During our lunch break we had an "informal
chat"
with David, one of our naturalists. He gave us
a lot of
information about the people of the Galapagos.
He and all the naturalists are originally from
here.
Some still live here and some have moved to the
mainland.
You cannot just move here. If you were born
here you and
your family may return. People such as doctors
are not local.
Celebrity Cruises has a program where doctors
in specialties
come here on the flight with the cruise people
come on so people
can be examined without having to go to
mainland. I'm not sure
when they return.
The naturalists work for a tourist company who
works for
Celebrity. They work 4 weeks, then have 2 weeks
off. Those
who still live here get to see their family the
days the ship
stops there, so David sees his family every
week for a couple
of hours.
They have to get a license as a naturalist for
the Galapagos
and another for the specific national park they
work. They
have an extensive 3 month training and must
take refresher
courses and renew license every two years.
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