Giant tortoise

Galapagos

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November 13th 2012
Day one in the Galapagos after an early flight from Quito with our fellow travellers from Gap tours we finally arrived at our boat after a bus trip across the island of Santa Cruz then a tender across the bay of Las Gretas and picked up our boat. A total of fifteen people on the boat from Canada, Australia, America and the UK of varying ages and a great bunch. After lunch we visited the nearby Dar ... 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