Walking on the Beach

Galápagos Islands - Day 1

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March 10th 2012
The day started at an uncivilized hour with a wake up call from the front desk that the kids didn’t realize they’d have to answer in order to make the phone stop ringing; fantastic start to the day. We had an okay breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant, the unfortunately, or perhaps aptly, named Colon. The day before we had lunch there: having scoped out our options it seemed to be the reasona ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » Santa Cruz Island

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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