Lavalizard having its lunch

Damn. The Galapagos Rock!

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April 1st 2008
We spent a day wandering around the innumerable travel agents in Quito looking for a good deal. This is the way to go if your dates are flexible as you can easily get $500 or so off the price of a $1700 seven night cruise. Which is what we did! After an initial hiccup with one travel agent who overbooked a boat we eventually got going on the good ship "Intrepido" - a 20 passenger sail/motor boa ... 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