/a> with two near strangers off grid in the middle of the ocean, it occurs to me that I\u2019m not travelling solo at all. What I\u2019m really doing is travelling anonymously. Had I travelled to the Galapagos truly alone, I\u2019m sure I\u2019d be overthinking certain day-to-day stresses. I never seem to underthink them. And if I\u2019d travelled with friends, that\u2019s probably what we\u2019d be talking about.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I lean into jokes and deep-belly laughter with two near strangers off grid in the middle of the ocean, it occurs to me that I\u2019m not travelling solo at all. What I\u2019m really doing is travelling anonymously.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mark, Claire and I don\u2019t know the intricacies of each other\u2019s lives other than what we\u2019ve chosen to divulge on this four-day trip through paradise. Here, I can be with others and enjoy their wise cracks, laugh and share a beer. These newfound friends don\u2019t know much about me other than the basics and my personality. That\u2019s what\u2019s refreshing. They don\u2019t have a bias. They don\u2019t have any stake. They don\u2019t care. Our lives have nothing to do with each other and that\u2019s perhaps why we\u2019re better able to relax and genuinely enjoy each other\u2019s company fully.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where the real mental breaks happen. No awkward dynamics to dodge, no gossip to avoid, no pressuring questions about life milestones, questions about the future (which I often can\u2019t or don\u2019t want to answer), talk about work, or accidentally venturing into no-go topics of conversation. No stretches of silence and solitude for the tribulations of life back home to creep into. We\u2019re just here to be silly, off-the-rails and as mischievous as the sea lions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the cruise comes to an end, the Grand Queen Beatriz<\/a> docks. We leave the boat behind and I wobble on my sea legs which now feel like overcooked spaghetti noodles. We wave the Galapagos goodbye and fly back to Quito<\/a>. It\u2019s the no man\u2019s land between paradise and reality and so it\u2019s only natural to go to the hotel bar and cheers one last time. With the island adventure now in the rearview, we re-cap the highlights. I\u2019m in a fit of laugher with tears streaming down my face when a traveller at the bar interjects.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I can\u2019t help but overhear your conversation. It sounds like you had a great time. My tour starts tomorrow,\u2019 he says. He\u2019s travelling with his partner on what very well could be the exact trip we just finished.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘We managed to get a great group,\u2019 I tell him. ‘You\u2019re going to love it!\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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