Rabida Island

Up close and personal in Galapagos

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May 15th 2007
(by Callum) After a long anticipated wait it was finally time to head to the Galapagos Islands!! A typical three hour South American airline flight from Quito had us arrive to the endemic isles of the Galapagos. I was expecting to trip over sea iguanas and God knows what else, and sure enough after a short bus ride we shared the gang plank to the ferry with a sea lion, which had decided to get ou ... 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