Friendly Sealion Playing on the Beach

The Galapagos Islands

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May 15th 2007
The journey from Fiji to South America was absolutely gruelling; Fiji - Sydney - Auckland - Santiago - Lima - Quito! Three days, five flights, and weird knee death to contend with!! We finally arrived in Quito in a state of near stupor to meet with Katherine. Two days later we headed off to the Galapagos Islands, the main reason we´d come to Ecuador. A visit to the Galapagos Islands is su ... 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