Galapagos and Beyond: day 2 - San Francisco to Houston and on to Quito
April 26th 2018 Up at 6 to receive the good news that our bags were waiting for us at the airport. Both our host and hostess had arisen too early yesterday, being unsure precisely when and how we would get to their home. So this morning only Art got up to call a cab and see us off. The cab (Lyft - much much less than a regular taxi) arrived expediently and off we drove to the airport. We found our two delayed bag
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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 
