Two slow moving animals

Galapagos: a Boobie lovers paradise

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November 8th 2006
After a mad dash around on the Friday in Quito, we managed to get ourselves onto a 4-day cruise of the Galapagos Islands starting the next Monday. The weekend before was spent relaxing and drinking, culminating in us making a sharp exit from a bar of seriously crazy dutchmen, one of whom was determined to get us to spend the early hours of the morning snorting cocaine, another who claimed to be t ... 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