Whale 2

A family of whales

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August 20th 2006
This weekend we went to Puerto Lopez. On the Friday we went out on a boat whale watching. It was absolutely amazing. The whales were so close to us. At most they were 30m away and at one point one swam right next to our boat. I got a few pics but non of them show how close or how well we saw them. You could even see the barnacles on them. There was a whole family mum, dad and 2 children. I ... read more

South America » Ecuador » West » Puerto López

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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