Booby #2

8 days and 7 nights

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November 6th 2006
The morning after we left Jatun Sacha, Diana, Beth and I all got into the ferry for the two an a half hour ride from San Cristobal to Santa Cruz. Now I use the term ferry loosely. You think ferry, you think big boat with cars, and slow. This "ferry" was a 30 ft. long wooden boat, not more than eight feet wide, with two outboard motors. There were two benches running most the length of the boat ... 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