http://broadbandsports.com/taxonomy/term/4471/0 en http://broadbandsports.com/node/2348 Sea Kayaking Mexico's Galápagos<br /> Dolphins, sea lions, and an array of endemic species greet writer Kira Salak as she paddles the Gulf of California surrounding Baja, Mexico.<br><br /> This spring, Contributing National Geographic Editor Kira Salak teamed up with Lindblad Expeditions (www.lindbladexpeditions.com) to guide island-hopping sea-kayaking tours through Baja's Gulf of California. Salak is familiar with the view from the hull of a kayak. She is the only person to have kayaked solo for 600 miles (966 kilometers) on the Niger River, ending up in Timbuktu (which she wrote about in "Mungo Made Me Do It," NAtional Geographic December 2002/January 2003).<br><br /> <img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/bbb_1.jpg" alt="Sea Kayaking Mexico&amp;#039;s Galápagos" title="Sea Kayaking Mexico&amp;#039;s Galápagos" width="150" height="90" alt="Sea Kayaking Mexico&#039;s Galápagos"/><Br><br> Kayaking Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:15:29 -0700