El Junco

La Galapageura/El Junco

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June 13th 2006
Today we took a bus up into the highlands of San Cristobal. The vegetation in the highlands was very different from the lower areas in the Galapagos. In the highlands, it is wet and lush with lots of ferns. The lower parts of the islands were very barren with lots of cacti. Our first stop was La Galapaguera, a reservation for giant tortoises. There was a little pen where they kept the baby tortois ... 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