Great Frigatebird

Galápagos Islands - Day 2 (Josh)

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March 11th 2012
This is Josh blogging (I was supposed to do it yesterday but I decided that my time was better spent sleeping). Today my life’s goal of seeing boobies has finally come to fruition. We went on a hike at the ungodly hour of eight (ugh heaven forbid waking up before three or later). So, on this hike we saw the aforementioned boobies. Now these aren’t the boobies you and your dirty, dirty mind ar ... 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