Simon looking very pleased at our sea lion sighting!!

Galapagos day 4

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May 23rd 2007
Today we went on our second day diving and yet again had to get up at the ungodly hour of 6:30, don't these people know that we're on holiday?! This time we went diving off Seymour Island, which is to the north of Santa Cruz, where we're staying. Our first dive was off Mosquera, which is an islet off Seymour, and there were loads of sea lions on the shore so we had our hopes up pretty high. Unfor ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more