Finch Bay

This was the view of the bay at sunset from our room at the Finch Bay Eco Hotel. "Eco" suggests the hotel's policy of protecting the Galapagos environment as much as possible. (Most notably, by not having TVs in the rooms.) The rooms were very comfortable, but Dick and I agreed that if we went back, we'd prefer to stay on a yacht or small ship that got us closer to the environment we wanted to see.

Galapagos Islands

January 28th 2006
Next stop on our cruise down the west coast of South America was Ecuador, which lies south of the Panama Canal from Guatemala. Dick and I are learning a lot about geography on this trip. My hazy guess as to how to get to Ecuador from the US was to go to Los Angeles and turn left. But it turns out, to our surprise that Ecuador is in the same time zone as South Carolina, and the shortest route b ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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

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