Blue-footed Booby bird

Galapagos

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September 14th 2008
3 hour flight to San Cristóbal Island, via Guayaquil. We bundled into a minibus with just 5 others - lucky to have lovely group including an Irish couple, Dutch guy and a Canadian couple. Next day sporty couple Sven and Sabine joined us (Sabine spent her free time playing underwater rugby at 3m depth - impressive!). Later on we were joined by an Israeli and Californian guy; all in all 8 day ... 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