Isabela Island Tagus Cove and Santiago Island Puerto Egas February 26th 2008 February 19
After our morning on Fernandina Island, we crossed the straight to Isabela Island and Tagus Cove. Tagus Cove is an old crater that acts as a nice harbour away from the open ocean. It was obvious that it was a stopping point for boats for a long time as there was a lot of graffiti painted on the rocks around the steep banks of the cove. Most of it was the names of people and boats th ... 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